Struggling to see the hidden details The latent sense of empathy Striving to read in between the lines Don’t let this imagination pass you by, You said I wished I’d looked deeply Or thinking in a reasonable way As you said it will connect to…

I should have said yes… kissed more girls and more boys who looked like girls and more girls who looked like boys. I should have said yes to not getting married. I should have said yes to college earlier and yes to touring even earlier…

In the moonlit path we walked together “There are wild foxes here,” you said And I took a step closer Wondering if we would see them unless They saw us first and swallowed us whole. My hair caught in branches that swept low, pulling At our…

From my niblings came littles nephew and nieces, I mean the babies are my niblets they’re unseen, but they sing.   Niblets make me happy they look like my niblings and sometimes they hug me just like my siblings.   Even though I never had…

Oh messy house, I work many days thinking while earning this living. At night I want to play games, and rest my mind from giving. This house a wreck stays, without a care, as I waste time to play.

The scent of lavender fills the air Made heavy by summertime heat The carpet feels gritty, like a warm sandy beach Nestled roughly under my feet The hallway feels longer at this hour of day Each step growing tougher to make My eyes are now…

After my mother left, I forgot the written things, that part that speaks to me became obsolete. There was a spirit breaking the pod of a kolanut. Forgive me, dear Lord for this confession. I was a mere boy, in the middle of a dark…

Under the stars beneath the trees along the road ahead A light shimmers to bluish life an intoxicating mystery

The heavy lifting blood pint draining sighs Frequently blinks and shutters the lids The lazy sight beholds flickering lights Going on and off like a lightning bug Body laying numb lifeless in the colt Months preparing an opening a crusader gap For an outlaw streams…

Each answer we give changes the path we take Whether we say yes or no or nothing changes fate And sometimes I think about the times Where I should have said yes. When I could have made things better By following my truth, er rather…