Caught Inside The Eye (+1)

Nature—Lord of everything

its blizzards and its droughts

Talking back to a hurricane,

you whisper as it shouts

Your treasured possessions lie in wait

for floods to take away

That rumble heard beneath your feet

to swallow as you pray

Those things you grow and seeds you plant,

the locust comes to claim

As tidal waves begin to form

—you powerless to blame

(The New Room: November, 2021)

Desert Of Youth

“Nip and tuck” her surgeon says,

crow’s feet on the run

Tighter skin on feathered whims,

botox zero-sum

An ageless wonder creaks inside,

bones preserve the tale

And when she smiles her lips on fire

—wanton to regale

(The New Room: December, 2021)