The sound of his name
From lips that once whispered mine
Nails scrape a chalkboard
Ryan Stone
Discordant
Mother & Son
He faces the world
Armed with a rose and a shield
His mother’s blessing
Ryan Stone
For C&J
Writer
Her darlings are slain
In pools of red ink, her dreams
Swim oceans of blue
Ryan Stone
Reflection
Into the tide pool
Divorce shaped teardrops tumble
And shatter his face
Ryan Stone
mono no aware
A gold harvest moon
Swells over night’s shadowed cliffs
Cohen is singing
Ryan Stone
Wanderlust
I saw you standing
On the edge of forever
Windmills in your hair
Ryan Stone
Bloom
In treehouse shadows
Shyly she stepped from her clothes
And I from my youth
Ryan Stone
Introspect
Like a moth to flame
Sashaying between moments
Yearning to belong
Ryan Stone
Undertow
Hunting rock pool shells
At sunrise, the tide tugging
My child’s toes too soon
Ryan Stone
days of stone 
