Poetry
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My rose colored glasses have shattered. Nostalgia drained the life force out of me. I can no longer pretend that yesterday was better. My serious demeanor wasn’t a personality trait. It was a trauma response. My personality was informed by emotionally immature adults. No child should carry the burden of the adults around them. Something…
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There is a room where everyone I have ever met exists at the same time. It used to be so crowded. Age and forgetfulness have made it sparse. I used to care about everyone. But no one really cared about me Until I met you. This room used to feel suffocating. Now all I see…
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There’s nothing quite like it. The screeches from the New York City subway. The grinding intensifies then lulls. An endless sea of commuters, stone faced. Stoicism has nothing on them. I, too, have joined the commuting masses Feeling at home and like a stranger at the same time. Commuting is in my blood. I grew…
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I’m afraid to fall asleep because there is nothing left. No hopes. No dreams. No sign of a life well lived. Only nightmares. I can ignore the lies I tell myself during the day. Denial is easy. Just turn it off. No thoughts. No feelings. Ignoring the truth. But it’s different at night. My brain…
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No one taught me how to organize No one taught me how to clean So I sat with my neuroses until I could no longer breathe Hit fast forward towards oblivion Living life in 2x speed has it’s perks But I’m just a bunch of failed projects Incompletes that become never will be’s
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I ran away from the place that I created out of fear. Afraid of the life that I wanted to live and the life I never could live Afraid that the person I’m calling my forever would discover the truth. The truth will set you free they said. They said a lot of things. For…
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He’s waiting for the girl he met and loved to return to himBut she’s gone now.A woman returned in her place.Damaged by mistreatment from strangers.Aching to be that girl once more.The one that he held at the beach that cool Summer night.The one that he took to the movies.The one that he drove to the…
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Reeling from the stupidity of months wasted,I continued to waste more time with people that wanted nothing to do with me.All of these people floated in and out of my life like a revolving door.I couldn’t keep up with the personalities.It was truly exhausting.Until John Doe popped up.He had an air about him that compelled…
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I saw her photo on one of those apps. You know, the one named after a lesser god.Her eyes were brown or maybe they were gray.Honestly, I don’t remember that well. But I do remember the way she tilted her head in photos.The quintessential millennial pose. Angled so high as if the viewer were taking…
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I became accustomed to violence being a language of love that I shuddered at the thought of anything else.A finger pointed in my face casting blame like a spell from a fairy tale.A voice that sounded sweeter than molasses became grating like moving styrofoam around boxes.The hand that held mine so lightly was suddenly around…
