9 am – one – no title

my eyes burn my finger is stuck to the screen cramps in my hand the screen is so big! I’ve laid here for hours missing the sleep I need why, why, why did I get on Facebook? my timeline rolls by… as my finger slows…

Dear Past Self

Dear You, It has been 5 years since you left me. I am 18 now and a lot has happened, I often wonder if you will even recognise me if we met. The five stages of grief often pay me a visit, But even they…

Prompt 2 ( Recipe for love)

Recipe for unconditional Love ❤️ 1. Care 2. Selflessness 3. Beauty 4. Peace 5. Happiness Ingredient #1 is the key ingredient, mix it well throughout. Add in #2-4 in small doses throughout . Gradually add #5. Set a no timer and freely give to everyone…

Dear Dad

Things you could not have divined or imagined Are now a dystopian reality There’s not much left of humanity – Was this predestined? Or was this always the nature of your God Of superior intelligence And advanced technology Who belonged not in a church but…

I Am the Wind

unseen? never. I am the wind I flutter the leaves play on the water splash waves into whitecaps   watch me I am the dust in your eyes pushing, nudging, blasting I am seen in all my moods loved or hated depending on the day…

To Grandma – hour 4, prompt 4

Grandma, I sure miss the way you’d tell me stories every day and cook me dinner without delay when deciding to prolong my stay. At thanksgiving, always such a treat is where the family’d yearly meet for turkey, ham and tasty sweets and then a…

Letters from Home

Mom, I’m participating in this years Poetry Marathon again.  I really wish we had been able to do one together.  You were the reason I started writing poetry in the first place.  “Mandy & Nanny” will always be my favorite. You were the inspiration for…

Recipe for a Guaranteed Disaster Hour 2

Hour 2 Recipe poem The Perfect Recipe for a Guaranteed Disaster   Ingredients Me Longing Loneliness Dark Dance Floor Vodka   Method ***Following the recipe is a suggestion. Disaster results, in any measure, are guaranteed when all of these ingredients are brought together.   Take…

H.4 – REMEMBER THAT DAY

Dearest Love, I can never quite find the words, that my heart wants me to say, they seem to get stuck somewhere so very far away, I call to them with my memory, I try to cox them out with love but alas they are…