Category Archives: Poetry
Inside And Out
The bleak disaster of what you have attempted is all around you. A cage of flesh, too-tight fitting, holding against you, suffocating, weak and trembling. Broken bones are easier, faster on the mend than broken hearts. Hearts don’t break, by … Continue reading
Confession/Reconciliation
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It has been lifetimes since my last confession. I have an evil inside me, a blackness, a despair and misery I cannot contain or control. It lives, bubbling up, a wellspring, an unending … Continue reading
You Said It First
Today you said it first. Unprompted. I feel giddy, like the time I held the back of the chair and let him drop two-inch stripes over my back again and again and again. I know you think it should be … Continue reading
Practicing Magic
You’re not good at exorcising your demons So often you pick them up and hold them up to the light, shake them around, let them even shine a little, inspect them for rough edges, for torn bits. Here’s your mistake: … Continue reading
Play On
Oh you, you’ll be bad for business, you. You’ll be the death of me, the death of all I know and love. Your eyes are just like his. Just like I wanted mine to be. It’s too late in the … Continue reading