Be Normal

Why can’t you be normal? What is normal? I mean really Where is the exact description The written down prescription For normal Who are you to say what is normal? We can’t all do the same things Or have the same skills The same abilities…

Mission Failure

I dreamed I was running The wind whipping at my face The stairs endless before me Over and over There had to be an end to it I could hear you All around me I could hear you You were just around the corner Just…

You are Never Alone

He leaned back in his chair He closed his eyes The echoes of the dog’s growl Still echoed in his ears He remembered the screams of Young Lord Baskerville He rubbed his eyes He still wasn’t sleeping well He woke up screaming last night Images…

The new normal #thepoetrymarathon #prompthourseven

We cremated my uncle the other day Actually we left the body and walked away As the cadaver waited in queue.   There was a young girl my daughter’s age Who died gasping for breath, her mother Waiting soundlessly, was given the body instead.  …

Pour down your thoughts dear Here are your swords- paper and pen Keep writing, have no fear! Pour down your thoughts dear Here is your world – a book Keeping imagining, in full gear! Pour down your thoughts dear Here is your teacher – the…

Seeing God through a Brother

Seeing God through a Brother Everyone has a name for hunger in his mother’s tongue. My Asian friend asked me in a chat what it’s called. I typed ‘ebi.’ He sent a voice note and distorted the pronunciation to mean vomit. It was normal for…

The Magic Black Diamond

There first was a little girl Then there was another Soon there were more and more The first little girl Assumed this was The Order of the World and modeled her life after This in every way ‘First there is me, Then others follow, I…

Between Two Worlds

Two worlds divided Of both seen and unseen A medium once confided: “It’s by mediation that they convene”   A mirrored reflection Inverted when seen But its origin— we loosen When the future was foreseen   For as the present time may serve As a…

Why is it so difficult To be different From the normal? Why are you cursed For being different From the normal? I could be weird But that’s what I feared! Normal could be weird Normal should be cheered Normal could be queered Normal should be…

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