One Day
Instead of nuclear warheads
we will one day drop bombs of love—
pheromones flashing over entire continents
that proceed to biblically lay
down their arms.
Live by the sword, die by the sword,
He told them.
One day, we’ll listen
and live by another kind.
Rustic
a Pound study
rain cut through the thick air;
sparrows sing to the morning.
three houseflies spear a honeybee;
a brass gate corrodes in time.
leaves blanket the lawn;
golden waves roll down her neck.
eyes break into pools;
steel splits an open log.
Seashells
Seashells broke beneath
our feet as we walked away
from the calmed waters
Flecks and sparkles of
light bounced off collections of
ocean in your hair