The earth mostly receives equal lightNo matter where you are on the mapSomeone’s winters are bathed in darknessBut their summer days are long That’s what […]
Reminder
There’s the Mustang ride in late summerTwo walks around the pointDoing work from the balconyThe advice to take a breath before I speakAndMemento MoriThe brutal, […]
Toss Away
Start, stop, toss awayAll the poems I tried to write tonightThey don’t feel rightOr true to what’s running through my brain Headaches and stomachaches par […]
A Prayer
A prayer for how out of control the days can spinIf I prayed would it make the world go stillAre we jumping from valley to […]
Safe & Sound
One sucker punch, then two, then moreWhen you can’t see them comingAnd you’re bruising to the coreLook straight ahead Look at cabinet handles and black […]
Truest
“Write the truest sentence that you know”Hemingway said thatBut Hemingway was a drunkAnd an asshole by most accountsBut these days I feel like a drunkAnd […]
Rain
The rain feels like permissionFor sweatpants and staying homeAnd letting the best I can offer right now be simple It’s how you get back upBut […]
Ugly Things
Something he told meThat I try to forget–how can you be a mom like this–Or some ugly variationWas I on the bathroom floor when it […]
Safe
Shaking outside an apartment doorI remember what’s it likeTo not feel safeTo fear going home If we all had safe harborsTo moor our weathered shipsThe […]
Sunset
The sun burns red in a hazy skyFor four minutes I watch it sink into the bayI can’t capture it in photos or wordsBut for […]