LIVING IN RETROSPECT
Believe In It
Once upon a time, you - only half yourself - waited wished that some 1 in 150 million white knights would fight through the acid swim the equivalent...
Let Go
Dark smoke pushes the light out of your body. I watch it go, wisp by wisp - every day, more clouds, more fog obscuring the sunshine. There are...
Blue Eyes Crying for Lorraine
There's a hole where you once were and maybe that's okay so they say - but I don't feel okay. Nobody knows how I feel today and every day when I...
Dandelion
Part I I AM -- a weed. Forcing yellow head from infertile field, hearty in health, I heave myself forward from barren ground. Overkilled and...
The Princess and the Sky
The princess spun in her dress, giggling as the white cotton fabric swung droplets onto her face. She stopped twirling - teetered, looking out at...
I’m Not Weird; I’m Gifted
a tribute to Mr. Ronald Webb, the fifth grade teacher who opened my eyes to poetry and the power of knowledge and learning. This poem was written...
Silverstein to Tennyson
I lost it in a moment became a strong proponent of a personal atonement, but all I found was the exponents of sin and then when I discovered the...
Words of Berry Sweetness
I stand aloof - avoid your gaze but caught in the rays of your radiance. You shine in the distance, illuminating the distance, drawing MY distance...
Found Poems From “O Pioneers” by Willa Cather
Signs and Decisions flooded with light like the tide racing in. a young woman expected a whirr of wings. As she stood, a rumpled ball of feathers...
And God Saw That It Was Bad
He fell like Eve to create life, but no dove dipped down to redeem me from his forbidden taste. Caught, spun, shattered glass visions of Godhood,...
True Love
I loved you when I met you - heart pounding as you led me on the first adventure these feet had ever run. Breath catching as you traced the...
Forgetting
Creation only to lose. For naught. Not the art. Me. Every moment - a new disjointed self wakes to a world of old experiences. Hazily remembered....
Realization
It turns out I never existed anyway. I was just a collection of dust particles blown from other people's wholeness. Put them together and they look...
Wisdom
I have loved humanity. I have been betrayed by humanity. I have loved humanity more deeply from knowing her cruelty. There's darkness in the world I...
Lucy
She paints the sky with words - green and blue and greenish blue polished stones piled in the space between us. A wall we never meant to build cast...
Paralyzed
The fatigue grips me like a tentacled monster drags me under the pillows and covers and shade of darkness no matter how often I try to come up for...
Save Money on Groceries: The Ultimate Guide + Cheap Meal Plan for Two
No matter the reason you need to save money on groceries, I am here to help! The following are all of my best tips to save money on groceries, and...
How to Work From Home Like a Professional Hermit
COVID-19 has changed the way we work, and people across the country are having to learn how to work from home for the first time ever. I've been...
I Might Have COVID-19, But I’m Not Important Enough For A Test
And this is why you can’t trust the numbers. (In other words, yes, it’s in your community.) “You might have COVID-19.” That’s what the doctor said...
The Residual Trauma of Stalking
The real harm from stalking is not in the momentary fear, but in the lifelong doubt to your safety and security. Read on to learn about my...
5 Things To Do Instead of Writing Happy Birthday on my Newsfeed
I appreciate the sentiment, but these things are just as fast — and will actually provide real value in my life. I don’t want to sound ungrateful....
Melancholy End (Poem)
The end shifted in with the night breeze-shimmering on the tiny caps of the waves;they crashed with the sound of summerbut the air tasted like the...
How to Survive an Existential Crisis (And Why Survival Isn’t Enough)
If you spend any time at all analyzing yourself, your behaviors, and your life, an existential crisis is practically inevitable. If you are...
Becoming Homeless: A Story of Millennial Homelessness
I’m embarrassed as hell to even write this post, because let’s be honest… when I imagine a homeless person, I’m just as judgmental as the rest of...