Friends and Fighters

The easiest way to tell who you are Is by looking at the friends you keep. The company you seek. Because you are just one piece Of that whole god damn beast. When your friends cry You cry with them. And when your friends run You give them your number And say call me And …

Unkept Smiles

Walking through weaves of tangled bodies. A jungle of broken and unkept smiles Flailing arms and uncertain strides. Watching women fluff their skirts, while men saw shoulders in their seats. As if to carve out their place on the train. Crowds upon crowds of people all for my eyes to weave through and untangle.  Pausing for …

Womanhood

"These stones behind the fire are braided with prayers of people who have sweat before you.” All the girls wore long dresses that covered their knees and shoulders. We were sacred, calling out to the great mother to bless our journey into adulthood. Some of us were afraid, others excited, we were strong nonetheless. We …

A Poem About My Cooking

Oh fire alarm  How you've perplexed me so.  My garlic is black,  Blacker than coal  My potatoes are crispy,  Soft and dull,  You charred my food  Now I'm heavy with woe.  I had plans for my garlic  It would have been great!  Now my eggs have also suffered  A poor, bland, american fate.  I heard …

Who’s Fool

  Rosy cheeks next to a rosy nose. How sickness makes the skin so bold. And after some sleep, Some tea and some stew, My joints are well rested  Before morning dew. Lay down! Says my spine. You'll make this flu worse Rest in your sheets, Be rid of this awful most vile a curse …

Someone Is Listening

Though your voice may be small.  And even though the world looks as though it's fallen on deaf ear.  I promise,  Someone out there is listening.  They can hear you, Keep talking. You may feel alone  Especially today,  Especially these days,  Especially this year,  All your life.  But I promise,  Someone out there is listening.  …

Read Me.

I want you to read me  Catch the words from my lips  Read the markings on my spine Touch the ledger surface of my stone cold cover I want you to read me clearly Clearly like breath on diamond Like sweat on brow  Like dew on petal Read me like an open book Lick your …

DAEMON

Daemon on my breath, let this heart of mine go. Let this beat of mine beat Without squeezing it so. This mind that you torment, With visions to last, My past is alas now a bitter filled glass. Yet, through this cup, I watch as you grow, Why I don't tip you over, I really …

Blue Ribbon

  Waves upon waves of blue colored ribbons  Tying me to something higher than myself  A noose to hang by,  A type of bondage I bond to.  When I close my eyes  I Imagine instead wings spreading from the blades of my shoulder bone  Down to the edges of my ankle bone Spanning past the …

Hard Love

I love you I have been far too wounded by the arrow of Eros' lust for me to see past the ephemeral parallel of all things to come. But we hold tight you and I.  Waterfall to my being I become the cup in which you fill. An ever lusting spirit in your tightly woven …