Category: Poetry

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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Dig Deeper I have cut myself to my ankles many times before because that is what you taught me. This is what you breathed into my mouth when I didn’t want your lips anywhere near mine. You insisted, Boy, did you keep insisting. Jeez, how deep did you think you could go? What the fuck…

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The Belly I have outlived you by a few years, at most probably five, maybe even ten, but no more than eleven. As I sat waiting to reach my destination, I had time to think about you in the silence, imagining what aspirations you had, and when you realized all was lost.  You went back…

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Weary Comparison You tell me you can’t go on, that you are sore, burned out, sent to the brink of not being able to return. But you’ve never listened to yourself, or told yourself you can go on, as a fighter, a survivor, someone that strikes first and asks questions later. You pass by people…

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If I told you to touch it, would you?  I don’t think you would. I really don’t think you would. You crave loneliness. You do things in the dark. It’s not like I don’t know who you are. I see you not holding your words in truth. I hear you doing bad things. I touch…

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Not You I’ve kicked you out many times From my mind. I’ve bolted down the tiny path, Always leading somewhere toward mistakes. I played with death Because of you. I wanted it. I craved it. I needed it. My chest was crushed under your weight. The weight I thought was something else. The something else…

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In the Meantime You Are up there, And I am down here. You Were always with me, Listening, And hearing my voice quiver. My high pitched words, Sounding like unsettled screams, As you stroked my fears away. Every day you are gone, I am unsettled, Not still, Not sure, Wondering, And waiting. Sometimes it is…

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What Could Have Been What are the odds? Not very high.  I told myself this over and over. It must be difficult to know you lost out on something. Yes, it stings a little bit, but all the time people lose. Some lose something small.  Some lose something big. It is easy to let it…

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