Sign says turn this way
last look to an empty street
shadow claws old scar

High above the clouds
found an abandoned hotel
checked out long ago

FEAST

There in the distance
we take our seats in this dream
table set for two

Birds over water
I imagined forever
essence of soaring

Rajasthan, India, 2008

Jazz jam brought it down
ripped open a whole new world
sounds never the same

Brooklyn Bridge Park, August 2016

EVANESCENT

Fleeting lit colors
held aloft by setting sun
collapse into fade

REFLECTIONS

Closure winds its way
though swirling leaves slow each turn
stillness in the fall

LIGHTS

Unknown city glow
before the day gets going
deep breath heartbeat thump

Nanjing, September 2016

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