Category: Poetry
The Voice Within
When I can listen to the voice inside of me, I will be free. I have allowed myself to become shackled by the expectations of others. I have muted my own voice. Other people fill my heads with shoulds, what I should wear, what I should want, how much money Read more
Black Sheep
Call me the black sheep, the could be the wanted to be but never was. Name me the backdrop, the shadow, the breakthrough that never did. I was the nightlight that burned out, looking like a spotlight that failed. I tried to be the center but I got sidelined, where Read more
Enormous Silence
Silence sails on an enormous ocean floor, crashing frothy waves like an invisible ember burning to keep you warm. Oblong rays inside a bell jar with plastic people counterfeited on broken lids to resemble fake humanity. Confinement slices across thick loaves of bread straight out of the oven, like a Read more
Let’s Pretend
Let’s remember our youth when the sun played magic tricks with the light when we knew bliss when we felt safe when we were innocent Let’s dream about the good days when we had faith when we were strong when we knew love when we had courage Let’s be honest Read more
Corner Life
A junkie coworker of mine steals cars and drives them to drug clinics to score his methadone fix. He’s always on time because no one wears a watch, at least not around this place where time steals value minutes away from stationary life. Digital idiots we’ve become always looking down, Read more
My Heart Tastes like Chicken
I gave you my heart, ripped it from my chest where it lay comfortably nestled between lily white rib bones and family dinners in front of the television. You picked it up daintily between your fingers as if it weren’t alive, as if it weren’t throbbing madly, as if it Read more
Husband in the Kitchen
Does not cook. Tells me I should use a lid on a pot I know will boil over if I do. Is already in trouble for putting clean dishes away where I can’t find them. Says one more “you should” and my shoes, my shirt, my stirring hand catch fire. Read more