Life changing moments Can be so simple One doesn’t realize the pivot You make with a choice. Instantly I’m back in a memory A young man...

Does it hurt me? The death process of love Yes betrayal always hurts But truthfully I always knew You’d do this to me. If only I had bet...

How to say I’m sorry? For in ways I’ve wronged you For what harm I’ve done you She beckons me from the room My eyes lock with her eyes...

I had a rival in college Each one of us a show off of knowledge. We both students of philosophy The kid’s name lost to me It would seem...

I would enjoy collecting Vinyl records and vibing I’m just in the poor phase Of my life I guess. Youth in poverty I was content Until I...

This is life in a global pandemic Where our biggest obstacles Are patience and boredom; Fear and uncertainty There a madness Taking ahold...

Times have been hard In our popular memes It’s said we’re all In the same boat But weathering different storms The weight of events Is...

What does it mean to be prolific If every piece is cast in molding The thought is slightly horrific Layering words with proper folding Is...

Wanderer I seek what? In a desert, bright Still shadowed eyes Can’t tell what’s right Or scan blue skies Flooding by light Is the desert...

The discomfort of withdrawal Poverty rolls off ours backs Onto the shoulders of our children I’ve been strung up by The bootstraps I...

Siege Insurrection Invasion Impeachment Writing about history unfolding If only to point and say I was alive and aware that day. What...

I swept the cigarette butts off the brick patio Beach sand , seagull feathers, and beach bums Old men who drank too many rums. Gamble...

First week of 2021 has me reflecting

This year of ups and downs I don’t think I’ve recovered completely Who I was or the way things felt. And I find myself escaping to memory...

In the early 2000s I remember watching a TV movie An action adventure film Where wildfires threatened California And the hero knew the...

The water heater is broken So I put an empty bucket in the sun I’m not date able material So I focus on the ethereal A path a lil...

Snow capped mountains in the red glow of sunset Leaving my car in Hancock Park a walk toward Wilshire along highland. Thinking about sex...

The throbbing has continued For hours as my blood sours The pain is isolated Yet also spread The progress of time Blood Sticky, sickly,...

Those times are such a blur You will be missed The comment left by her Who I had not kissed Goodbye when I decided to die She shared...

The pen is mightier than the sword Though it breaks bones, and the word Lingers in the air with care To destroy the sensitive souls who...