You drive by and wonder, The car not recognized in the drive, The name removed from the mailbox, And wonder if I am alive, The lawn is brown and dry, Nothing grows here anymore, No flowers along the steps, No welcome at the door. No curtains at the windows, Like vacant…

A poem — Don’t tell anyone I am happy, no one would believe, They would think me crazy, have something up my sleeve, It’s our little secret, keep it under wraps, To avoid the maybe’s, the what if’s and mayhap. More than I expected, more than I could hope, Spent too many days, at…

A poem — Digging brand new trenches, Ordered barbed wire on the net, I’ve stockpiled all the claymore mines, And so, I don’t forget, I loaded all the rifles, And lined up all grenades, Reinforced the reinforcements, Alerted the brigade. Alert and oh so weary, I built my walls and towers high, I can see…

Poem — Deliberate in your assessment, Delusional of your worth, The feelings of disassociation, Developing from birth. You coddle your own bruised ego, Wipe away your tears. Ponder aloud your heartache, Loss of so many years. Only company your reflection, As you push everyone aside, Content in your resentment, When it’s you that said goodbye…

Ah, the grand distortion, Dystopian happenstance, The facade of exuberance, We glide into the dance, A waltz of illusion, As we step where we are lead, Swept into the mechanism, The lies that we are fed. Thin will make you happy, This is where to be seen, This is trending; go here…

a poem — The cries for help, The screams and pleas, Hide behind sweet pleasantries, How are you? “I’m well, I'm fine,” When in truth I’ve lost my mind, How are you doing? “Oh, I’m okay,” The mind calls out, I’ve lost my way. How are things, how have you been? …

a poem — Despicable and delightful, When opposites do meet, One minute I am docile, Prim, and kind, and sweet, But at the dropping of the hat, Spinning of the dime, I can change into something deranged, Completely blow your mind. In a moment, I want you badly, Next act as if your not…

A poem — If you judge how many times I’ve loved, By counting all the lovers, you will be quite remiss, Just as every star is a sun of its own accord, There is deception in a kiss. I have never been dishonest, casual promises in the dark, I know every man I’ve laid…

Upon the rocks and grass, Scattered sand upon the shore, Throughout the vast oceans, The cries of never more, For within the heart, Their in is what is real, Not atoms bound together, But thoughts and how you feel, The spirit has no age, No gender to reveal, Neither does the soul, So…