Category: Poetry
Apparitions
Online dating’s long parade of hopefuls, liars, and scammers fills a seemingly endless pipeline that like a sewer, spews into my inbox. There was Bill, retired plastic surgeon, pleasant enough but looked like a corpse. Turned out he was a cancer survivor. No problem, but his negative attitude was. Beau Read more
Post Antagonism
Women, as they say, are for decorations only. A vase in an empty room. She smiles because she has to, another etches into her eyes. She seldom wears her hair down, a mane around her chin will bring her sociability down. Like little cats she was made to run around Read more
Why Men Secretly Fear Women
naked before me your body and my fears as your touch delivers me to you unleashing an animal passion that engulfs and inspires the stirring and my whispering of the words of eternity as your smiling eyes brush aside my terror and boyish posturings and I clandestinely surrender to the Read more
Bad Things
“And all those shadows they’re filled up with doubt. I wanna do bad things with you.” –Jace Everett, Bad Things Nirvana was lying for days sharing a too small bed we were two commas a perfect fit It was all so easy so fine so good does my memory lie and Read more
Mistress Desire and the Lonely Flame (cw:18+)
Part 1 And then at once she understood. Through the veil of denial she so cleverly disguised herself, never to question, never to explore and always to deny. The biggest sacrifice of all, her vulnerability. Locked away, removing any threat of emotion or feelings beyond her control, in aid to Read more
Hourglass
*Note: This poem was inspired by the struggle women face in the workplace to be taken seriously, to be seen as powerful, strong, and confident, rather than objectified, and stereotyped. A silent wonder. Just some skin, Segmented, cut, altered. 36,28,36 Measure up Or measure off. Hard worker Easy on the eyes. Long Read more