Animal Safari

What is it about me That you avoid Can’t look in my eyes Look into the void It’s inside of you Inside of me It’s everywhere It’s like the sea And when I say hi And you turn away It hurts me And I don’t know why The last time I saw you Animals on safari You made it plain I’d nothing to gain I said I’m sorry Do I look like A girl who hurt you Well that’s not me Do I...read more

Barefoot

Circling tremor beneath The flowers Pulling, sucking at the roots Waxen petals Blend With Dirt Intone the musical whisper Of your gut Especially because you think it Ugly, unknowable, naked You must Descend the hearth steps Brick Stone Earth Where Nothing Drips Fingertips Lick dry lips The table’s arranged Don’t let slip The infinite secret song This aspect is Barefoot-tender Step and step We can cross...read more

If I Were to Love Myself

If I were to love myself The world would be transformed No feeling inadequate, like I made a mistake No comparing myself to others… no matter what No feeling bad about how others respond to me Their acceptance or not No believing I’ve done anything to be sorry for No feeling like I’ve let anyone down Especially myself Nothing at all wrong with me anymore If I were to love myself. If I were to love...read more

I Want to Be the Darkness

“I want to be the darkness!” She said. Not knowing how profound Her desire and courage went. Now I’m here with her Tumbled into this place Once more With her leading me Showing me the way She always has been Calling me to come down To where heart was lost A very long time ago She wants me to stay here forever now Never leave again I’ve been prone to leaving Hating the darkness The decay and stench here The...read more

Alive With Love For Rare Friends

Thank you for the chances you offered me The Doors you opened That I took That I walked through And for letting me see your anger When I didn’t And thank you for letting me know That your anger didn’t mean I was wrong Thank you so much For pushing me to dig deeper Under the sleepiness To get to my terror and rage and grief How trained I’d been To say I was fine After I’d fallen and Hurt...read more