My first love, Anna Maria, the ta… On the outside the maroon bark Crease and dot the grey roads Pedaling across the emerald shimme… The ardor of sunlight caresses the…

Turning On Gil It was to my amazement that those white men and women gra… with precious titles such as “trailblazer, educated ”

Out of all desires That my life’s myth Noised about None can compare To the screaming and gnashing

When I turned the page what happened kept me. Unbeknownst to me. Ink blotched in all directions My Bones hollowed to the mess

And to my son Yet to be born I can hear you With a gentle voice kind enough to silence broken hear…

And to the thoughts That lead me in circles Wondering when and what if I ease you now. Life without a little delusion

Forgiveness/New Friend “Madness!”, was the word That flickered among the two birds You left all your wings on the sta… And so did I– damaged and bruised

Top of misery the churning of blood Inflation of muscles Gnashing of teeth. Ongoing tension suffocates me

Fourth in the Fire When I was with you I stayed up all night. Now we have parted, I cannot sleep.

Looked in the mirror And the stains shaped like me Formed into something greater Looked in the mirror And what do I see

How ironic it is That the same breath That maintains the body Nurtures the mind Pushes the heart

that day in choir those voices in the room That high melody in the air Were all just noise And could not

Chasing highs Stopped listening to myself And the bodies were mounted Eight years full Betting on myself,

My child’s, child of mine. What have I done to disturb you? Shall I agree? To disagree Is such a shame