poetry

  • Blush & Blossom

    In dark and dusty corners of my mind, where shadows dance and secrets (covered) lie, truth…

  • Lost

    (from a week or so ago – I forgot to post it at the time!)Every time…

  • Permission to Shine

    Algorithms are funny things. I drive to work, and trust my phone to choose the soundtrack.…

  • Because of You

    I found the anger once, or rather, it found me, when first I crossed the bridge…

  • Autopsy

    I do have one question. If anger is a secondary emotion,  why are you asking me…

  • Pursuit and Rest

    I am surprised you found me here; it is dark and dirty. I am well hidden,…

  • Gianduja

    I wonder how you feel tonight. Don’t mistake my wondering for concern. I hope you feel…

  • And in her ears, the little seashells

    The waves are a deep crimson, highlighted with scarlet foam, breaking against the shore as a…

  • A third attempt

    I’m feeling once more the waves of shame breaking against the shores of whatever healing I…

  • A second attempt

    I said I’d sit and write, and I did it. Well, I sat and wrote and…

  • Antihero

    She tried to be sassy, a tool for deflection. A Taylor quote for every moment lightens…

  • from the river to the sea

    Tonight I can write lines sadder than Pablo’s. Write, for example, that children in hospitals are…

  • the wear off

    With pharmaceutical clarity, I could map each train of thought, see the network, the major stations…

  • a note to my eating disorder

    I know you serve a purpose. You go about it all the wrong ways (and yes,…

  • safe

    Have you heard someone say “she knows me better than I know myself” and thought that…