Someone I love died and I don’t know if I’m going to be fine I don’t understand what happened. Why can’t they still be mine? They were right here, holding me, loving me, not very long ago But now they’re gone? No where? No matter where I go? When I can’t hear them, see them, …
Uncovering Me
I carry within me worlds no one has seen not even me I feel their edges scrape against my chest almost breaking free I’ve held them in so long, too long I’m not sure why I must have feared they were wrong hoped they’d die But they just kept growing bigger, wider and to this …
Clean Before I Come Over
You opened the door so I stepped insideYour invite was warm and I settled in kind You showed me around, opened drawers and cupboardsBut I saw something large looming heavily above us Oh, what is that? I asked, my eyes curious and wideI don’t know what you’re seeing, you said, and tried to hide There! …
Don’t Carry Too Much
Sometimes words fall out my mouth They mean no harm But you still flinch I want to be sorry But maybe it’s not my fault Maybe it’s just your worry And I don’t need to make space for that.
The Hard Way
The universe will have its lessons. There’s no running, there’s no hiding. They creep up behind you and slowly stir, swirling emotions, thoughts, and actions. They’ll pull you in and down, up and around, catching you on details, snagging you on nails. Pinging, scratching, scraping, until you finally step back. Back Back Back And then, …
The Crossroads
So many crossroads we see in this life. The right way is wrong and the wrong way is right. I choose one at random to see if I fall. Where does it lead? I don’t learn after all. For there were more roads when I walked that way. Only more decisions leading to dismay. How …
Underneath This
There is a beautiful text written Beneath the surface of this space And all that you see Lucky am I to dip underneath it In a bath of language unseen Taking in all the lines, turning and Pinging of the journey unknown to All who reside only above it.