A Someday Relationship

Love can be one way But a relationship has to be two You love me, and I love you You are my closest friend, the intimate thoughts of my heart. It is to you I lay bare my soul, and it is in your hands I place the beatings of my spirit. You have drawn out the…

Delicate Love

You are like a flower that gives what can make honey You give to others what can make a pleasant scent You give your beauty to be enjoyed You ground yourself solid, and reach for the sun You endure the night when the day is done You open yet again And in the end, you give…

Trauma’s Cradle

Here is another poem from my journal that I wrote years ago: I saw darkness spread beyond its gates And flow into the world of light. I saw pain descend from its perch And cover the lands of peace. I saw evil spread its wings And stretch its shadow over us all. I saw all…

Murder

I’m pulling this old poem out of my journal, dusting it off, and posting it here. I had spent years thinking I had moved on from my childhood and was functioning quite well, thank you very much. But I fell apart, and stood in the midst of my own ruins wondering what happened and how…

A Moment

A moment. All our life we thirsted, But never knew it, For it was all we ever knew. But in a moment… A cup was lifted to our lips – We drank the sweet liquid… And in a moment, All the pain of all the years Stood out like a blistering spire Against the peace…

Bonfire

Why do we sing? Why do we laugh? Why do we look for significance? Why do we hope? Why do we need life to mean something? Why do we care? A distant orange glow dances among the trees. I found it against the backdrop of my own night; Crackling and burning within the midst Of…