Whether you desire it or concede it You can’t love it but life needs it I only seek it so I can give Or do I seek it for the life I live I love life, so I must have it to exist My heart…

  Blowing kisses   Lost among the shuffle A bright star A leaf rustle The chill on your spine Within a warm breeze flourish My voice has left This love still beats Over here Over there I kiss the wind for you I swear

inhale, exhale, smell: citrus, vanilla mixed with dried sweat and someone’s halitosis   inhale, exhale, see: overwhelming colors, brand names, labels wanting me to buy them   inhale, exhale, feel: confined in such a huge place, alone yet surrounded, free in a trap   inhale,…

She will leave her girlish laughter behind She cannot take the air with her She will not hide her tears but how will she laugh again? The smell of ripe guava trees will be forever etched upon her mind The sound of the morning rooster…

He had a house or did he rent? I wasn’t sure kept in the dark. Elusive him, married he was he wasn’t clear he had me wait. White Castle here his wife so near he had me wait with coffee in hand. Frustration came doubts…

No, I get it. Really, it’s fine. I worked damn hard to make you mine. But my tongue said things that made a noose I failed to stay calm and a tirade’s been let loose. No, I’m not angry, just disappointed. Really, there’s no reason…

Sleep doesn’t heal The demons that surround You leave me in the darkness Begging to be found Come a little closer Feed upon my breath Find what has been missing Fall into my depth I need the life inside To come back to me The…

Of all the words I cannot speak; Of all the longing I cannot touch; Of all the feelings I cannot write; Of all the pain I cannot weep; Of all . . .   Instead I paint I draw I pour I blend With the…

I yearn for you with my eyes when you’re not looking.   I know the skin of your wrist, the nape of your neck, the curve of your back and yet I’ve never touched you.   I yearn in secret, alone, in the dark.  …