She whispers softly. He stands an arms-length away. She calls again. He holds his reasoned stay. Its early in the eve, there’s little to fear Nothing is changing for her around here. He takes a step downward. She swims to the other end. He finally touches the water. She looks back at this new-found friend.… Continue reading You Must Rule Over Her
Ocean washed in Words stumble around Dribbling down Shifting around This sandy ground Unbalanced the earth Because just the toe Makes a hole Breaks the soul Pours out a bowl Thunder swells smash Melt mountain and shore Just like before Both idol and whore Bound nevermore Created forsaken The softly laid sand Calm in her… Continue reading Made Sand
Once upon a time a place there was and is A him a her another Pass the minute the moment words and dreams rehearsed in time and place A face his hand her ear choose and regret towards the ever after She finds a breath a voice delight and fullness awakened in the pages Write… Continue reading Someone Else’s Story
What do you want me to say Today Can I find a word that would persuade Or will I play the silent fool On the edge of mind On the edge of care On the edge of less than a minute Can I find a word that doesn’t feel like scraping Under the bottom Under… Continue reading Say Today
Self reflection might kill you If you stay too long. We all know the voice inside that want to be right. Who deadens nerves and eardrums and hands When you have to listen to your self-inflicted quiet self. Who feels. Who wants. Who searches. Who wants to make you right But sometimes makes you sick… Continue reading Self Reflection
What I will mourn most It’s not you hair or your buttons But what I didn’t tell you And if you didn’t tell me One day I may wake up when you’re no longer listening I can’t add to what’s said Yesterday. And what if Tomorrow. I cannot add any more, anymore. To what will… Continue reading After Word
Drip of bright In the overwhelming nothing Lick of light Under soul-emptied breathless Undone night Through the blood-curdling silence How do I know if anything’s there How can I care where I can’t go How will you believe the unknown deep Unsaid word In the jabber-scream hollow Inhale stirred Under silt shoveled righteous Its not… Continue reading Stars
My necklace broke. When I took off my shirt today. Just a tickle, on my chest. Was it a thread or bug. Or healing scab. That fell. I slid a finger down my chin. Where it had always been, for now. A lifetime counted by hours of twisting, spacing, fingertips tracing, tiny silver laces. Around,… Continue reading Girl Problems
Plastic molded stiff armed beauty Velcro dress and plastic shoes I cut your hair one afternoon Naive, deceived, it won’t grow back You were made in the image of pretty Smooth and polished synthetic smile In the image of what I could be Shiny glossy plastic teeth Stiff armed beauty, straight up or down Popped… Continue reading Laws of Beauty
I don’t need validation I don’t need a touch I don’t need anyone Why do I fool myself into thinking that I need a you I don’t. Curious. You say. Do you want too much Do I. Say. Why would you say that I have what I need. And you do too. So it isn’t… Continue reading Want to
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