I never really liked chocolate growing up. I was repeatedly told I should. School snacks, vending machines, and advertisements constantly said a kid should like chocolate. But I didn’t. It was “yucky”. I especially hated dark chocolate. Fast forward to now and I am actually eating dark chocolate […]
It’s bubbling up inside It’s about to spill out Your words are papered over Your lips bandaged with regret Your grimace speaks volumes Your eyes krinkle with fear You’re swelling with silence And it’s killing you swiftly As you search for the evacuation routes The parachute will be […]
As she looked across to the amusement park she was dizzy with anticipation. She was literally humming and she never hummed. She was flushed with adrenaline. Although, it could be the morphine drip she had just been hooked up to. But the bright lights beckoned nonetheless. As she […]
Have you ever felt that it can often be so easy to pretend to care. A raised brow. A question followed by a direct gaze. Sometimes you really do care but you can’t quite go that extra mile to give a real human touch to your supposed […]
I will share my tea with you But there are no tea leaves to decode You may try to figure me out But good luck with that You won’t outfox me I know your games I know your punches You telegrapgh your moves quite stupendously Your allegiances are […]
Life is a pattern that zigs and zags It bobs and weaves It ebbs and flows How you find your brags How you find your reprieves How you find your glows Is the dance of life Even if it appears to be so There is no straight path […]
I am a planner. But a procrastinator. Does that make sense? We are multi-faceted humans. Thus, of course, it makes sense. I can procrastinate once I make a list. I can procrastinate because I’m efficient. I can procrastinate because I am hard worker. It all comes together. As […]
She wants to wake up and tell you the truth She knows secrets can make you ill But the truth has become what we wish life to be She cuts her arms to see how red her blood is She had been told she bleeds just like the […]
They say you reap what you sow And, for you it’s doubly so You sold out for a quarter And, and you got dropped like a dime You created a false persona with that mug You were bent on being a prop You thought you could ride it […]
When I headed out to California in 2015, we had just experienced 30 days plus of snowfall. North of us, in Boston, had been even worse. As a result, we were ready for a change in weather. We were ready to not shovel. We were ready to not […]