Dodge the Fight

In this state I can’t win Irritation, second skin Each reaction Like a spark Inflames the wound Mood turns dark Seeing, knowing where it ends No retreat Must defend I cannot control the beast Walk away Give me peace

Without Sleep

Without sleep, she navigates Each day an offering A gift The binding tightening around her heart It is all temporary How many good years can we give We love And cherish the moments that define one by one, bleeding forth Without definition Only love Only love Forgive this body and this mind

Betrayed Again

I slip with ease into this old familiar space My heart erased. My body feels the pain Of the unnamed enemy Who is she that she desires my disgrace? Each day plotting and scheming to deface all that I have built Ever playing the innocent Undeterred and unbent she finds a way And I serve [...]

Self Reflection

The sun highlights the cracks in my skin My double chin I see the toll under my eyes The width of my thighs  The hair thin, as color fades Replaced with gray As I be peer inside the aging skin and inquire to my source within When? When have I loved that which was given [...]

Intrusion

Parsing through the pain Viewing the intrusion Of horrible manipulations You, the perfect victim You screech and curse Then nuture on a turn All in service of the game Your lies are all the same As you pretend to ponder on your luck or fate Never opening to the possibility of responsibility You ask, “What [...]

Service

We falter And we rise Our truth Our disguise In service To all that need We give And we grieve That others do not see Still we share And spread This is our creed If not in our hearts We will pretend Your illusion That we bend But it’s a greater master we serve That [...]

Movement

I feel the pain and the anxiety Of the position blessed I pray and send my love That you shall bring your lover forth to the light  The city of dark, wet streets beckons Its hearth is its openness An otherwise squelched breath Yet full of creativity, and life, and knowing  The light of seeing [...]

Summer Hangin’

Hey Ollie Yes Jack I’m sitting in my chair. Hey Jack Yes Ollie Are you comfy there? Hey Ollie Yes Jack These monster chairs rock! Hey Jack Yes Ollie We don’t got on socks! Hey Ollie Yes Jack We’re wearin’ the same shorts. Hey Jack Yes Ollie Do you think we should covort? Hey Ollie [...]

Pirate School

When I was three I overheard A discussion that seemed so absurd! Go to a public or Pirate school Learn ABCs Or search for jewels To me, it seemed the answer was clear Get an eye patch and grow a beard! Acquire a parrot Learn to sail Practice my ARGHHH And follow the whales Swordfighting, [...]

Bearanoia

Unscented lotion must be rubbed And all the dishes must be scrubbed Never toss the water out Or brush your teeth by the spout Change the clothes you wore while cooking For the bear is always looking It is too much for the bruin When in your tent you leave the food in Never run or [...]