Long story short I want to be loved Short story long I don’t want to be hurt again Or made a fool of Or give way more than I get back Or find out that I’m not as special as I thought I was But I’m willing to put myself out there Open my heart…
Category: Writing
Horizon (NaPoWriMo day 6)
if you closed your eyes to the confusion in your midst you could open your heart to the promise of our love and if you dared to let the drama fall away you might realize that darkness comes most often heavily before the dawn then if you could bear to let the burden be shared…
Hair Apparent (NaPoWriMo day 9)
Never picture perfect Tousled and uneven Corkscrewed and curlicued Shaggy or shorn Painted purple Or blatantly blonde Tamed and twisted Or let lioness loose Tenuous tugs through the tangles The texture is pleasure personified The sheer weight of it commands attention Presence. Power. My crown is truly my glory My light. My beauty. My story….
Ruin (NaPoWriMo day 2)
Ruin Building skyscrapers of fantasy out of crushed dreams is the way She copes with the reality of her inadequacy The structures loom large over the streets of her consciousness Why is there so much traffic here? All roads leading to everywhere and nowhere At once This all a facade Make believe This can’t be…
hindsight (NaPoWriMo day 1)
hindsight i wish we could go back. i remember our very first chat. it was a friday. you were on a train coming from nyc. i was sitting at my desk in my office way past the time for me to leave. you invited me over to eat that very first night. i declined… but…
NaPoWriMo: an Introduction
April is National Poetry Month. NaPoWriMo is a writing challenge. Write one poem per day for the entire month of April. You down? Let’s go!
Revisiting Truth
My truth: I am a multitude of things both positive and not so. I can be loud and harsh and whiny and petulant and stubborn and immature and petty and vindictive. I don’t always wield my words wisely, I can be extremely lazy and a master procrastinator… But I am not a liar or…
Message to self:
Write. Even when you don’t feel like it. Even when you think the words won’t come. They will.
Day 4. Poem. (February 2014 Writing Challenge)
The Last Kiss I saw your picture today Your eyes Your smile Your lips And realize that You’re the last person I kissed The last person I kissed The last The last person I kissed With passion And purpose And love The last person I kissed That made my heart skip a beat And my…
Moments in Love (Open Letter)
(this began as a free write to sort of my feelings after a particularly cathartic moment for me. it snowballed into an open letter that I just emailed before I totally lost my nerve. now I’m all in my feelings.) This is what I know. I want a love of my own. Singular. Someone who…
The Tenacious Virgo 