Capital N-O
“You can say No” you tell me. My eyes burn with tears from your sweet intensity — You slip your hand into mine and gently take a squeeze. Prompting me…
Category: Poetry
People: Start your engines
If this is how the world goes round I want to see the engine And make some sense of up and down the looseness and the tension. I want to…
I met an optimist at the bar
I want to slip into your mind feel the warmth of neurons singing and learn for myself what makes them dance. I do the next best thing: I buy you…
Overcoming
There’s a familiar pulse (as I point to my chest) and it thumps with a fury when the sleepy warmth of comfortable success begins to unfurl its glory. “That’s not…
Human Being Human
I wonder where I’m going I wonder where I’ll get to I wonder what my stone might say in the graveyard when it’s all through. I’m frightened of aloneness I’m…
A Million Dollars (wholesome)
If I had a million dollars I’d tell you what I do I’d pay off my student debt and my siblings’ red marks, too. I’d take a little break from…
The Youngster Still in Me
I’ll tell you a little story of the youngster I used to be: I had a well worn notebook and my favorite climbing tree. I used to eat fig newtons…
How We Said “I Love You”
I want to feel big, I told you as I traced my fingers along your skin. My thumb caught your chin as my eyes slipped down to your lips. I…
The Day Between 