Dented and hollow, Blurry blasts of fresh air fresh from the tree My bones can breathe again My heart howls Drowsy and hot Rain rushes from suns and gushes in glee My tongue can taste again. My eyes hound you Quiet and still Webbing up thoughts and letting down peers My life can start again.
Waiting in the wings
I wish the mentally unwell would wear stars My family is hard to find these days We could form an army like the nightsky And be hounded as a pack My spine has started to grow roots And I actually don’t mind being alive With samplings as dried up as ours We need all the... Continue Reading →
Open on Monday
What makes people get out at bed at 1,2,3,5 amwhen the sky itself is just a sk- I too feel fine anddrink my coffee til i survive this 9 to 5but why put on a smilewhen i could be shouting about why - and how and whenand when will we finally come clear see clear-ly... Continue Reading →
At the moment
My life is a spiral, ending in you,starting in fog, red and blue. Lord knows what I'll run into.You might choose me now, true,tomorrow, who's knows what you'll do. At the moment I miss you enough not to tell you.Come watch the streetlights turn blue,let's see what our dreams come to.Who care's what's right or... Continue Reading →
Kill Your Darlings
Faulkner first said this about writing, then Ginsberg, then Stephen King. It’s one of my mantras, but why? Let’s forget about writing. Kill your darlings but kill your enemies too. Not literally, but the ones we carry in our hearts. Forgive them by yourself, and cut your own heart into a million pieces. I feel... Continue Reading →
Odyssey
Our lives were one from the start And will stay one with all mother’s lives Whatever we do, its too late Too late, she says I see you in every woman And behind every man Where am I? Am I in your belly? Under your foot? On your back? All I know is I’m there... Continue Reading →
Leaving just to come back in again
Have you ever walked into a room confused, stepped back into where you came from, then turned around and came back into the room and spot what you came for, which you had missed and forgotten about the first time you had walked into the room? Escher Have you ever looked out into the ocean... Continue Reading →
Awareness as a currency
Who do you spend the most time on? What do you worry about the most? Where do you wish you’d rather be? Have you poked your thoughts enough to make sure they are your own? Have you already noticed how you eat way too fast, not chewing your food, not choosing your words, always missing... Continue Reading →
How to swallow your pride and die of a split open throat
Is it a sin to slap the hand who feeds you the most? Is it a sin to resent those living in a smaller house? Is it a sin to resent those who stop climbing when the ladder does? Is it a sin to refuse to give out kindness like stale candy from the back... Continue Reading →
I Give You Back BY Joy Harjo
I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear. I release you. You were my belovedand hated twin, but now, I don’t know you as myself.I release you with all thepain I would know at the death of my children. You are not my blood anymore. I give you back to the soldierswho burned down my... Continue Reading →