Bricks Everything will be alright with you by my side. We can share our bricks.

Untitled   Being naked with you was the least intimate thing we could do. My bare skin covered in our sweat was a shield for my heart and spirit. There was nothing you could do to my body that would hurt me more than anyone…

Untitled   I broke my own heart to love you. Attempted to make a collage of a new heart. One part me to three parts who I think you want me to be. Secure all the pieces together with glue and tape and hope. Every…

Untitled   I experience what other people call ‘god’ in a different way. God is tucked away in the mundane. They shine through every inch of nature’s beauty that I see every day. God will dance from start to star as my eyes adjust to…

Vows (will insert a number later when I can count how many vows I have written)   From now until our obituary we will have each other. In sickeness and in health, tied together as one. I will rest when we are tired. Even if…

Cityscapes and dreamcatchers:   You do such a beautiful job of blending cityscapes and dreamcatchers into your life. AS if you only feel inspired in the hustle and bustle then you step away and the peace just swells within you. As if you’ve finally gotten…

The sunflower dirt has turned to dust The blue skies and wispy clouds are all we’ve known for months Just a foot of rain in half a year And next to none in an eternity Occasional five minute sprinkles tease then Serve to bake our…

Poem 20: Naming the stars: I’ve always wondered whether we’re spending too much time or not enough naming all the stars out there. Deciding which ones will be famous and which can live a quiet life just because. It has always been fascinating to me…

CW: Alcoholism, substance abuse. addiction For Jack Daniels   There was a time I would try to drink myself sober. Jack Daniels was a mistress that everyone knew I had- captivating me as soon as my tongue tasted him. A glass bottle full of magic…

CW: Eugenics, June 2022 current events but not named specifically   Catching up on the news means: relearning that justice doesn’t exist and that people don’t learn. I was born to be: a canary in a coal mine; the PSA on who you aren’t supposed…