The morning light is so dark The heart racing The eyes tired but can’t be shut The throat is tight The lips protruding Breathe in, Breathe out Count some more sheep Yet the ghosts linger and float about Not much to be done Supposedly there’s fun to be […]
Not roadkill Not a bystander Not strewn garbage Not a punching bag Not a meal ticket Not an afterthought Not your first draft Not your baggage keeper Not your line in the sand Not your battlecry Not a love song Not your collateral damage
Flawed like a diamond Lucky thirteen is my faith Devoid of all thought Tender is my brain Let me share a few haikus Simmer, boil, and torch Fried tendons so ache But the soul, even more so Where’s the aloe vera Tick, tick, Tick and go No one […]
Your wishes Your dreams Your good deeds Your bad acts All bounce off the universe Into a tin can fall your vibes Through me your karmic debt Through me your comeuppance Through me your retribution A karmic vessel
The boy made out of clay Was not a koala bear Not a figurine Nor was he a balloon boy He was made out of hot earth And sculpted as if he were a marshmallow An arm here and an arm down to the side He was stiff […]
Lights shine brightly on our dear city Twin towers were my neighbors I passed the dust day in and day out Rubble upon rubble Until it wasn’t New foundations Names etched forever more But the dna lingers The loss still profound Innocence lost See something, say something Always […]
I’ll win, but at what cost I’ll bring it home, to what applause I’ll reign supreme, yet the mudslide is thick I’ll cross the finish line, with aches and broken bones Talk to me without the advesarial stance We can dance to careless whispers Hopscothing in the moonlight […]
Waning Not gaining Gaming Waiving goodbye Striving Thriving Yet tiring Fighting But no good fights Pause Reset Go again It never ends Until it does
She was looking out at the window as the train quickly made its way through the countryside. She wanted to daydream living in each of these houses and structures. These buildings represented possibilities of hideouts. She desperately wanted to hide somewhere where she could make herself a ball […]
Sprinklers Killer blinkers Raindrops Mountain tops Tired eyes Pies of lies Bloodlines and flood tides Caught up in your mudslides