The blood drips from her eyelashes Onto her punched out heart filled with smoldering ashes Her bladder churns out a burning pool of pain While her hands are numb from sewing love knots in vain Her legs keep running even while her bones become brittle Quietly her nose tastes […]
You came in a hurry leaving me in a haze Your forget-me-nots not withstanding Your tongue, the color of sapphire Tastes of the looming beer garden You embody the seven sins But you are looked after by the Vulcan god You celebrate the deeds of Michael the […]
I want to run up the stairs with grand determination Just like rocky balboa did before losing a good fight I want to pump my hands up in the air and cry a good fit I sigh, for at the end of it all I just want to […]
I went a sailing and a cruising Looking for something distracting and amusing I landed on shore But all was markets and bore Hopped into a jeep And my eyes made a sweep I drove and drove Till I saw a landing dove Alas, a tikki boomtown That […]
It shouldn’t be that a child wipes away the tears off his mother’s cheek It shouldn’t be that a doggie licks away his best friend’s hands covered in fallen tears The salt of the earth to be felt in the moment Nightmares of old, disturbing the daylight hours […]
I am too sleepy to make my coffee I am too blind to find my dropped contact lens I am too anesthetized to blow out my hair I am too freaked out by the swooshing sounds of my heartbeat I am too uncoordinated to make perfect cheese triangles […]
The morning sky was dark My head and hair frizzy and fuzzy filled with songs of the lark First, there was a bunny Surely, he was real Or was I just hungry Then, there was my dog Surely, he wasn’t real Seemed I needed some grog Yet my […]
Feeling a bit like a pig in a blanket Belly full of savory Hawaiian pork Roasting under the sun’s hot honey droplet Crab legs walking about on the beach brisket My brain feeling a bit like songs by Bjork The waves providing me with great cosset A beach […]
I stare at the empty table Wondering who should I invite For the table looks so ripe for a friendship cradle But my soul sounds an alarm For too many people pretend to want to connect With a globally affected charm A lack of time renders many unable […]
We listlessly got in a car and drove and drove Freely with no clear destination in mind Other than wanting to find a restorative spirit trove Upon Manoa Falls trail we stumbled And then we merrily toiled and slid Ascending the trail that was muddy but not disgruntled […]
