What makes you afraid?
Things in the basement
As he placed the gift in my handsThe shhh....
Roaming the echoing corridors
The detective looked awayDot
She pulled a plastic laundry basket from the back seat
An easy target
The screamThe car with one headlight
After our parents died
Clatter. Clang. Crash.
No one answered
They were stopping to kissThunder, lightning, rain
Ocala, Florida- of all places
Underlining passagesThe Bible isn't racist
What about the rain?
Startling us bothOut there in the dark
Every Halloween
Dainty cups
My mother's mouth droppedFlashlight, road map
Least of our problems
I simply believedGhosts
At an early age
Shhh.
Those "feelings"The year before
Joined the navy
Ghost of the Future
My faultLittle things
In killing of
A poem?
That afternoon
The birds gobbled and flappedHe even felt bad
That night
Toward the door
Small violet bookThe light
Rear view mirror
Someone who knows how you think and feel
Normal things
Out that windowOnce they were gone
Sleeping clothes
Of safety
Not about speaking
The answer I wanted never didSnowbirds
The documents
Girls
Who elseYou and you and you
I'm begging
Doll
My mother's old rockerBirds
Still and silent
The well
A ship taking on the dark and icy seaPossessions
Confused, not angry
Gone
Sitting on the over stuffed suitcaseCandles
The sudden voice led me
Emergency exits
The initial arrangementHelp for the haunted
Those faint sighs
Faraway placesColorful flowers
Gone from the driveway
I think about their spirits
But mostly-mostly, mostly- I do.
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The Place Called Tomorrow-COMPLETED
PoetryCollection of poems by me. Random poems to be exact.