(2014)
I am seven years old. My brother is ten. The beating was brutal. My brother is recovering conscious… I believed he was dead.
From the first remembered breath, I was running to escape. I didn’t need a map. It didn’t matter which direction. It hurt too much for any fool to s…
Sometimes I worry what you’ll thi… about these words I spew upon this… Not often. Not for very long. What of the form and structure?
I was surrounded by many desperate, troubled people. There was much drinking, drugging, and violence. Women were being bought and sold,
I stared at her like she was a painting, as if I had all day and night to drink in every curve and contour
How does a landed mariner ever tell a living soul about the exquisite rapture of the sultry siren’s song ? As it echoed through the mist,
Forgiveness? Not on your life. My life was stolen from me. For what?
Are you the one I have no words f… Are you the one who seeks the space between these lines? I used to think I’d know you inst… Now I don’t know anything at all.
Here he comes again, riding tall upon his hellish steed… Dead eyes red, charging straight towards me. No joy in that demonic laugh,
My garments have been stripped awa… along with any hope of tender merc… These feet made bare and sorely bl… It’s time again to bear your earth… Still it seems you know not what y…
I commit myself to God; sometimes, not often. I believe in God; sometimes,
It is me. I am stripped down to my most naked intentions; having worn so many coats and less than noble guises.
Come out, come out, wherever you are. I know you’re in here. You dirty little secret.
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 am here now. I have removed my outer garments, placed my trust within your circle… I have come because you promised. You told me you would be here
