Month: June 2016
Acceptance Plea
You’re disappointed Yet I love you still My hair is too dark Yet I love you still My body is never perfect Yet I love you still Why are you never happy? When will I win your heart? You never have time Yet I love you still You always find Read more
Dear Donald, Fire Away My Friend
Dear Donald, I am writing you this letter because as an American citizen I have a couple of questions as well as a few things to say to you. I’m more than willing to accept the risk of you reading this and firing off some of your trademark caustic insults. First, I Read more
The LA Story of a Kept Woman
Noun. 1. A woman who is given a home and money by a man who she has a sexual relationship with. 2. Lover. A significant other to whom you are not related by marriage. 3. Paramour. A woman who cohabits with an important man. Syn: Mistress. Courtesan. Writing this, I Read more
A Swan Song for an Expectant Mother
I used to read my horoscope occasionally just for fun, but I didn’t put much stock in it. In fact, I was skeptical of anything I considered to border on divination or the occult. Sure, as a teen, there were slumber parties with séances and Ouija boards, but I never Read more
Quest for Beauty
My personal ‘quest for beauty’ started very early in my life when I was still a model. As most models do I started at a very young age and experienced pressure about how I looked, dressed, posed… walked… I remember questioning a lot about what it meant to be beautiful. A Read more
Playing For Keepsies
I think, (perhaps) it was when you played my heart as yet another marble in a circle. Lining your shooter, you knuckled down – carelessly – finding Me inside the chalk dust. I was just another glass duck, (nothing important to add to your collection) No matter. You were playing Read more
You Are What You Think So Stop Thinking Like a Bitch
Some days are tougher than others. We aren’t kids anymore. We work hard; we’re overburdened with responsibilities, with the day in and day out chaos of our lives. Maybe it’s just one of those days, where it’s all you can do to get to the end of it. During these Read more