seventy candles flicker in a room full
the sweet union of voices
sixty-nine times before that day
the man walked the moon when I was ten
I had heard stories and so I dropped
the mentos
as my son speared it into the sky
giggles erupted and hearts soared
As our chins tilted toward the sun
Mar 2, 2019
Mar 2, 2019 at 5:17 PM UTC
Me and her, we lost touch
been 5 years now I’ve been sober
We took the bottle to the porch
Smashed it to one thousand
pieces, scattered with sharp edges
We sliced-up our fingers cleaning
oh, the mess we made.
Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 1:39 AM UTC
honey tangy nectar.
coat-your-mouth
gives crunch drip
oblique emerald tears
firmy cushiony give
speckled red, burnished orange
creviced crimson deep
garish grooves
bite-jarring grind
acrobatic twirling
diplomatic fingers
whittled down
to the core.
Feb 23, 2019
Feb 23, 2019 at 2:06 AM UTC
Things are supposed to matter
You take comfort in your own company
Lying with yourself of the want to belong
When really all there is
Are miles of fresh air
From the distance you have driven
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019 at 5:34 AM UTC
Your noise sounds
like an echoing cavern
change the reflection
crack the mirror
Reverberation magnifies
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 19, 2019 at 2:01 AM UTC
Begging to stop
Pressure to the cooker
Ready to implode
One thousand miles
The wrong direction
Glance behind
The drop of a stone
Pines creaking
Sturdy shaking
Debris falling
Sun blinding
Earth quaking
Rubble forming
Tunnel stretching
Way finding
Turn-around
Step after step
Step after step
Step after step.
Airy breeze, scattered rays, awaking roots & salt sea spray.
Feb 16, 2019
Feb 16, 2019 at 2:18 AM UTC
We are our favourite flowers
Steeped in a full vase
Seasons pass -
with the dipping water.
We forget / or were not
taught. To add our own flower
food. To cut our own
stems. To cultivate our own
cuttings.
Seek not to be
crisp, divine, distinct
For it is already
apparent.
Be it if you
are fanned, variegated or needled
voluptuous or diffident
fresh or heartfelt
Or just ****** herbaceous
We are own favourites.
We forget that to be in the vase
was a choice
For we can always resettle, reposition, repot,
for the coming season.
Feb 10, 2019
Feb 10, 2019 at 2:39 AM UTC
Is a sin
The small acts
The things we try but can not do
We forget ourselves
We get lost in time
I don’t know where the years went
Or so the saying goes
I look around and see families
Children
Friends less and less
And more and more formally
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019 at 1:51 AM UTC
