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...
You Don’t Get Soft Love From Me

You Don’t Get Soft Love From Me

by | Mar 21, 2020 | Poetry

You don’t get soft love from me It was burned on the stone of harsh words And painful abandoned moments Scorched earth Salted ground You don’t get soft love from me It doesn’t mean it isn’t love It is in the foxhole In the midst of your fires...
In the Cave – For Mom

In the Cave – For Mom

by | Feb 15, 2020 | Poetry

Where it is darkest I stand Exhausted One more curve until I see the light In the cave Where I have been walking I pause Preparing One more rest before the next move In the cave Where I have no reference I consider Poignant The path that I am on In the cave Where...