“It was so easy then never takin’ any standIt was so easy then, holdin’ hands”–Carly Simon I used to watchThe Fairly Odd Parents,every Saturday,laughing at Timmy’sneglectful parents leavinghim with Vickyeven though she had a bagfull of torture devices.Mom sat with us withhalf her attentionon us and the show.Dad was upstairsreading about some emperor.I outgrew Timmyand…

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Chew on my bones so you can feel my heartbeatConsuming, captivating, grinding in your teeth.Curl deep into my organs, let us not be discrete,Know every inch and corner. Wear me as a wreath. I’ll sit behind your molars, where wisdom used to lie,And upon my hallowed skin you’ll taste not’ but prideSinking on your tongue,…

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Don’t look at the sun,They say.Well, I guess that’s why when I look at you,I find that you are blinding. I have always considered myselfTo be like the moon.Reflecting your light,While my eyes are still reelingFrom the sight of you. You have always beenA constant.Patiently waiting for meAs my eyes adjustAnd I justContinue to revolve…

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i accidentally slipped into a hole the other dayi slipped into a hole the other day.trying to find mywandering self loathing, worthless mind in my piece of shit for a brain. it happened on my bed.the springs began to coilcollecting mybody, striking the inside of my head,wiring my jaw shut. you don’t cry for help…

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The sun did not disappear –The slit squint dimming.There was no premonition of the end of days,Just dust circling, settling restless. We were in the kitchen,Nicking fingers on freshly sharpened somethings,Simmering on low.Chicken portraits cock eyed,Not quite straightened. The noiseless flash.Fine china demolition rat-tat-rattles,Shaking her figurinesAnd flipping a fingerAt the sweeping shockWave, crashing –Waxing and…

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That feeling eight years agoCreeps back in againWoke up in tearsAfraid of all the painJust like I did in the eighth grade And I can see meIn the students I teachThe disappointmentAnd fear for their futureThey ask me why? The souls that will be taken too soonLost control to autonomyCollective youth sits and weepsMourns what…

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Did you ever think of mewhen you wrapped your arms around others,clutching them close while I learned to stand alone?You took in children who weren’t yours,but left me searching for hands that never came.You never held me when the world was too much,never whispered the secrets of being softin a world that demands hardness.I built…

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How do you define my existence?                                   Perceive me as a man My crimson-stained cheeks                                              a chiseled…

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