A while ago I became unstuck. I freed myself from my own rooted spot, To only get mired in a sinking earth. Then I rose from the drought, To only free float and wonder what’s next. Stuck and unstuck Sticky and non-sticky What is it? I traveled to […]
You can ride up high You can soar above You can be flying through the big top But to what end? You look down from your highrise You can peer down the ladder You can shout out to those below But to what end? You can […]
I stare, ponder and quiver I twitch, gnaw and flutter I cannot open the door I can’t go in to see I want to know I need to understand I have to believe I’m transfixed I’m elevated But the door remains closed Cannot turn that handle I will […]
I thought about doing it So close, so tempted I walked away scared But with dignity I stared into the abyss And nearly drowned But not all is safe Tomorrow, the abyss will call again To stare it down Is to drown To stare it down Is to […]
I peered through the window Caught a yellow light I longed to stand in its warmth Caught a wave of nostalgia I borrowed deeply-sold feelings Caught a glimpse of fake perfection I wanted to feel the imitation life Caught a case of the reality blues I smelled the […]
It’s coming It’s swelling up from within It will seep through the pores The hubris gangrene The bitterness sweet The sadness calming There is no joy In what’s to come But come it must The storm is coming Take no shelter For there is no hiding Face the reality […]
There is nothing more to my love You are you And my love for you overflows There is nothing more to my love You are who you are And my love will be forever more There is nothing more to my love You are real And my love […]
I let you down You died before my eyes I saw your eyes cry You didn’t understand Why didn’t I hold you? Why didn’t I cusp your face? Why didn’t I touch your hand? I’m ashamed I’m battered I’m adrift Pain killed you Pain kills me Pain inures […]
I can fight I can fight for you And there shall be no stopping me I have the will I have the fortitude I have the guts I have the itch I have the need I have perseverance Funny thing is Who will fight for me? I too […]
There is no healing To what is forever more broken There is no sewing back together That which is forever ripped and tattered There is no glue That can forever more hold you together No sorrow is needed No solace is saught No crocodile tears need be […]
