I can’t say I know him, but the boardwalk looks inviting I could see us walking, maybe even talking, watching him for years, so handsome from afar his hazel eyes to gaze in so dreamy near and far. It’s better I don’t meet him, so…

  Sometimes I dare myself To stand close to the edge because fear reminds you that you’re alive right? The pit of my stomach drops away like an elevator summoned to a lower floor My palms sweat Traitors! What if I need to hold onto…

I wish my life was as perfect as that egg shell white umbrella complements the perfectly placed plants, Oh how I wish I could perfectly place people in my life to play perfect father roles or perfect best-friend roles but if that was to happen…

I see the imprint of you on the white towel above planks neatly squared off. This would be where we last uttered our meanest words. Nothing saved us from centuries of terrible curses and omens. Our mothers even led us to the day where both…

Sopa de Hueso I carry grief in my bones Angry red and resigned yellow cells create healing in the marrow Boil my bones and pain will seep out of its simmered confines Leach out of the calcified webbing and create radiant strength Angry red and…

This love we have is Beautiful, warm, inviting, solid. We’ve been through so much, you and I We’ve journeyed to Be together. You’ve been My rock when I needed it the most I lay my head on your chest And listen to your heartbeat. This…

Hold this picture. Dive in. Be there. Close my eyes and hear the sounds of the mountains The splashing and laughter of the river The breeze, always Whispering and telling stories of times no one but the mountains remember. Breathe in and bathe in The clear,…

Even when we’re trying To get closer to her We build barriers Put on shoes Hide behind glass Then caption pictures with “Back to nature”

  A thirty four dollar steak will Always taste better than a twelve dollar steak, But A twenty nine dollar Restaurant Week steak will Always taste better than a thirty four dollar steak.   A baked potato on fine china will Always taste better than…

Marathon Stream breathe deep, exhale, now write poems, poetry, fingers typing words that make sense, words that are silly, words that resonate, palpate and pulse to ramble with sentences, free from constraint let the muse flow unfettered, she’s loose and unkempt a creek’s worth of…