Listen

Talking to him—
Was like me,  talking  to  myself.

“You know that dream you had, when you were 10 years old?
It’s still yours. You still have it.”
I told him—inside my head.

My Word

One day your girlfriend will wistfully walk the rows of a bookstore, where she will fall upon words— I wrote.

She will remember her past love, and tenderly whisper,
“This is how I felt. How could another, so far away
put into word,  my own heart…?”

But she won’t know, each was your word— stolen, from my heart,
and now—
she is reading us.

Like A Prayer

TRAVELER

IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT.

“If you want to sing out, sing out
And if you want to be free, be free.

And if you want to live high, live high
And if you want to live low, live low.

Well if you want to say yes, say yes
And if you want to say no, say no.

And if you want to be me, be me
And if you want to be you, be you.”

—Cat Stevens

Hero

The Big Break

Yesterday,   someone said to me, “You just need that big break.”

No. I create my own breaks.

Trick or Treat? (Part I)

Once upon a time, I knew a boy who thought every night was Halloween, and yet, had never been given or even tasted a treat.

One night near midnight, he knocked on my door, “Trick or Trick?”
I laughed, “How about a treat?”
Nervously, he looked at my treats, then closed his eyes. He had never been offered a treat. He didn’t understand—he thought I was tricking him.