Her cries go unheard she wails to the night sky, alone and cold Where’s mama? Too small to bear witness Too young to talk left to fend for herself against the elements she wails at the moon no one hears a barren land, she’s left…

She was afraid she wasn’t good enough He was afraid she wasn’t good enough He was afraid he wasn’t good enough She was afraid he wasn’t good enough He is afraid she isn’t good enough He is afraid he isn’t good enough She is afraid…

It was yesterday we Laughed away old memories, For a minute I wanted to believe You stepped away for a breeze, Now I cry about you, Wishing I could bring you back, Normal doesn’t feel right, My life is way off track. I tried to…

when once illegible scratches emerged as readable text i attached myself to the library shelf ecstatic for what came next   I lost myself between pages in fantastic worlds was found I’m a bibliophile with an ear to ear smile my love for books knows…

I drive by places that remind me of you, You are every where, always in view, I cannot find you though, no matter how hard I try, It gets worse and worse , as days go by.   I wonder if you know how bad…

For Robbie, Who Lost an Arm you used to lay your arm around her amidst The Evil Dead, theater dates, and everything Nicholas Sparks. you used to catch one-handed high school wide-receiver. your knotted spear of elbow thrust into my stomach mid-moshpit. we wrestled in…

There is a ladder It goes two ways, up and down, Which one will you choose?

I now begin the second half My poetry partner husband Has abandoned me for sleep 24 too much for him this year His computer chair is empty His computer silent I sit alone The fans wailing Just me and the words Just me How strange…

Do not be ashamed Your flaws are your virtues too Don’t let them tarnish