I stopped sleeping with a nightlight while you were in my bed And for a moment I thought that meant more than it did You barged in and lit up the spooky corners of my mind Scared away the nightmares The loneliness that comes from searching for something you can’t identify And in […]
Read moreI’m lying on my back in the grass when suddenly I feel the roots rising up from the dirt I feel them even before they begin poking through my flesh Innate intuition A union with the divine I sense them And now they’re burrowing into my body as they vibrate a hymn They’re […]
Read moreWhen you’re sad for a long time it becomes a bit of a habit Like an after-school snack or regular exercise… or… or… Puking after every meal Habit, see? How can you ever be anything but sad? It’s just the way things are “But what do you have to be sad about? You’re so […]
Read moreThe house didn’t just crumble No There was a full blown implosion…again And it left her burned and in bits Gasping for air and clawing toward the surface Searching for just a flicker of light between the debris…. Again And it’s happened over and over and over again But she always rebuilds with a fearless […]
Read moreA smile at a human in a bar on a night in a city And so began a trillion love stories And so began ours With my laugh like music and your eyes on fire You couldn’t wait to tell me another joke To tell me I was pretty I asked “pretty what?” […]
Read moreThere is no beauty more enrapturing than that of juxtaposition. Opposing forces exchanging unlikely compliments.
Read moreTyrant of Her Tresses And until now, each of you had your place
Read moreYou think you’ve gone mad? Well so have I. You’re addicted to cocaine. To the rhythm. To yourself.
Read moreYou remind us of the immense beauty one can find in simplicity and vulnerability. And from that innocence blooms a brilliant fearlessness.
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