My heart-rending notesInner-being
Eyes that see
Seeing as I am seeing less and less of That lately
A heart not beating for the sole purpose of breaking a heart
Since, refusing to settle,
Dancing
Character, and A character
About whom I’ll pen an epic true-story novel
A Love who’ll not put This Love on a shelf
Nor ever leave it
Unread
Avilion
One fluid motion this life
Don’t let the fits and starts fool you
A seeming inability to find what it’s all for
When people pain your heart
Love them aloud anyway
Should the days forbare to reveal truth
Herald the light nonetheless
Befriend all of nature
Indulge noisy children
Sing a workaday’s song
To the water’s depth, say, “OK”
At the end of the day, this is what it’s all for
Don’t let your eyes miss the overflow
One silken strand this life to weave
Photo Location: Bay View, Wisconsin’s Avalon Atmospheric Theater
Another Word For Coward
Cat and mouse throughout my dreams
At play, we
I don’t win
Pedigreed, you chose, not me — then you began again
The poor girl of your youth
I am
Too much proof of your roots
Together nevermore, old friend — how urban lights pollute
Slander: A Haiku
I’m hurting today
There’ll be heart-stains everywhere
If I’m not silent
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Some bowl of cherries
Is what I’ll focus upon
Some new day ahead
Dear Graduates
I feel so disastrous, then how is it I sing?
Might it be my surroundings, these graceful youth-filled souls
Maybe that it’s this One Time, these dapper-Dan’s and Gals
The cotton-candy low-sun skies and promising new lives
Despite the struggles of this year, which brought fourth omni-tears
Farewell, hello, dear graduates, our hearts tethered despite
Blueridge Jaw: A Haiku
So pretty you wish
The liar had been ugly
He wasn’t, was he?
Past Time: Her Haiku
Fuck this very zoo
Where captivity drives you
To regret your eyes
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Consecrated Girl
Born for a time such as this
You have been called up
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Equal in this pen
Harken back now to the days
‘fore you suffered snakes
Original Inspiration Credit:
“The determination of thy will shall be yielded to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.”
– Genesis 3:16
“[F]or if you remain silent at this time…you and your family will perish…who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
– Esther 4:14
Midnight Vows
More Sure
Original Thought Credit: Tasha Cobbs Leonard, “I’m Getting Ready”
