(2013)
Time wears away at me, like water on a stone, oh, so slowly, but inevitably, drop by drop,
It’s only you that I can trust to hear these words as true. Those I know seem blinded by some notion or another about me. You are my closest confidant
What you seek with such fervent zeal, as you scour those sacred texts and scriptures, is far greater than
Clawing away. It’s dark here, chill and dank. Can’t stop now. Can’t stop ever.
Everything he has ever been taught alerts him to avert that dancing f… What is it then that demands he mu… proceed towards his certain fiery… Some deep and ancient voice within
These words are crude utensils, with which to touch you, and be touched;
He’s been around the block and even toured the world, with scars upon scars to show from many a hard-fought battle. Yet like many old dogs
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
I’ve howled and raved and ranted at all those whom I could name, in search of peace and freedom from this ancient seething rage. But still there lingers bitter bil…
I’m not angry with you. I am hurting, and as usual, I don’t know why. I don’t know why I cry
These words, are just what they’re meant to be; for you, whatever needs they serve to stir… For me;
What is this code that we agree up… but dare not ever speak in words ? That mysterious unspoken-ness looming where we choose to gather. It’s sure we must be seen to know
I am seven years old. My brother is ten. The beating was brutal. My brother is recovering conscious… I believed he was dead.
I am awash with tears of mourning for what I thought was dead and go… as though a flood of holy water has broken through the stony dam I contrived to spare this brittle…
I gaze down now upon the cracked and battered shell of the fearsome fiery dragon that once held me in her sway. It’s remarkable just how frail