Dear Voice, Again

Dear Voice, Again

by | Aug 29, 2020 | Poetry

Jennifer Mojica Academia showed me a poem. It rocked me. It also inspired me to write my own piece in response, if not in parallel. Consider the voices brought about by choices. Your voice IS your choice. For death and life. DEAR VOICE, AGAIN Dear Voice, It was hard...
Dear Voice

Dear Voice

by | Aug 22, 2020 | Poetry

Jennifer Mojica Academia showed me a poem a few weeks ago. It rocked me. Her honesty lays waste to lies. Prepare yourself. DEAR VOICE Dear Voice, No one listened to you. No one believed you. So, Lying Voice showed up to help teach you the way to get attention. Lying...
God Help Me Forgive

God Help Me Forgive

by | Aug 1, 2020 | Poetry

God help me I am trying to forgive It feels filthy to deal with Like the sunlight in L.A. The true abomination My brother’s keeper My brother’s killer What makes you so different from Cain? You smashed his manhood With the rock of your ego Until there was...
Alternate

Alternate

by | Jul 25, 2020 | Poetry

perception reality highbrow banality look around make sure your perception can learn critical thought questioning life open up the comfortable lies We are not dumb, and we are not blind. What we are is soft. We don’t want to move from our comfort zones. Our...
Hurts

Hurts

by | Jul 18, 2020 | Poetry

I hurt inside my body as I heal from my fourth cut preparing and birthing my son my daughter my son I hurt inside my heart trying to understand the world I want to teach my children to navigate like a substrate feeding on confusion and hate I hurt alone in this muddy,...
Context

Context

by | Jul 5, 2020 | Poetry

Muddy and surrounded by mixing sounds and confusion everyone shushing one another no context for where we are It’s not a worthless time it dances about conundrums beating dreams like drums and the children scream for milk for comfort for context I wish I could...