i’m glad you were born 29 years ago in this very place when we were still worlds apart you, with a crooked smile and a chipped tooth and a deep sense of responsibility for things that aren’t yours and those who are you, who grew up quickly and quietly who’s path i often wondered if [...]
Posts under ‘Poetry’
poem: i still miss you
do you know me now am i recognizable i assume i am but would you still see me as the little girl i used to be the one who did your makeup although i don’t remember more than the photo that shows your smile and what i perceive hope is a look of endearing love [...]
Poem: To Be
to love the mess and kiss the rock that tripped me and bless the burnt edges of the toast for their discomfort to smile at the laughter at the sun at the wind that blows away my patience to be open to opposition contrast differences and allow it to open my mind and think and [...]
Poem: Homesick*
deep navy purple barely winks at me from where it spans across this neon sea glimpsing the wild in its silent retreat as its edged with the paving of another dirty street i’ve watched emptiness meander through this space long forgotten silence is a long forgotten place deaf to the notes within the song failing [...]
Poem: We Are All the Same
We cry when we look So we look away Atrocities are easier to swallow When blended with half truths And sweetened with righteousness Peace promoted through vengeance Like a child’s immature retaliations “Because they did it first” And we shake our heads Wondering at its failure We rattle our fists And swear to our gods [...]
