We Are Entangled: We are Smitten You blossom, I stand bare You blush, I keep gray You wow, I lie desiccated You rise, I lend support You lean in, I buttress You reach out, I extend You complicate matters, I clarify You scream outloud, I whisper We are […]
Two Pies in the Sky Loftiness rains down in the morning dew Goals gleaming with fiery red hues At night the hard lesson coats our daily grind How many times must we be willingly blind Tomorrow we’ll throw out two more pies in the sky For the […]
I love life with all of my being The years have been a complex hard-fought journey Yet my calcified bones have found a zest for living But you make me want to die In that moment of fierce hatred I feel wounded, empty, and alone like a punctured […]
I hate business cards. I conveniently forget to pack them in my luggage or everyday purse. When people hand their cards to me, I look at them once and throw them into what is labeled my handbag abyss. Every six months or so I clear out that space […]
Kicking it old-school style gratitude Every morning on my way in to work I pass a huge billboard that says “gratitude.” I have not quite bothered to figure out what the billboard is trying to sell -I recognize that sounds a bit jaded-but the phrase has been on […]
Heart furiously pumping out the belly button lint Fingers twitching out blood and vinegar-laced tears Eyes darting feverishly building up a violent tint Deeply scratched cheeks highly bitten, raw and far from cashmere The words spill out before the mind knows The eardrum amplifies the backlash The lungs […]
Desgraciado Arrogante Mentiroso Repugnante Adonde esta tu corazón La desesperación de otros no te importa Y ni lo quieres entender Preocupado con tu fama Todo se va a perder Tu sangre es agria y nada de un bombón Aunque si, te perdono Hasta lastima te tengo Porque […]
Terror Terrorized Traces of escape befuddle the mind The hand wrings forth what the taped mouth could not endorse The glass eyes hemorrhage To the point of breakage Locked jaw and gritted teeth There is no respect to bequeath Scalding water peels the soul Leaving behind pails and […]
My eyes are drooping, my head is pounding and my heart is aching. I see the train track lights straight ahead of me as I commute back home. It is so cliche to say that there is light at the end of the tunnel but I am looking […]
The blood drips from her eyelashes Onto her punched out heart filled with smoldering ashes Her bladder churns out a burning pool of pain While her hands are numb from sewing love knots in vain Her legs keep running even while her bones become brittle Quietly her nose tastes […]
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