There are no photos of me as an infant In my mother’s arms. No black and white Sepia toned memories bleeding Into my now. No corners holding The past in its place, jagged edges Saying, look here, this was your life. This was you as…

  twisted branches the constant ache to break free       Note: This poem was written using the image prompt for hour eleven.        

We sit side-by-side on the bleachers on our street It’s been a long school term so we fill each other in I tell you about the boy I like   “Our first kiss was like magic It wasn’t quick or like the marriage of lips…

drops of iron soak into the earth giving you your first breath roots anchor you to your mother knotted wood encase your spirit from your limbs and head, flowers bloom bringing with them companions of bees and birds you will never know your father but…

Garland of clouds woven with a thread and a needle Periwinkles showered from the sky spread all over the earth A scene nothing else can beat for it is only God’s treat!

You take me by the hand  and lead me to the moon There we ride low to high and loop de loop Through the crowds, you’re by my side I never have to worry We take our time,  there is no rush We let the…

Take me to a place Take me somewhere, far away Someplace where no one comes where I am unseen and I am alone Someplace incredible unimaginable Take me to a place Take me somewhere, on the way Someplace where the sun shines bright where the…

The tropical heat percolated on the small of her back, It was the early 60s, in Trenchtown.   The flies bothered them only in the morning, In the night, they clung to the ceiling and watched them make love.   His dreadlocks the color of…

I will never make it to heaven. You cannot tell me that I will make it there.   All good people go to heaven. This is it, My bad deeds outweigh by good deeds.   You cannot tell me that I won’t go to hell….

YES, it is true I am a combination Like you I am an angel and a demon A yin and a yang a black and a white A mixture of a wrong and a right Some days I’m easy at times I’m complicated I won’t…