Three strikes, you’re out
One cross, you’re in
Three, to cross
One, to believe
Shawn… Read more
Silence
I kvetch.
Can you console?
I gripe.
Can you command my slithering nag to obedience?
Will you cleanse me of simmering shallow desires?
So I … Read more
Still counting?
it never ends
does it?
always one thing or another
counting school days
or school years
college semesters
or job applications
failed dates
or wedding … Read more
Not worthy of the light!
I asked the candle: “Why do you shed tears when there is light?”
He replied: “I wash away the pain from when it is dark.”… Read more
Can’t be me without him
On my last breath, I finally realized what he meant to me…
He had been with me all along yet I had ignored him.
He … Read more
Cocktail
Cactus
sand
flat
as far as eyes
see
sun
scorching
smoldering
silent sea
stem
succulent
soothes
stranded me
Shawn… Read more
Merciless desire
I caved
I could not compete
force of nature
my fiercest foe
I succumbed
sweet seduction
serenading lust
angel of disguise
I bought
time to … Read more
Nowruz
Lived a life of shadows, would I die a Saint?
I’m not one to argue, to take stands, to care
my silence is my shield, my apathy my cure
my face points sideways, my eyes … Read more
