Published in Scrittura·Mar 13Member-onlyThe Last HeartbeatSaturday Poetry Prompt: words breaking up — You slept, I lay awake — tossing, turning, wondering You drank it all up, I withheld — someone had to chart the way back home You flowered, I withered — fading into the background, a backdrop to your life You watched the game, I counted the lines on my palm…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Scrittura·Feb 16Member-onlyAmphibian PressureWednesday Prose Poem: taking on a movement — The pressure is life defying. I’ve traveled faster than light, like I always do. I’ve whispered my words over the harps, plummeting them over the clouds faster than the speed of sound. I’ve done all I could. Yet, my eyes bulge over now. The nuclei of every single cell in…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in The Howling Owl·Feb 15Member-onlyMad Cow: A PoemWhen One is Out of Options — Bereft of reason, you stand in my path Nostrils flaring, only bloodshed on your mind There’s no talking you down, there’s no reasoning with you Intent on your goal, it’s my blood you’re after Mad Cow, let me go Chase after that yonder rainbow instead You are not a carnivore…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Scrittura·Feb 4Member-onlySitting By This Window: A Prose PoemWednesday Poetry Prompt: the open road — Is it always me, sitting by this window? The somnolent chugh-chugh of the train’s wheels on the metal tracks, the slow rocking motion. It all transports me to a parallel dimension, one where time is frozen. One where I am always sitting by this window, my reflection brought to life…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scrittura·Jan 29Member-onlySlay Me: Prose PoemSaturday Poetry Prompt: borrow from me — I do not want to rule the world. No, I want the world to rule me. I want it to kill me, flay me, maim me, slay me. Destroy me with the sweet pleasure of its dagger’s edge. Two sides of the same tarnished coin: pleasure and pain. I want…Prose Poem2 min readProse Poem2 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Jan 13Member-onlyToxic ChemistryFree Verse — The cesspool around me gathers around, pulling me in a tight embrace Disguised as love, this toxic chemistry portends doom, with its hollow echoes Emotional chess Dominance, chicanery, and manipulation One should’ve been wiser by now The lack of oxygen made me look twice I smell only hydrogen sulphide now…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in The Howling Owl·Jan 4Member-onlyBurn, ForeverProse Poetry — She dawns with a teenager’s naïve orange blush. The saffron tint growing brighter as the sun’s bold gaze impudently undresses the sky into naked blue. There’s a band along the horizon. Like a painter has stippled the colors, blending them in artlessly, unsure of which side to give preference to. …Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Literary Impulse·Jan 4Member-onlyA Memory’s Undying HungerFree Verse Poetry — There’s that familiar ache behind my eyes again There’s that familiar late evening sigh again Yes, I have been this weary before Yes, I have inhabited this space before Sifting the memory banks for that tune, my dear The familiar tune strikes up long dead memories, the song nostalgic of…Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Published in Scuzzbucket·Dec 27, 2022Member-onlyMeaningless OceanFree Meaningless Verse — There is a word for this emotion, I know there is — It’s lost somewhere in the recesses of my mind The tears streak everywhere, confounding my eyes, confusing my brain This emotion — that word — it spills all over my biscuit-colored couch, it floods all my living room …Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Published in Scrittura·Nov 29, 2022Member-onlyRemembering YouSaturday Poetry Prompt: take it from me — Remember those days When I’d stare at your hands Pretending to divine the future, (our future), Remember when I’d caress your palm, smoothing over all the lines, all the distractions Remember how real it felt, Your pulse below my fingertips, A sharp, yet bleak reminder that I was falling, falling…Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
