In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Helpless." Helpless... more days than not driving a car that is on auto-pilot giving advice to people through one-sided glass all they see is their reflection all they hear is what they want to hear trapped unable to see the path through all the fog grieving deep... Continue Reading →
And take the midget with you
you and the midget must go the greed you attract makes me ill it follows you and you follow me as I attempt to deliver parcels of hope and smiles after life’s storms the clouds part ways the sun peeks out and there I am and there you are weighing me down with your pipe... Continue Reading →
Skyline View
bright lights reflected in unnaturally still waters at the feet of skyscrapers with a Napolean complex I long for change trees older than some cities reaching to the heavens able to tell stories of long ago fileds of grass mowed only by animals who travel freely and want for nothing mountains hovering guarding the trees protecting... Continue Reading →
Hummingbird
annoying little things tapping on my window sweet nectar for them from mom cereal for me from me then their existence the sound of their wings used to torment me and the way that I speak or hold on to words the hum where other kids expected silence and I’d cry hearing it neither from the... Continue Reading →
Let Me
Let me remove life’s tangles condition you to handle all obstacles massage away your bitter brittleness Let me smooth away the imperfection I cannot see even out your complex complexion Let me erase the scars silence the angry voices allowing in only the reflection of your natural beauty
Kisses
kisses sweet nothings igniting my soul cool paralysis, warm desire heaven
A word from the sun
I do not rise I do not set I travel further than you see faster than you think I see it all hills and valleys mountains and glaciers in the clear and through the clouds I make my rounds illuminating the world going full circle to do it all again tomorrow
Paper instead…
Sitting here thinking about what coulda shoulda woulda been and what can’t shan’t and won’t be because what may have been promises are now promises that maybe shouldn’t have been promised words that shouldn’t have been spoken lacking volume and substance behind them they have no weight blowing away in the strong winds of life... Continue Reading →
Fragaria Ananassa
Sweet Summer Edible Heaven Juicy Memories Healthy Gluttony Chocolate Dipped Fantasies Sugar Drizzled Dreams