I am getting ready to get a new phone. My phone alerted me to the fact that as of next weekend, I need not continue to have to lease it. How nice of my phone to remind me of its obsolescence. Well, a fake obsolescence as […]
Bent, burnt, and broken Lightning strikes loudly Rainstorm tears ravenously Poor solitary tree Who will pull you back up? Burnt, broken, and bent Downed but dutiful Spread and soiled Pushed onto the ground Who will sit with you? Broken, bent, and burnt Battled yet bountiful […]
Here we are again at the end of another year wondering what is to come. The year of 2017 came and is almost gone and there is much reflecting to be done. Many of us can have set ideas as to what we think may happen in […]
It may seem daunting Like everything is dark Everything is dismal Pulling you in deep Imprisoned in a dungeon Certainty is dead And time delayed Tired and disturbed Nothing feels doable Toxicity fully draining Looming residual danger Nothing seems digestible But it’s just a moment In a […]
The air was humid The void endless The stairs long The fanfare hollow A charming man On a solo trek Climbing slowly A weighted shoulder A square force Sadly hungry Eating to feed But no savoring Marching up No waving goodbye Just a wonder What wretched thing is […]
Everything is rusted but flowers can still bloom. Such a sentiment keeps her going day in and day out. Although, even a cactus couldn’t survive her care. It seemed like there was a dark cloud hanging over her. Everything around her was rusting away. No […]
It’s soiled Your face, your look, your tongue It all reeks of emptiness Why pretend to be clean As you leave behind a trail of dirt with no recompense. It’s muddy Your thoughts, your ideas, your vision They all criss-cross a blurred line The morning coffee […]
The Comfort of Animals on a Blue Monday It has been three years since my beautiful doggie Milo has left this realm. Every time I see a smooshed-face dog, I am reminded of him and I’m tempted to run up to the dog and hug him till […]
Its not my secret to tell Its NOT my secret to tell Yet it envelopes me in a tired, murky, hungry, insatiable darkness Excuses, tip of the tongue, inquisitive eyes ring a bell But your secrets are never told, And I am beholden to a rotten carcass […]
From one knife to another She covered her ears, lowered her eyes Leaving her rapid heartbeat exposed and compromised She locked the doors, hid in the closets Fingering the knife’s edges and imagining the body composites She sought a refuge, found a false sanctuary Disbelieving the knife indeed […]
