Tag Archives: poetry
100 Words: Deserves
An electrical cord around the throat will not kill you if you cannot find a way to tighten the noose. It is hard to make the cord make knots when your hands are shaking. Misery makes your hands shake. Life … Continue reading
Enough
What are these cuts in me these slashes leaving me bloodless, leaving me thirsty, leaving me alone and naked and cold? Who am I with these scars I don’t recognize? I’m not at all the man I thought I would … Continue reading
I will be
What is it we are running from if not the hatred we see in one another’s eyes? What is it we are dying from if not the weapons we wield against one another? Save me, sell me, make me into … Continue reading
Have I Not
What have I done what have I ever done to deserve the holy terror you wreak against my heart? What have I ever done to make you believe you have the right to eviscerate my spirit and shred my soul? … Continue reading
Oppressive/PushPull
In all this time, after all this time, because of all this time, all the time, always, I am hearing your voice telling me hush, telling me shh, telling me no, telling me be quiet, telling me don’t talk, telling … Continue reading