Thanks to Kathy Jacobs and the Chalkboard team, and to Thomas R. Barton, JD who inspired me on this early wet cold Januari sunday morning to try out poetry again.

speak poet speak

open the pit of your heart

dive into the dark depths

of the ocean of mystery-

the mystery of our souls

thump heart thump

pump up oxygen into

our life loving lungs

while we search for

meaning in the abyss