She’s not me
Those were big shoes to fill But those can always be padded I carry a lingering laugh A silly nature A curious mind She wanted to be me But she is not me I can handle the fire I can handle the river No deluge put a […]
Putting out the fire with gasoline
Sometimes I am shocked at human behavior. And, then I am shocked at myself for being so shocked. I know better. People are fairly predictable. And the fact that some people at times act against their own best interests isn’t shocking either. I have seen time and […]
You are still haunted by us
A guilty conscience doesn’t go away overnight No matter how much you whisper to your pillow No matter how much you tear at the feathers No matter how much you clench your fists A guilty conscience will still gnaw at you Even in a happy, random moment Even […]
Of course you are!
Of course you are Upset Frustrated Angry Tired Annoyed Incredulous Frightened Weary Worried Unsure Beaten-down Enraged Aggrieved Disappointed Anxious Conflicted Alarmed Antagonized In need of a real answer Waiting for the other shoe to drop Sickened by it all But what are you going to do about it?
Tell me a new story, but that story I do not believe
I sold my soul For a few pennies on the dollar Now everything is dark Now everything is corroded The pen I touch The desk I hit my head against The floor I tap dance on Rusted, busted, and blue Tell me a new story But that story […]
Black rain strikes again
You are in a lot of pain right now. Your body aches from your own inflicted wounds. Black rain strikes again. Your ego now hurts from your paranoia. Your mind now throbs from being outsmarted. Black rain strikes again. Your laugh hurts from your wicked strikes. […]
No, you did not ask me: I need to own my own narrative
Look, I am a news junkie. Have been for the longest time. Even so, I tale breaks from the news every once in a while for whole weeks because it is all a bit nutty these days. I triangulate and more my news sources so that I […]
I am not done with you yet
You hear me say that I am not done and you shiver and shake and prance like a clown with no nose Your shiny veneer is off but you know more is to come Your battlecry rings holllow For all now know you are reprehensible You hide […]
Knocked on three doors and none was righteous
I knocked on three doors and three kings stuck their heads out One was a kind gentle soul who wished for world peace Another was a bullfighter with a bodyguard The last was a race care driver with no brakes I wondered who was truly righteous […]
Toodles, dear person X
For a few seconds on a saturday night I was ecstatic at the thought of you Happy that I had forgotten your name Your face still brings anger Your venom still poisons But your name, your name Is no longer powerful You name is a memory gone And […]
