I’m afraid of the dark When your dark hands The wiper of my face The strength of my love I cannot feel I’m afraid of lack The picture of ruptured Sudan Hollow eyes, breath- in tummies And the land burnt In the heat of its own fire I’m afraid of fear It maims faster It […]

Will that moment ever come? Will my darting eyes forget to roam? There is a morning that shines the brightest The smile you give will be the cutest Forget old steps, your dance will be the latest Life’s parcel will gift you the greatest There will be black, white, and a ring of chrome Butterflies, […]

Can good be really bad What did I do this time around I have cried in the rain The river must swallow the stream To judge or not to judge Is a function of your stand Which mountain obstructs your view And how far your binoculars can see I closed my eyes and saw The […]

Does the earth swallow what it makes? How does the ground not have headaches? Today we are spewed from it belly like that fish and tomorrow swallowed against our wish. Tales of what and how to accomplish is a lime sweet and fast that can diminish. When you drive don’t forget the brakes even the […]

Have I lost my mind? Why are my thoughts not aligned? Take me to an open field My heart needs to be healed. As to why it was first concealed, This truth must be revealed To free the confined And give light to the blind Now, the liquor tastes fresh More reasons to yield to […]

What breaks a person? Is it the choking collar of slander or the weight of the world they bear? Is it anger or hunger or both? I wonder. Broken people are a crime seen; Puzzling-the remnant of a crime scene A story written and hidden A truth parading false and feeding Until happiness becomes sad […]

Who will save the world? When healers are now killers, and we have refused to let them go, saying addiction is not bad and evil. But it closes doors and human hearts from freedom. I will not dwell on my caffeine affinity history, or why men keep trying to return between women’s legs; Some sleeping […]

Why are people born? To live and die Get buried In the shallows or six feet under Still we keep trying to thrive even though The reaper is never out of business Yet some will die before they go willing Like flowers I watch men wither When time decides to run out on us, For […]

If i could love, couldn’t i hate? I once was a tale from Shakespeare I would love and love and love to love It was every way my better best I was hoping but a hopeless romantic Died every time love resurrected I needed to learn from hate for once To carry a notepad and […]

Are you looking for law and order? In stations painted with urine that sting your nose a little, Designed with clicks of empty guns here and there, An insecure abode. The new men in black are the thugs on the street, Beneath their berets is a burning desire To squeeze out an absent trust, As […]