It always seems to be the ruin of people When it ends One seems to find another To spend the days with When I was younger, I was told a lie That coming together was necessary to survive And although I know it is not…

Hour 4 Prompt Write about marriage without using the word marriage, husband or wife   KNOWING HIM I fell for him the day we met. He was familiar and comfortable, but better! What would I find if I really got to know him,  if I…

WE ARE POWERFUL There is ‘art’ inside every heart, Do not kill the artist inside you! There is ‘air’ in our hair, Let your hair loose and do not get tied up old traditions There is an’ I’ inside every eye, See only what makes…

My stretched palms are branches, swaying in place, sunlight trickling through my shade.   Translucent, veins take root, weaving phalanges. Soaked serotonin nutrients, behind closed eyelids we are sustained.   Thrive in our shared space, bloom in difference. Collectively, we are the flower. We are…

Work Prep11am BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ Swing my legs over as I shut up my alarm so sleepy I want a few more hours of sleep Maybe just a few more minutes Nope! Gotta get moving Get up and start to gather my stuff as fast…

Let us join together in union creating that which was two before into one loving entity now.  Should we be parted for any reason, know that our roots are always here, entwined together in this live rich soil.  May we continue to be engrossed in…

  On the first day of spring I drove by that place you took me once because your father was still building those beautiful houses that were still only bones of themselves. We could only see the darkness that lay between the framed wood. It…

6am Poem 4. A Tanka on Marriage Lay with me today. Honey with me everyday till we are no more till our whispers take their shape in our childrens’ loving acts.

I want to rush with you and take it slow, but the hardest part about hot and cold is knowing when to let it go.   I feel numb even when I’m in pain, the disaster of this cycle leaves me ignoring the pouring of…

Redemption Cold, the chapel where he and I wed, cold, the reception after, cold, the family I joined, cold, body and soul were lost. Lost, my faith in unity, lost, my good times after, lost, my hope for pleasures shared, lost, my past, alone. Alone,…