Foe

Don’t twist the key Don’t pop the lock Don’t let her in Don’t linger in her doubt Don’t listen to her venomous words Don’t trust her rantings She’s not your friend She’s up to no good You can’t be you If you’re playing with her She’ll pull you down Drown you in her lake of…

Climb

Let 2016’s mistakes sweat out of your system Like last night’s champagne Let last years downfalls stay at the bottom of that mountain You just climbed. Stand at the peak, feeling your strength surge through your veins like electricity Embrace 2017 Fight like a warrior Reign like royalty

Redolence

He told her he would be home hours ago So, she looked for him Waited for him Anticipated him Thought about all the misfortunes that could’ve happened to him Just before the waking hours He slid into bed As she rested her head upon his bare skin She discovered he didn’t smell like the man…

Anomaly

A stranger among the masses An imposter mingled with the identical She carried on the charade until she could strategize her escape To inhale the mossy evergreen Hum along to the harmonizing of the sparrow Feel the routine of the world evaporate in the shifting breeze Resting in the grass with a pine cone at…

Ready?

She bit her nails Brimming with vexation As the clock stroked twelve The defining moment had come to pass Was she still a girl Or a woman, at last She picked up the stick and read the clear words Still feeling like a girl Although in nine months time She was going to bring life…

Anxiety

Raining upon them terror Pouring onto them pain Festering on their conflicted mind Infecting you with doubt Diseasing you with worry You twisted your face towards her depravity So, look into her abyss And get lost in her emptiness She is a void Chasing away your dreams Reaping upon you nightmares

The One

She watched him letting contemplation claim the canals of her mind She wondered if he was the one The one that would erase the others from the servers of her brain To fade the scars on the chambers of her heart Could he make her forget about the one that dipped her heart in dry…

Roots

Coily, Curly Down my back Or in a pony These mangled locks Tell a story Of a sorted past Too complicated And Too distorted

Friday Night Delights

Twas the night of Friday And all through the brick house Every creature was stirring Oh God! Is that a mouse? A pair of yoga pants hung from the silver chandelier soaring in the air Because Jimmy spilled hot cocoa Over Jenny’s freshly dyed hair That rolled down her back And onto her legs greatly…

The Beast of Life

Tethered to nothing but a wish and a dream Floating in unsettling gravity Grappling for a branch or twig to grasp onto A mere ledge to hold you afloat In this life there are but few certainties You will be born into a world of instability Haunted by fears that infect your decent soul Festering…