Have you ever said yes when you really meant no? Did you ever agree to take part when you really didn’t have the time? Did you want to say no, but you were too afraid to offend? Well, being loved by all won’t be your…

Death is a fallow field memory what grows there, thin and fragile-stalked fragrant as basil a cacophony of birds I can taste their songs honey on the tongue Glen told me once perhaps on a boat floating down an ancient river      one of so…

My mind has cranky wheels and bearings that squeak loudly My eyes see the days ahead in colors and deep textures. Do the wheels and gears generate my soul or does my soul spin them instead? Doubts dance like lilies on the water with the…

“But the Lord God called to me and said to me ‘Where are You?’” (paraphrase of Genesis 3:9) To the One Who Hides this was not just any fear this fear had a name It is the fear of being found wanting Pursued by Life…

I was an ocean A roiling, boiling ocean that swallowed the entire world I wish I could say it was good, but it burned and scraped and choked Monuments caught in my throat Sickly rivers coated my stomach A mess of disgust, but nonetheless I…

Hour Three – Unprompted, 2023. At 14, we held an assembly: Our first meeting, Burned into my memory. You & Childhood and me, Sat together as friends, In a group of Three; Wish I could tell her, What we’ve grown to be. Prayers and passions,…

Fragrant aromas Gently emerge from bubbles And permeate me

Did I do something wrong? They are staring with two dark holes Don’t tell me to be strong! behind those osteocytes lie many souls There are many bones in our museum Patella, femur and tibia They’re from abandoned bodies I assume Prisoners from Chad, Nigeria…

In ten years, these steps I fear will be paths I have walked. I have dreams and my fears triple every one of them but someday, probably in yen years, I’ll overcome them to create new ones In ten years, I would love a partner…

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