By the water

15 mph

moss

fall colors and horses

shed and tree

church windows

through dilapidated church window

shabby angel wings

amazing sign

Naked?

fall orange

fence framed mountains

barn with birds

fall orange and yellow

fall green and yellow

Happy Creek

fence going downward

Boonedock Rd.

Barn that's seen better days

air mail

brick wall

A deadly Thing

Love can be a deadly thing.
Causing murder, suicide and insanity.
Making the strong weak
the weak, strong.
Making heaven here on earth
And hell.
The stuff upon which dreams are made
and nightmares, torment and misery.
A marvelous partner
And a venomous worst enemy.
A factor in the world of hate.
Few should give up seeking it
And you know who you are.

wavy farm building

shack

The rain just stopped.

Main Street?

Swallowing the Death of a Best Friend

Swallowing the Death of a Best Friend

This large chunk can’t be cut into pieces
to put in your mouth politely.

To make it chewable you gnaw its edges.
You can’t spit it out. You masticate

and grind it until your jaw hurts.  

You swallow.

It’s thorny to get down
and twists and turns into a lump in the throat.

Descending, it sickens you, propelling

backflow upward.

The mass smashes into your gut.

Digesting you nearly see,
as if you ingested salmon and carrot juice,

The meaning of all this.

The Blue Ridge Mountains

clouds near and far

white fence in bright green grass