Love-struck Market

I sold my soul at the love-struck market hoping for a sign but I'm stuck here starving I wish a thief would come along to pickpocket the pain but trouble only passes through the fingers of the frayed slips through the cracks of the half-baked asphalt passes through the sewage waiting for the rain washed … Continue reading Love-struck Market →

Poem – The New World

I'm reaching for the feeling when everything was new the giddy eyes of surprised baby when you re-appear during peek-a-boo the shaggy wagging tail of a clumsy puppy stumbling through the coffee shop every fresh scent a wave of genuine excitement if only I could capture it pour it in a candle let the flame … Continue reading Poem – The New World →

Yelling at Mirrors

The clock strikes midnight as I find my home once again. The weather inside my head has gone haywire over the past 48 hours after a week of sun, but the storm has calmed to a simple drizzle. My hands settle on the keys, and I find relief from the rain. I’ve built a shelter … Continue reading Yelling at Mirrors →

Poem – Movements

There's beauty in the blisters worn toes remind me work has been done helpful on the days spent sitting in the ktichen wondering if I've done enough it helps to be reminded of where you come from and essential to keep moving always searching for a better place to go. Make a one-time donationYour contribution … Continue reading Poem – Movements →

Poem – The Climb

I’m caught in the crevasse between my wants and desires leaving little space to breathe I push towards one then another neither budge and I’m going nowhere I can see the light above I don’t know what it wants or if it wants at all but I feel better when I follow so I push … Continue reading Poem – The Climb →

Poem: Vines

My thoughts wrap around the stable center in my mind like vines they grow and breathe but sometimes they suffocate until the fence is overwhelmed I'm strangled by the branches but people only see the beauty in the leaves. Make a one-time donationYour contribution is appreciated.DonateMake a monthly donationYour contribution is appreciated.Donate monthlyMake a yearly … Continue reading Poem: Vines →

Poem: Pee Plane

The people pass through the back of the plane who knew the bathroom would bring us all together men dressed in jackets leather for the winter women watching children wary of the strangers waiting to whip out their willies let's pray it's just a piss and not another blizzard. Make a one-time donationYour contribution is … Continue reading Poem: Pee Plane →

Poem: Silence

Sometimes the silence doesn't need to be filled with empty words I wish I would say this to the people who complain when it's only a time with nothing to say another moment wasted like the way we take our pain from the forgiven past and launch it towards the future our fear finds a … Continue reading Poem: Silence →

Poem: Going Nowhere

I've made plans today a list of tasks designed to move me forward but nowhere I will go an anxious mind wraps vines around my thoughts I drive but a tire blows out try to take the spare when the jack gives way nowhere to go I sit and wait for help looking for ways … Continue reading Poem: Going Nowhere →