Departure
Stoically, silently, stupidly - little time to start a revolution - my heart grinds, as if mechanically. Gears turn - a glorious initiation. Eyelids flutter…
...That's when it happened
My brother often gets lost in thought, but when I checked, his gaze was transfixed on the heavens. “Do you see that?” he asked. Curious, I too looked to the…
Half-Human Cities, His Only Kin
Wake up, false sun. Kitchen sink, he let it run. Feels the coldness that fills the room, and the lack of nature’s bloom. Digs false teeth into unfarmed foods…
Thanks For Nothing, You Useless Reptile
Your look of surprise is a refreshing elixir to my bitter soul. You were sure I was history when you betrayed my heart and callously left me behind. What you…
I have a dream, still.
There is a misconception that the issue of race and the separation of the haves and have nots is not there. That is wrong. Daily my children are called spics…
Possession
You loved my long hair -- Begged me never to cut it. Now it’s mine again. ********************************* _(I think I previously published this on Ficlets…
Ending
It is all I can hear in my head; “When you gonna make up your mind? When you gonna love you as much as I do?” Last night that song sliced into me. It made me…
We stand [poem]
We stand in snow drifts We stand in stasis Your hand is cold in mine Your hand lets mine go I want to touch you I want too many things The world is quiet The…