Welcome and thank you for visiting my blog. As the title suggest, this is where I archive my 'public' writings. You won't find any BS opinion postings here; just poetry with a few short stories sprinkled about. Take a look and thanks again!

Behind Tint

I am translucent behind the tint
Witness to worlds
The cast dissolves
My vision sublimates into air

The tribunals of humans go blind
No brush in hand to paint me
No gavels yearn
I observe unhindered

Uncompromising beauty
Of  a small boy willing wonder
Of a teen finding her feet
The airy ocean hand of a mother

Keeping lulled midst the ruin
Of which you
Or I
Could never manage to close an eye in

Beautiful Children.

No witch hunt
No lament of evil
Or threat toward my thrill
As common as anyone else's

Behind the tint I am
And become much more than a man
Something greater
A Person. A Terran. An Earthling.

I walk amongst you
At these ushered hours.

Metro 487

I lean silently to the alcove
                    And listen
Two strangers speak
                    She regales
The tortures of canceled routes
The ignorance of drivers
The self-service of car owners
The follies of the Metro
                    But I watch him
He agrees, nods, tells his story
                    Pleasantly. Efficiently.
He notes they have another ten minutes
                    They continue to talk
Boarding, I watch them go
He sits several rows back
                    On the opposite side

Shorter, less dressed or shaven, prettier than
                    I realize
I am that man.

Zen upon Sunrise

There will be a gold bloom
Fast and quiet it blossoms
Rays of petals
Tickling the green palms
Kissing the glass faces of sky scrapers
Opening up it is as in dreams
The gate to Nirvana

At four a.m. we have a little ways
                    Or at least a short eternity
Before full bloom