Patience (or long ago, yesterday, today, and tomorrow)
LTM – 2013/2020 a rose or somethingforming in my mindfuzzy or maybemore than one thingat once? the allure … obviousand trite, cringingamusing and elusivepunctuated bytragi-comic […]
Shattered
My world is shattered. Isn’t yours?Don’t you walk on shards of broken glass?Each step painful and bloody?The taste of sweat and tears, salt and saltTeasing your tongue? Forgive me if […]
The Roar of Nothing
Night? Bedeviled and sleeplessConversation? Booby trappedWords? Confined and cagedSubstance? Forbidden to speak Guilt? Envy? Love? Fear? Conspiracies and accusations pummel my skull Headache from the roar of…nothing
Half Dead Bird
Oh,I’m here again.Hard to seeuntil up close. At first,A “New And Exciting Place”,but no, nothing new“Same Old Same Old”.Fool myself I havesomething to offerbesides Great Friend. Hope, delusion reignuntil “he”– […]
Punk Drunk Sleep
I can’t sleepthe skin on my noseis on fireand I blame youI can’t sleepthe hum of the fridgeis too loudand I blame youI can’t sleepthe buzz in my headis too […]
Naive
I am Naïve, let me count the ways:I am Naïve because I believed that the slate was clean – this time when I knew it wasn’t, “it wouldn’t matter” when […]
An Offering to the Muse
goddess of a thousand works sly smiles and open arms a book for every occasion a door for every entendre I see you, she says with every probing look rolling […]
Inertia
Is it possible that you still haunt me?Haven’t I exorcised you?Convinced myself?That you were wrong for me?That we were wrong for me? Sorry, sad, pathetic youWho at 30, has not […]
Vulnerable
hardy word, fragile thinggiven warily, broken easily skeleton, from fleshy cocoon,tries escape, must flee threat level, red?! green?!color blind amygdala can’t tell sorry for the carnage
Paperwork
Paperwork my body Ink the what-fors, why-nots, and how-tos While I worry the why-mes, when-tos, and never-dos until there’s nothing but lines and signatures a riddle; unsolvable Prison made of […]
Walking the Ellipsis 