Taking three steps forward The ghosts of love walk in line with me Two steps back the ghosts of slights impede my path The ghosts of failure try to ridicule The ghosts of comfort try to embrace Too many ghosts to track It’s easy to go wayward The […]
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 […]
The wide gulf in between is littered with broken crayons You’re teetering on the edge of the canyon Your life preserver pulling you under I’m wrapped in layers of algae and thunder Warm, sunken, and full of bitter glee The marshland one step behind me Drowning in a […]
Run, run, run little one Race to the finish line Rush and tag up as needed Don’t get tripped up Don’t cause others to fall Don’t hold back Watch out for the aches and cramps Watch out for the false starts Watch out for the unfair timekeepers Push […]
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 […]
204 days I feel like I have 2004 rhymes But 24 hours isn’t enough 20,400 jumbled words But my bio need be 420 My 240 shoes don’t want to stand up Droopy eyes want to sleep at 2:04am The clock is ticking
Quiet and whimpering Shaved and used A mind abused But watch out The little sheep seems predictable But don’t say we didn’t warn you about the indictable We can only guess what’s coming next for it won’t be explicable Not a fool for spool It’s searching for the […]
Some fat cats in zoot suits Throwing darts with sharp tongues Twisting words in the wind Truth leaves a bitter taste Lies soothe their jagged cheeks They dance to a different beat Faking reality rolling a ball of dust They are shady catty liars Save your breathe Ready, […]
Stripped down Unfleshed Broken down Taken apart The truth is front and center Yet no one wishes to bow down Took stripping the flesh from my bones And, now it’s all raw It took taking my flesh from my bones My righteousness standing naked Taking it on the […]
