Silence & Song

by | Apr 10, 2015 | Poetry

Five Days of Poetry – Day 5SometimesI am silentMost people don’t believe itI sit behind windowsI watch, and I writeAnd thenI burst forthLoud and outrageousI sing in my triumphsMy voice loud and highI think andI amAnd I also must growI’m in no way...

I am Sorry

by | Apr 9, 2015 | Poetry

Five Days of Poetry – Day 4I apologizeTo the cult I leftI leftI am sorryI learned so muchSwallowed so muchI was a good little girlUntil I vomited you outI am so sorryI was no martyrI didn’t save themThe ones who didn’t want to leaveI didn’t run...

Says the River

by | Apr 9, 2015 | Poetry

Five Days of Poetry – Day 3I smell like blood – fresh bloodSays the river MePredator, preyA drop to drinkI smell like blood – red bloodAm I a hunter’s bowAm I a wounded animalPerhaps I am bothI smell like blood – dead bloodDigging down...

A Different 50 Shades

by | Apr 7, 2015 | Poetry

Five Days of Poetry – Day 2A different fifty shades of greyThe other day in a dark roomA woman’s hands on my ribsTelling me when to moveShadows danced in a little boxWhile I rolled side to sideAccording to her directionNothing but skin to hideShe was...

Sing in the Night

by | Apr 6, 2015 | Poetry

Five Days of Poetry – Day 1 Sing in the nightPull it up over you like a blanketWarm windOr coldZipper pull the starsRelease them like doves in to the skyLike a song of winterOr a poem of the SpringSong on the steps under a streetlightSing in the solaceof...