Watercolored Corn on My Shoulder
Steam fills my lungs as I powder punch the words over and again into my head. I want to say something poetic, but not intrusive. Something honest, but not…
Stepping Forward.
“I cant believe her. How could she treat me like this? ...How could I let her treat me like this....... UGHHH! I’ll be so glad once I’ve finally settled in at…
Questions For Moving On
A question hung in the air. What now? The doctor reminded himself inwardly to remain impassive but concerned. He knew the answer to the question. They knew…
The Heartrak Monitor
Upon my return, they drilled wires and machinery into my already bruised skin, telling me that it’s really for the best, that they would be able to monitor me…
Last Night In Downingtown
I appreciated the gently rolling hills and the jagged rocks that line the roads and the green green grass that swayed in the light summer breeze far too late…
Untitled Poem #13
So it all comes down to this. The final farewell, the curtain call that I’ve desperately been trying to avoid (I hid in the bathroom with my knees against my…
The Past Is Dependent On The Present
I gently clutched Your wrist Our noses touched Before we kissed... Proceed with caution! A tryst reminisced About too often Consists of --remnant…
Untitled Poem #12
Forgive me, but I must bid you a permanent farewell. It’s not that I want to, well, maybe I do, but it will be easier for the both of us if we never speak…
Untitled Poem #6
Ulysses and The Prophet were once thick as thieves, braving any dangers they came across, whether that be fierce storms or the chilly river they used to leap…
Untitled Poem #3
I will never again feel as I do in this moment, so full of the words I wished I could think of, the goodbyes that stuck in the back of my throat, the love that…
Are You A Ghost?
It’s there for what seems like an infinite series of motions and movements and lifetimes and then you blink and the moment is lost. Gone for all eternity. A…
Letting Go [poem]
There is a time for everything you say And I have seen this day by day. Before I saw what I wanted come But now I feel that time is done. What I needed, wanted…
Choices
“Are you excited, kiddo?” “No Mom, I’m really not.” Michael’s sigh was a strong echo of the emotions evident in his tone. He looked up at his Mother with a…
Don't delete my save!
He didn’t know what to do. He hadn’t expected to be put in this situation and it hurt more than it should have, considering everything that he’d been through…
High School Part duh Grow Up
He did have a point. It was none of her business. She shouldn’t care where he went on Friday nights, or what he was thinking Sunday mornings, or who his…
Broken down
It had taken her three months to notice that the visits had stopped, so deeply buried was she in her own mind. They hadn’t even been able to give her the note…