(2014)
Almost silent, A numbing hum. It is a cold cloudless night. A brilliant bone-white moon hovers amidst stars upon stars upon stars…
I’ve howled and raved and ranted at all those whom I could name, in search of peace and freedom from this ancient seething rage. But still there lingers bitter bil…
Seems no way out, but deep within. There’s a resonant voice calling from the depths of my being; I am not what you imagine me to be…
Late at night; another helter-skelter day, having flown off unexpectedly into alien domains of disarray. So many urgent moments
From the first remembered breath, I was running to escape. I didn’t need a map. It didn’t matter which direction. It hurt too much for any fool to s…
While in repose, still and silent, it is not nothing that I hear. Subtle whispers
A sudden gust of bitter wind from somewhere hot and foul, whooped and howled throughout the scattered waste and scrabble down that God-forsaken alley.
1998.... while touring india.... exploring the town of rishikesh a popular hindu pilgrimage site along the banks of the holy mother…
Not a poem. I hurt; like a Frankenstein monster. Iron fist. Unrelenting.
I am seven years old. My brother is ten. The beating was brutal. My brother is recovering conscious… I believed he was dead.
That cranky old mongrel hound cooped up down the alley; he ain’t got no teeth no more but he still knows how to snarl. he gets them young pups all worked…
I am here now. I have removed my outer garments, placed my trust within your circle… I have come because you promised. You told me you would be here
I dreamed of being lost and trappe… in a land of angry fearful liars. There was nowhere to run or hide. I cowered cornered and exhausted, my back against the furthest wall;
I gaze into the bleakness of the e… engulfed by a sense of futility an… I am like the man who keeps fishin… though he knows the river is spent… I cast my line into the milky pool…
I commit myself to God; sometimes, not often. I believe in God; sometimes,
