(2014)
I crave stability Neither wandering spirit Nor home-body Yes I’d love to travel But the foundation
When we are young we strive to be cool with our clothes and the way we move and our friends with swag as adults though our friends be co…
I enjoy his company Riding shotgun Conversation No one to overhear Our inside jokes
An idea In my head Falls flat On paper Read it
Restless As I lay in bed Trying to fall asleep These are my clues I might be low
Why do we love sunsets? Distinguishing fascination What other species Must stop and stare A romantic couple
Love is sincere Sincerely Wanting to connect Love makes you crazy Insanity that makes you fly
Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone
Destruction is fun But cannot be undone Smashed Trashed Crumpled
I love to hear poetry read Rather than performed I love to hear each word Appreciated Rather than memorized
I wallow in my sadness As it pools up It has not swallowed me Who floats above its surface This surface
If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s
Didn’t they know that people cared? That they were loved? Why didn’t someone tell them?
A joke Lost in Translation You will Never
My grandfather told my father when he proposed to my mother on one condition