In the resilient haze of my infanthood A half-opened drawer of linens Exudes my mother’s fragrance Of jasmine, almond, and cloves.
Vigilance
Tag: poem
Freed
My poem reflects an idiosyncratic vision of the mind/body divide and of the journey to personal freedom.
Dark Mess
An inevitable mess
maybe it’s an angel?
A poem about incidental childhood fear and how those fears grow into logical reactions.
The Road to Nowhere
My screams Are making my Parents bleed Like a thousand paper cuts On a single finger
The Dream Road
Searching for the Dream Road the one not found in the darkness Where my soul can reload
Feet Up On The Dash
A poem about trying to escape a mundane existence but knowing deep down the escape is impossible but still having an ounce of hope.
It’s Time
A fragile reflection bounces off the mirror as a soft, dulled image lulled by a slow, backward pull away from pain.
The step
And shower waterfalls like moonlight at armistice for the elderly or youth in the all together
Let’s Confess
cast off your cloak show me your scars i’ll show you mine
Volantem Daemoniorum
Dark angels ascend from Dante’s seventh circle—
manics who composed their anguish
Words 4
here I sit, & think not
where the danger of this adverse town
Clefting
Between two high notes
The song gives a crack
Where we will meet
Missing loved ones
nightcall
An invitation.
Disguise
A poem about passing, being believed to be something by others which one really is not at heart.