Her lonely is palpable Solid An entity unto itself A weight pressed down Nightly As naked as newborn skin Supple Fluid Void of love Full of fear This lonely lies in wait Vacillating Until she is in her most Vulnerable state Shallow breaths Body at rest Heart slowly beating Beneath her breasts This lonely knows…
Month: April 2014
Three Hundred and Thirty Four Pounds of NO
So two days ago while at the National Air and Space Museum, I got on a scale that tells you how much you weigh on different places in space… Jupiter, the moon, somewhere else and Earth… I don’t recall how much I weighed anywhere else but here. 334 pounds. Yep. 334. In Earth pounds. I’m…
This Is a Play (NaPoWriMo day 18)
This is a play On words A play On feelings A play Relationship Because this shit ain’t real This a play On connection A play On affection A play On togetherness Because this shit ain’t real This is a play On spending time A play On sexual chemistry A play With shared history But this…
a bitter cup of disappointment
I’ve said “I need coffee” at least four times since we got up. Together. We stop a Wawa for gas. You come out with a cup of coffee. For YOU. Do you really have an attitude because I don’t hug or kiss you goodbye? fuck outta here…
While Sitting in Whole Foods Contemplating Life (NaPoWriMo day 15)
Why do all the North African cab drivers congregate here? Ooh one of them has a date today, he brought a woman! What kind of job does this white lady have that she can sit in Whole Foods and do it for hours? People probably think the same thing about me. No they don’t. I…
A Story About Family (NaPoWriMo day 16)
Today will always be a special day for me. My parents were married on April 16, 1971. And though the union did not withstand the test of time, There was a lot of love. From that bond, a family was created. Four little girls were born. Smart Hatiná, reading at 3 years old, Compassionate Chisoni,…
Throwback Thursday: Morning Creep
I am a believer in online dating. I was using the personals way back in the way back. Meeting folks in the City Paper… With NO PICTURES in the 90s! So I know my way around a blind date. And I’m pretty proficient in weeding out the “crazy” prior to it showing up on my…
Q and A (NaPoWriMo day 8)
still playing catch up… this thing you want me to figure out I doubt you dream about but I imagine nights long into dawn knees hugged tight to breasts sheltering a heart so weak shallow beats glue drying still from the repairs of last week last month last year With elation and trepidation (yes, fear)…
Not (NaPoWriMo day 14)
when u/walked away/i could/not/believe u were gone not here/not there/not anywhere not when i/could/still sense u in my bed/in my head not/your presence/but your essence/not while the clothes/hang/in my closet but not/on your frame not/while i cry/myself to sleep/not sleep but restless nights/wrestling sheets/to fight the pain/not love/of you not/being here how could you/not/be in…
The Fire, In and Out (NaPoWriMo day 13)
You should have You should be You should do … so much more. Too smart Too funny Too beautiful … to be this. Apply yourself Reinvent yourself Promote yourself … why can’t you? Your heart Your brain Your mouth … all too big to fail. I’m the curator of my own potential The guardian of…
The Tenacious Virgo 