Have you seen Naked & Healing?

Touch

The power of touch
they miss it
young and old
single or widowed
divorced
selfless touch
no expectation of anything in return
and they whisper
I forgot what it feels like
to be touched

At the end of a day

Let me close my eyes
at the end of a day
in the hills
doors open
breezes blow in
scent of pine
and clean
air has no unnatural smell here
and I hear an owl
calling in the trees
marking his territory
looking for dinner
as I drift off to sleep

Stargazing Mice

Cabin in the woods
always trapping mice
every night the ritual
traps with peanut butter
placed in the basement
check them in the morning
a good night
three traps two mice
I load the traps in the car
we are going for a ride
I take them to the astronomy park
far enough away
a permanent vacation from my home
I drop their two wriggling brown bodies
into the grass
it looks like
they are swimming through the tall green grass
tall if you are a mouse
they work their way through the grass
looking for a place to hide
I think they will be
waiting for dark
when they can stargaze