Filtered You ever see what you want to see? The best in others The love in between the lines The way you to talk With someone who Seems like you Filters Keep the shadows at bay Hold the strings Twist them around Your heart Broken in too many pieces.. You glance from The side, squinting To see the…

Inside and out I am wading through water Raging and calm Settled and unsettled, Dark and light. I am drifting in the currant With and against it Breathing deeply And holding my breath. I am standing on the edge Of a cliff dropping off Into the unknown Holding onto what…

I am — I am not who you think I am. I am more than that. I am not this body, As it sets off new alarms, Valuptuates my jeans, Calling for more give. As it becomes more fragile, Less predictable, As it takes on an unsteady rythm In its very pulse. I…

In unsettled waters

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Literally and figuratively — I like alone time When I have time to think To rest, to escape. The things that weigh like stacks Of years piled like dominoes Waiting to crash down On me. A chance to write, To draw if inclined, Or maybe walk through The raindrops, and let some Quench my…

Stirs my soul — I have never been a morning person, But lately I have been waking before the dawn. The morning emerges From an interrupted slumber, A discomfort, a thought Which enters my mind That I want to remember, Now running, turning the corner And escaping without A trace. And now I am awake and Squirming…

Self Sabotage — Every day is an opportunity For creativity, a massive Explosion of color, Genius, poetry. An elegant dance of Harmony and balance. You have unused potential, Like a fragile, delicate gem, Caged inside a life of Bad decisions. Tipped out and dumped in the gravel of Cigarette ash, crushed within inhaled…

All I can say is… — Stormy skies, summer nights By myself, been paralyzed, Thinking always way too much Living in the absence of touch. Colors shine within my mind Shadows flicker in the light. I stand in a moment that doesn’t exist- Except in potential in almost- In missed… All I can say is I am alive The gorgeous…