A decade gained From the ashes of pain As the window opened And the sun poured in A ladder of hope Extending beyond The visible sky A way out A path to the next level The past under my feet Giving me traction for the…

I took the one less traveled because it’s always new. Every day opportunities vary making excitement ensue. What I saw yesterday is gone and different today. The path still there calling me to explore.  

How She Found Us                                                     after Diana Khoi Nguyen This is how she found us the past draped about us…

Life like love is on us if we let it be It happens to us and never leaves us If we let it, it can be never-ending or it can press pause.   Love like life is on us, if we let it see It…

Along the quiet, Of quite a night…  I see a light in-between, That keeps the two sides of the road alive. Somehow, it seems to nod us to go, Perhaps, a stranger’s “Hello”. It soon becomes clear in a vision, A tiny house all alone….

Inspired after Diana Khoi Nguyen line – The past draped upon us like a cloak   They are hidden They are pain They are words They are lies They are truths They are secrets They are protected They are you Scars    

He saw me He saw me with scars over my eyes Gauged by those who would keep me down He saw the hemorrhaging from a thousand cuts He saw the weight of a life in service To a band of emotional thieves He wrapped a…

Do we Can we Drop our past Let it drop Like a cloak Silkenly Silently To the ground Shed our skin To be reborn cracking out Of our dry and dusty Layers Do we Can we Become new By ridding ourselves Of old.

WRITING A POEM ON POEM Today I must write a poem on poem Should I search on Google for inspiration? That is not a creative solution It will only lead to cheating and frustration What should my poem pattern be? Or should I first go…

Hello!  I’m so excited to start getting ready for the marathon this weekend.  I’m hoping this gives me the jumpstart I need to get back into writing poetry daily.  Good luck fellow poets!