I hope this is real, handsome man, and not just another cruelty. The darkness I’ve drawn in is so adept at it. I’ve had enough of cruelty in this life. Oh, but haven’t we both? I saw her push you away that day dressed in…
Category: Marathon Poem
Hour22
You know nothing, but winter is coming anyway! Embrace your nightmares while looking for summer’s warmth…
Hour Twenty-four: Hoped For
Is that bright light bursting through the dark forest The light I prayed for to lead me out of my morass Or Is it the light at the end of a dark tunnel, The proverbial train rushing to end my suffering forever Are its…
Hour 24 – In which I replace the word “hopes” with the word “feet”
In which I replace the word “hopes” with the word “feet” after Nico Wilkinson My feet move me toward a future I am quite unsure of. But while I ask so much of my feet, with all these dreams of forward motion, they cannot answer….
2023 Poem Twenty Three
I’m glad I can’t change the past or tell myself the future without her
Hour 21
Que sera sera… You know that old song? The message is not that old actually!
Hour 24: Hope
Life is an interplay of shadows and light A lot of times the black clouds seem to overwhelm the sun But a tiny, silvery ray called hope shines through, Guiding our lost souls back in to the action ring Rekindling the embers of dying dreams…
2024 Poem Twenty Two
Little, Gay Awakenings – Tasting her cherry chapstick for the first time – Shego in afternoon cartoons – My first short, short haircut – The realization that humans could never be put into a box, let alone Box A or Box B only – Liquid…
To Make Brownies
Step one: Open the box Read the instructions on the box Without spilling the contents of the box Step two: Spill contents of the box Curse Sigh with relief That the contents are separately packaged Step three: Look for eggs in the fridge…
On Hope
Hope is a 4-letter word that is necessary to survive. Almost as essential as breathing… so we must work to keep hope alive. There’s plenty of proof of sorrow, but we can’t let anguish rule the day. Hope is only deterrent that can hold deep…