You act like I’ll always be here to hold you And I will in the marrow of my memory of who is me But never again in my arms legs or mind Not until we are stars again I hope this has been a good bye Advertisements Continue reading
Is it my need for presence that promotes your absence? My forward honesty the fabric for your loophole manipulations? Is it her face you see when you’re holding me or is it that I am the everything you’ve wished she was and that you find that terrifying? How can you just not speak and watch … Continue reading
It’s like I can’t remember what happiness looks like. Well, maybe that’s not it. It looks something like all my living children under my roof and the house a lived-in level of clean, healthy food to eat and access to nature. My bills are paid, my debt is relatively low, my living children are happy, … Continue reading
I don’t want to lose you he says eyes of the earth and sea pleading longingly But you will I say every day For I am not possession but self possessed I can’t help but lose myself in what’s routine or novel to get lost exploring music or nature ideas and questions causes and creations … Continue reading
There’s too much dis-articulate particulate here vague fragmentation of all left unsaid in the air Everywhere I bend you break me and drop the pieces upon realizing what’s shattered is sharp So you’re right there and I’m left here disarticulated to pick myself up shadowboxing hope and fear of the time I grow the nerve … Continue reading
My heart is sore this morning because it spent the night despite my tired state stretching to the edges of everything it knows seeking our sillage like an old labrador lost in the forest without its companion roaming like a compass with no magnet like a song with no rhythm there just isn’t sense though … Continue reading
I used to think that all downhill from here was a good thing stomach butterflies the careful letting go it’s own reward after the climb because I let myself forget now that it’s been some time about looking over and realizing I’m alone full speed the mountain still before me but now I remember about … Continue reading
I know you loved him first and that like mine your heart has been full of intent even when deeply sequestered to give him the best that you have to have loved him the longest the best, and the most and I know all too well that I can’t compete with time the lack of … Continue reading
How can one love be so wholly strength and kryptonite? One single candle lit that suddenly makes the world seem light Yours is the hand I hold each time I need to find the strength to try the questions posed by fear are always answered in your eyes I’ll jump off every ledge for you … Continue reading
You have been nominated! Don’t worry, I’m not asking you to simultaneously freeze your ass off and waste water- in fact I’m asking you to use something you already have so it doesn’t go to waste. We’re all familiar with the ALS ice bucket challenge by now- it’s popularity has raised over $100 million dollars … Continue reading
