Is this what limbo feels like? I’ve often wondered, The indecision of my mind, Joining the pain in my heart. I’m his whore, his mistress, The bitch who would ruin a union, Never thought I would be that, Shame is...

Destruction Queen

"She's always there"

Who was that just now?She jumped inside my headWhispering little liesDragging me out of bedDid you see her?Did you hear her?What was it that she said?If you choose to listenShe’ll forever spin her web. Does she look familiar?Have you seen...

Stepping through the door, I stoodMet stale air scented with woodPausing, wondering if I could Or would I slid your pictures from the framesScratched out the notes that bore your nameUnaware when last I came  It was farewell to what...

oh Polaris, supposed guide of all those who wander in the night. how many years have I blindly followed you? no longer I believe the tales of sailors finding safe havens through your light. missing rocky shoals blessed by your providence. I am lost in...

Signs

"Foray into free verse"

We tried to talkBut couldn'tWe were each too hurtAnd scaredAnd surprisedAnd desperate to get backWhat we once had That connectionThere was a connectionWasn't there? They say there are signsAnything can be a signWhat is a sign?I mean itWhat REALLY is...

Daffodil

"The ephemeral beauty of the daffodil"

Little yellow trumpet,Defiant lest frost encroachesGarden whore, lemon strumpetNodding gaily, as spring approaches Narcissus, you vainly watchThrough my window – a looking glassIn your bed, she’s another notchSmiling petals, as bold as brass Betwixt the snowdops and the crocusYour amber...

the winter is eternal nowand I suffer no delusions it shall endI no longer care if the rivereven flows beneath its icy tombor if the grass still lay dormantencased within the frostbut I still remember the warmthhow it nurtured mesustained...