Summertime

We recall the days When we were happy How we used to play In the sun Chasing fireflies At night Beating the streetlights Home How happy those day were

the more poems – four

more cramping more discharge more eggwhitey suddenly and than before more bleeding more living up in my shoulders and less in my core more living up in my head and less in me less me more fluid more swabs more charting more medical more stress…

10+10-8 (Prompt 4)

  10+10-8 The conversation was going great. They agreed on some things, but would heatedly debate the occasions on which + they’d find opinions they couldn’t relate. But, he loved her passion, she loved his knack for facts. + Opposites attract + so well, in fact that they…

Daddy’s Voices

Daddy speaks in many different tones, At the time of birth until you are grown; He uses these voices as a guide, To set rules, which his children must abide. First, is the voice of authority, It shows his towering seniority; Daddy may sometimes deny…

One Way Road

I found a road Long and dark With me was a heavy load Lighting my way, not a spark   Onward I went No turning back Though it may be bent I must follow track   Wanting to return Somewhere far away Forward I continued…

Hour 6: Wristlav Part III

Dear Wristlav, go with it, It seems that I’ve been given up to temptation, led into the slaughterhouse, making of a king’s crown, bleed out, ripple out like a stone sunk into our bitter lake of memory, painting images, mirrored like your father, but so…

9 Appreciation Overload (after the long haul)

Thank you, Friends and Enemies, for the kind words and not-so-kind words Thank you, Tear Ducts for the tear dam Thank you Work, for making me the busiest ever Thank you Kins and Relatives, for the realization and pats not on the back but on…

Poem (#8)

Web strung groundcover Makes scary, enticing hole You call your home

The World Today

I hope to do good in the world today To be someone’s helping hand Bring joy to the weary And love to the lonely May blessings flow like the sand I hope to do good in the world today To do what God wants me…