The mind does not always wait For pen and paper Nor computer Nor phone Nor wall The words come and go Flitting through brain matter Sparking into words Need to write it down Need to get it out Let the words pour out Over the hands Onto the page Or the digital screen Or the…
You win without trying The test ended When you strut but don’t stumble Still you tremble When you meet the one Love of your life When you fly over trouble Never touching the ground When you succeed on your own merit Trust in yourself When you’re true to yourself Forever you must be When nothing…
Limbs heavy Head stuffy Vision blurry Thoughts sluggish Yet racing Can’t move Can’t act Can’t respond Trapped inside my own body Invisible weight Crushing me down Just light twitching Can’t move further Need to snap out of it Need something to ground Something to startle Something to change Pull me out of the haze
Have thoughts Dreams of the future Regrets from the past Fond memories I laugh at Sad memories that make me cry Nowhere to go, nothing to do Just me and my thoughts Thinking of you Imagine your handsome face Your pretty eyes That look on your face I’d happily die Just to keep your smile…
Coat of colors, Joseph can find The answer to every dream Today, so can we One such dream, From days past I can still recount A meaning I have deduced without doubt: Afraid of silence, of being left behind,Longing for arms that promise shelter.The tender ache of children so open, so fragileSoft hearts mirror the…
She was ninety-eight Gray-white hair Pale and stiff She was lowered down Far below Only three memories of her remain She was in bed, Her daughter-in-law feeding her Still in bed, Being cleaned up Her in the coffin, No life left. Now here lies her son His body is not here for viewing He’s a…
Grandpa loved to tell usthe story of his childhood,a boy in Britain,always in troublewith the nuns who scolded,Grow up, they’d snap.No, he’d grin, not yet. The boys’ bathroom stoodhalf-destroyed,renovations underwayso off to the girls’ he went,and there he sawwhat the boys never had:doors on the stalls. Why no doors for us?he asked the nun.Boys don’t…
Syllables Count them all What to do What to say No one knows Skip a line No luck there Endless words No meaning Just stay here Words on page Fill it up Go away
It was white and blue when we bought it. A large oak tree out front. A pecan out back. A jungle of weeds on the side by the fence. The metal wire gate for the backyard. A tall rusty black box meant for barbecue leaned against the back porch. A green metal swing-set with faded…
She’s pawing at the door again I can hear the whining The sun’s not yet up She doesn’t care Nothing new Dragging myself out of bed Her whines increase at the sound The door barely opened, She jumps up at me So excited to be held Ready for food I prepare her meal mechanically Yet…