Rick Stassi Poetry

personal pathways in Poetry

depression

  • sanctuary

    heat dissipates warm nights recede to coolness, stillness, wisps of clouds impede moonlight in eerie veil. breezes returning to a cutting edge. dew on grass crystallizing as the cog slows and rotation finds respite sadly moisture through the veins of leaves long has passed. I sit and wonder and ponder time – cycles of seasons Read more

  • icicle

    Off a frozen ledge One drop of fallen rain Slowly drips and Freezes, adhering to another,Then another Forming an icicle – A stalactite Refuge for those Who reach out For fear of drowning – Sliding passed water’s edge Only to find Their icy grip Is slippery-futile And immerse they must with Heads submerging Til the Read more