Notice the way he walks and watch how he does not divert neither to the right hand or to the left See the rigidity in how he stays on this path for this is what he was told was wise Yet he has not considered…

As I sleep on rocks, warm and smooth Curled up snugly in the night People sing and dance, far away Lights from the house light the yard Happy congo line emerges Through light and shadows I look up as I wake, too slow Feet descend…

The hour has now come where the unprepared will falter but those with foresight will be rewarded Look to your neighbor to see if they will fail or if they will stand tall Do not dwell on the tribulations you overcame and only focus on…

All night long in lamentations she walks the murky water’s edge it seems she’s lost her precious babies, she desperately reaches down to dredge the cold and black abysmal waters of the swamp that took their lives she wails and howls for all to hear…

You’re the butter to my jelly The ice cream to my cone The waffle to my syrup The lemon to my scone You’re the creamer to my coffee The ketchup to my fry The sausage to my pizza The corned beef to my rye You’re…

It’ll all blow over, don’t worry, some said But the hospitals were full, there was nary a bed And the TV showed sidewalks with hearses, and the dead Waiting to be buried. Communities had barricaded themselves in All deliveries were dropped off to be collected…

You left me alone I can be so much more now Create what I need Growing into me Without you holding me back I find who I am Painfully, I grow Time to find my purpose here Expanding, I rise (Prompt: Write a poem about…

You have to die to go to heaven and new beginnings need an end. Sometimes the road that blew your tire out leads you to a place to mend. Sometimes the knife stuck in your back Cuts you free from chains that bind. Sometimes cold…

I wish I was a good disabled person that knew how to act and knew his place That I did not see each day as a challenge but rather understood that I should be hidden away After all this time I still have not learned…

CW: pregnancy, miscarriage Me Without You   Nine years later we joke about how hard it was to pee on that stick. How nervous it all made me as 60 seconds turned into an eternity. A popsicle sized piece of plastic told me our lives…