Evening

"She returns with the children to our shattered house"

My stomach is literally in knots as they walk through the door.  My wife Jennifer and our two children, back from after-school activities, arms loaded with takeout food.  I give Jennifer a brief hug and she pecks me on the...

Path of Avoidance

"Another poem, expressing what I am too scared to say out loud..."

You are incredible,My feelings irrepressible.These poems are proof,My feelings suspended aloof.Floating through space,And in this case,To the sun,They run.The brightest star,So close, yet far.Just like you,If only you knew.But I'm a coward,My body devoured,Burned by fear,Off track I steer.Down the...