Category: Poetry

Our hearts Fit together Warped keys In battered locks The connections Are bruised, blistered Swollen, and fractured. But still, we fit Blood trickling down From where our hearts meet Pain and sanctuary found in the warmth Of your arms 110617

Sitting in a dark bathroomPiss drying on my labiaTears drying on my cheeksHating who I am What I’ve becomeHow I got hereWhy I got hereHating my path. Feeling uselessWorthlessUnlovedUnlovable. I try.I fight.I strain.I hurt. I bleed.It makes no matter.It means nothing.It only ends in darkness. The same as yesterday. The…

Little girl What happened to you Where did you go Why did you run How badly are you scarred Scared I stand in the rain Lost and alone Bundled up, Covered up, Protected, Yet the drops still land Cold on my face, Stinging Burning, Touching my skin And driving deep…

Lost Her eyes half unfocused The woman asks for half a drink. You have a beautiful wife Beautiful boys. A home A career Love. Value that, Bartender. I have debt. This half beer you gave me Out of pity And want of a tip That I already gave you. From…

He looked down at the woman, Blind and homeless at the crossroads. “I said, ‘Excuse me, sir.’ But are there apples in the trees? Stars twinklin’ in the skies?” “That thought’s just a wish; You know that as well as I.” “Will you send me an apple, When they’re pulled…

And she could fly The car speeds past The roads The lines vanish She stares Watching a world Passing by Can she flt Open the window. Take off the seatbelt. And fly. Lose herself. Be free. For that moment Between the air And the asphalt. Between serenity And pain Between…