how many times did it take you?  going back / rewinding, uncoil the tangles / smooth the sharp edges of the world that scraped away at me / made me vulnerable // the hardest part was acknowledging / I had been allowing it for so…

A man stood beneath the tree, Waiting it seemed, for me His gaze was soft as diamond His mood as light as iron He had been waiting for me But why beneath this tree?   This tree was like most around it Red leaves and…

We sat there in silence neither of us had anything left to say I could see the hurt in your eyes and you could feel my anger As I tried to figure out if this was over I realized my phone was still playing music…

Mr and Mrs Cello Natural and calming Soothing and unifying Bonding to love Solemn takes me on a journey Upbeat and easy to listen to Enjoying the tune is catchy Beautiful music adorable tune Violin awesome threading My head swaying from side to side My…

Papa— Awake before the sun but after the Robins have begun their songs for the day. Awake because I lay in my thorny nest of warmth— Wondering if you’d still enjoy the Robin’s sing knowing it’s the last Spring you’d hear them — and knowing…

Never reply; I’m not sure. To a question about your identity. Now, cross it out; I’m not sure. Add a few more statements of confidence; I have an identity. You can brag a little too; I’m very unique. It’s all falling in piece now, resounding like…

Again I have need to haunt this pen for again you have forgotten my words and have ceded your power to another I see this hold she still has over you but I do not know how to rationalize it You have retuned to following…

miles to go (after Robert Frost)   blood flows           hot and               ragged a collective thrum. walls  surround      them,  they have chosen to              let our cries be drown out by  their preachers whose shouts of condemnation do    …

Sun peeks behind clouds bringing forth light again to shine on in darkness

I am                              free pain          washes                     away       as ears                  fill– sound filtered through.           water each joint                        unbound,  cursed connective…