There’s sweat in my cloth maskAs I walk with a friend on quiet pathsIt’s over ninety degreesAnd I think that it will make me breakoutAll […]
Haikus are for
Haikus are for nights like these, starring at my screen designing something Some seasons are slow But no one will say that here not this […]
Some to Show
I approach it with a vegan leather notebook Hand-etched with a quote about magic Those who don’t believe in it Never find it And throw […]
Red Goes With Everything
Red goes with everything Though I learned the hard way That it’s better to paint on your lips Than to smear on your wrists But […]
Food Dye & Cookie Dough
The food dye splashes over my counter And my skin, watercoloring my wrist Blending in with the red and blue of my tattoo Most of […]
Grass-Is-Greener
I wrote, I don’t want to grass-is-greener my whole life The next chapter, the next year I brush my fingers over the seams of futures […]
In one version of forever
In one version of forever
Snow melts off my boots in the foyer
And my hair defrosts while
I towel muddy water off the floor
Close Enough
Today, advice from my brother
Who gave me a gift on his birthday
When he was nine or ten or eight
Colored sand in a bottle
Purple and pink and yellow
Maybe, I don’t have the bottle
But I have that thought
He gave me a gift on his birthday
The Three of Us
My fingers press to my stomach
Under four layers of clothing
The core of me is warm and giving
My hands are freezing
I walk like that for a few minutes
Hugging myself through the juxtaposition
Of heat and cold across the skin of my belly
The Machine
What are the mechanics
Of creating my own voice
What gears do I need to turn
What sounds do I need to hear
Until I recognize the sound
Of my thoughts loud and clear