Category: Poetry
Split Ends
Sometimes I want to shave every hair attached to my scalp because at night when my head hits the pillow I smell his finger tips. Countless nights claws just running through it like a 10k marathon, it never ends. It’s like each strand is a different memory, a different feeling Read more
Safe Words
Baby, where you going? Baby, you don’t know a thing. You don’t know the ways of the world, Stop saying such words Stop saying “cock” Stop saying “fuck” Why’s everything you say have to be a dirty joke? Stop wearing all those opinions on your sleeve, A heart is safer Read more
Loneliness
There are different sides to loneliness. Like a lover, with two faces. Sometimes it creeps up while you driving in a silent car. Other times you feel it when you walk through a park, Noises everywhere around you, but none of them belong to you. A lot of times loneliness Read more
Queen of the Glass Menagerie
Adults do it wrong when they arrange the world like picture postcards at a funeral. They do it wrong when they coordinate Christmas holidays for children. They do it wrong when they speak in whispers and foreign tongues, making sure their secrets aren’t revealed. They do it wrong when they Read more
Sister Connection
we speak every six months or so my sister who moved away from me or me from her over time husband’s interests pulling us from hope to love close to loosely tied she is excited about a coloring book of fashion the latest rage suggested passing it to my granddaughter Read more