The Fabric of Memory

I saw the desert before we lived there. Months of Arizona Highways full of sunsets, Rich purples, pinks, reds, and golds,  Edged by spiked cacti and mountains... So unlike my East Coast home. But, all I remember about that land Of water and flat, is green and fireflies I'd catch in a jar. In youth [...]

On Shapes and Bendings

What does it feel like? What does it look like? When you pour yourself Through the keyhole? Come on, Alice, fit! But, no one can tell you Anything but their own experience. Maybe it will sound the same, Or similar to, your own, But hey! It's only real When it's your feathers getting plucked. Empathy's [...]

Growing Up

Here it is, Truth, Real truth. I loved, and I failed. I wasn't  Taking from Or playing with Or calculating. I was, Selfishly, Wanting Your time and Your attention Focused only on me... But, that's it. Not just sex, though it was lovely, Not for status, nor envy, Not for diamonds, or toys, You may [...]

Exes

I whispered my love to you, Cupping your ear, lips close - You didn't seem to hear. I declared my love for you In front of God and family - I wasn't sure you understood. I shouted my love at you A thousand times- You walked away. Who knew...? We didn't speak the same language.

Save the People

An aside before I start - there may be conflict about why it's happening, but mankind has a share of responsibility in the littering and shifting habitat of the planet. This is our only home- how do we want it to be? ********************************* Sometimes I just want to scream, "Save the motherfucking ocean!" Would that [...]

Endeavor

I am going to see it all, The wonders that thrill me, The spaces that call to me. I am fixed upon the journey. It's what I love - To swim in the ocean, To explore foreign streets, To see the sunset and sunrise, Beneath a different heaven - You'd be shocked at how close, [...]

Reality

Don't you ever wonder What would happen If we just looked to see And fall in love With what's there Instead of what we hoped for?

Beginnings

Do not be too soft in your love, I am not satisfied wrapped in cotton. No china doll or fairytale princess, Just a woman who loves you. I want to know that your heart Can match the strength of my own. I like the fire that burns strong enough To leave its embers glowing in [...]

Intuition

I told you so, I hear it like a breeze. I told you so, I hear it like a whisper. I told you so, I hear it like the wind. I told you so, I hear it like thunder, But I only hear it, After the stampede, When it's hard to tell, If it was [...]

Straight

I have No time for it, Lying. I want it straight. Don't spare my feelings- I have been choked by lies and Suffocated from the repercussions  Of deliberate falsehoods. Lies are insidious in their wounding, Leaving so much unanswered. Truth burns, but I can heal, Maybe even do better next time. Truth is clean -damage [...]