Perspective

Perspective Virginia Carraway Stark An ant crawling Up the side of a cottonwood tree Doesn’t mind Me I should feel big staring at him But I feel as small as this ant The sky is a bowl Of vastness The clouds are mountains Towering above…

Not Another Love Poem

Yet again here we are, words which met love on a page. I turn to you and grin, whisper words which only you hear, and your groan, swatting me away. “Not another,” you grumble, and with your eyes I see it. Potential. Pain. Pleasure, the…

Hour Eleven

You see, life has no guarantees Wishes aren’t granted And dreams seldom come true But then how does that explain me and you?

Hour Ten

That smile… The one that reaches your eyes, The one that makes my heart swell, The one I seldom see, The one you only show to me. That smile… The one that you hide so well, The one that brightens my darkest mood, The one…

The Path Most Forsaken

Two roads diverged And one submerged Below the route that all maps urged, Where most would naturally go – The overground pathway Trampled underfoot toe by toe By those who would not stray And make their own way, But down below I chose to go Where demon…

Paths

Broad is the road that leads to destruction Majority travel along its path It’s filled with those who believe such phrases like, ‘Whatever makes you happy’ Just because you feel it’s right doesn’t mean that it is The world is full of ‘good people’ Whose…

I Used to Know A Guy Named Steve #11/24

I Used To Know a Guy Named Steve Steve was a black man of thirty-five. He was greasy and had dandruff. He dressed very badly in black denim and cheap stretchy pullover shirts with three buttons center, top. He wore too much Drakkar Noir in…

Empty at the bottom.

If the world was a whisky bottle I would swallow it whole. Like a drunkard drains the bar, The bartenders stores and always finds it empty. At the bar, The only thing I ever found at the bottom of the glass was me a little…

the road less traveled

making decision always two  options making pros and cons weighing the equal footing   ambivalence in making decision marking into new environment decision making at its best clinching the tide likening for two roads in making choices   clearly a new decision determining for what…

Blue You

She said they found you blue on the floor of your room with a needle still dangling from your arm they tried to breathe life back into you you did not respond and now your once beautiful body was turned into ash you are resting peacefully,…