They stand against the glass, eyes the color of cinnamon, curry, chocolate. Dusty, grimy, a decade’s hand-me-downs of bright pattern that cries of hungry mouths, of hungry bellies rotund not with satiety, mimic fecundicity. Tiny hands outstretched, eyes pleading, we need, we want, we desire. In…

Heartland Twin lakes of glimmering green shimmer reflections of sky. Crescent path to the south curves up or down. Forests of swaying, short golden leaves to the north—none beyond the lakes. She is down to Earth, gazing at the sky. Fields of cream-coloured rye outline…

We need you Jesus Every day We Need you Jesus every step of the way We need you Jesus as our Guide We need you Jesus by our side We Need him in the Morning We need him in the evening We need you to…

A stake in my chest When I thought I was made of steel, I cling to the last thing that made me happy So that I may fall with a smile on my face. Even if I am bloody, Sore, weak, with my wounds weeping,…

Formaldehyde in shabby cluster, a tap on the cigarette as a conductor would call attention from his stand. Air so still, our glasses linear on the diner table, in a duel to death, and I am so afraid of my veins speaking to yours in…

I imagine long nights of love making You entering and exiting, welcomed or by surprise. Experimenting. Exchanging smirks and kisses. You try. I try. How did we end up here? Not long ago You were just a cordial ‘Hi & bye’ Now we’re each others…

Sunshine steals sweetly Into my secret garden Stay and play for awhile

what a thing it must be, to be grown for beauty; to attract // to serve the purpose of catching an eye, turning a head, inviting a smile // existing and subsisting with the sole intention of brightening and blooming, even when rudely plucked from…

We’d build a home in a ravaged land, The static high in the sky, It’s tasting like the steel of your heart, The soft mechanic pull of your breath, We are building up the disaster here. I wanted you to disappear, But I see there…