Tread deeply into my soul, the finale is about to start. For just a while, linger close, to dance amongst the stars. Empty graves, lies the destination set for you and me Disregard your worries to focus here. On what we can make be. Presently,…

Leaving You Leaving you, my life shattered. Bits of mirror in my fists, reflect false hopes and promises. We called it love. Leaving you— was not a loss. I mourned the life we’d planned, bought a new mirror. -timeforselflove

Watermelon Seeds Swallowing a watermelon seed today took me back to when I was four, thought the seed would implant itself in my stomach roots and tendrils infiltrating my body a nightmare, how comforting it is to know that like watermelon seeds– Swallowing trauma and…

I have tasted your fuller lips And thirsted for so long to earn you back The gospel of your words seals deep within me Bashes of Roses you amuze in the truth The substance of my soul is near How understanding as I sit under…

Friends Furever   Thwack thwack thwack! My tail wags fast and furiously. I lick your face, rest my head on your chest, listen to you breathe. You are my person!   I can’t help but smile when I walk through the door and find you…

Grief has a funny way of creeping up on us / one day / feel nothing / numb / another / feel everything / skin buzzing / hive mind / racing thoughts / confusion / resentment / acceptance / denial / back & forth /…

Colorful fliers greet them upon entry. Promises of utdoor games, slip ‘n slide, snow cones, a semi-scary movie, and prizes for best costumes. Sister Sledge on the intercom. We are family. I’ve got all my sisters with me. We bebop to the music. She balances…

When prompts give no clue pen-paper intercourse births no poem keyboard stares at blank screen no image, no song can fertilise an arid soil but a poet must poetise

Love lured him to the woods Where he wrote her songs of everlasting and eternity of giving his all – his everything   Love was his heart and his hurt She left him there wasting away, falling to pieces Singing empty words with soundless tunes…

I draw on the intoxication and arousal, tempted by oblivion, My darkened self, swells, merging with the possibilities of forever. Her body, my temple of indulgence and brazen passion, Our unity ordained by the baptism and blood born of purposes nether.   My desires soon…