There is a feeling he longs to feel again And so he bleeds every new experience for every drop of emotion it can arouse in him Takes the glass to the table, time and time again. Holds friends like hostages until they begin to bore…

write a poem of all questions how do you hold hope? where does it hurt? how long has it? when did it start? are you afraid it won’t ever stop? it’s stopped? for how long? were you devastated when it returned? i mean how devastated…

Well for heavens’ sake don’t check the mail Or eat a square meal. Avoid bone broth, beat cops, Refinancing, renovations — Small dogs. Most of all ignore The incessant push pull Of a liver too stupid to swallow this pill.

Even though she knew it was coming, The blow still stung. No matter how much she tried to brace for it The impact still caused her to reel. Sometimes having defenses up just isn’t enough.

Guess who is at fault Under a microscope clues are examined In the sunken ground rests the ache of sadness Let the authorities reveal the truth To capture the shameful one as others halt in a hurry to heal You’re sure that soon it will…

Hope is impossible when you look, and actually see, when you witness the fires, the wild winds and the ferocious rains. Hope is impossible when you feel the heat of your silver earrings against your neck after minutes outside and you pray that the power…

O moon, streaming moody, I peer up at your blank face lit by the reflecting sun, showing off craters and dust but no water, nor the color red— no shouting red-headed, red faced red eyes, red nightshade berries, nor red skies at night.  

It is time to go. The past lay hidden in the walls. All other memories have been removed.   I can hear the echoes of our history, They speak to me and beg me to stay. But I must move on.   These walls sheltered…

final boxes are stacked in a van an almost empty home stands unaware that its inhabitants will leave tomorrow. on a clouded, gray morning gutters will fill with rain no one will notice when leaves fall and clog, and water leaks through the roof and…

I swear, she was just here I am pretty sure I saw her this past week in class Biology, right? Now her stuff  from her place is all cleared out? Weird Her boyfriend? What’s his name again? He was there too I thought I heard…