Category: Poetry

If you fail, I win. I wonder why it needs to be this way. Why must we suffer so? Can’t there be two winners? The decision has been made. I’m left holding misery in one palm and hurt in the other. Now, I can’t possibly find a way out. The digging has been done.  The…

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With every touch of your hand, I wanted something else, but this I did not get. It was good, at first, but after a few minutes it was bad, very bad. This wasn’t what I wanted. I came here for relaxation, for peace, for soothing. You gave me pressured anxiety, sore muscles, and conflicted thoughts.…

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Unnecessary Weight The pain easily sat there like a brick, and this brick was huge and heavy, much too heavy for one man to carry. Yet, here he was carrying this huge, heavy brick around his neck like he was born to carry it. He knew he wasn’t meant to hold it in any way.…

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If you keep coming back to me, again and again, no one needs to say how repetitive this is for both of us. I know you have an agenda to maintain, but I have mine. It isn’t perfect, but it works for me. I’m not a person that likes to be shoved along the way.…

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I wonder why you called me. It was only for a few seconds, but long enough to know I didn’t like you or care for you. Your foul words and your ugliness, these are the things that make me angry, that send me into battle. I know a fighter’s words. You think you’re entitled when…

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Connection When I finally got the courage to look, she was pressed against the bench. Her flesh had become the color of wood, and was now disappearing. I knew my brain had been altered by drugs from the past, but I never considered myself unable to control my mind. I wanted to ask someone around…

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When Pistol Speaks, She Listens Pull it out.  Nice and shiny. The power.  The glory.   The spotlight. You want it.  Yes.  Yes.  Yes. You got it. Many times. Many times over. You have it. Everything. Think. Think. Think. Not here. Not now. Not later. You do. Do. Do. All of it. More.

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Bloodless I invited you more than once. It wasn’t right of me to do. Taking your power away. Bleeding your veins until they were dry. You resented me. I know. It didn’t matter. I didn’t care. I still don’t. You knew this. Still, you kept at me, wanting me to answer. So foolish. So stupid.…

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Because I’m Human I woke up hungry and not because I hadn’t eaten the night before. I did.   Okay, I really did. Still, my stomach made noises right away, and not those painful ones accompanied by growls. I didn’t deny myself anything last night, and yet the reminder before things get crazy, before I…

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On All Fours You Were Gone Your head was flattened as far as it could go in that tire track. We spotted each other at the same time. I wanted to help, but what could I have done. There wasn’t enough room under my coat, And I didn’t want to get scratched by your claws.…

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The Deal You weren’t the exception that day for me. I saw your hands gripping the steering wheel tight enough to make your fingers cramp like one’s stomach does after overeating. A person of your caliber never thinks logically when someone like me chases you. It’s tragic knowing there’s nothing you can do to get…

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Let it Go I was willing to let it go. Let the dogs lie peacefully, but you had to utter those words. You did not see how it’s my usual nature to ignore someone like you, to let the wind carry your stupidity away before it lands on my shoulder. This time it was different.…

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I’ve seen what tired looks like on a divorced woman. It hangs in front of her like a carrot she never can reach again. I knew of others who suffered this affliction. They bathed in it much too long, and I never bothered to ask the important question. How do you get rid of it? …

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