Only Silence Answers Back
What do we do when we can’t saythe words we’re meant to say?What do I do when you won’t stayandContinue Reading
Category: Metered
Anything and everything I had to write with a distinct rhythm and flow.
A Single Red Flower
All alone she kept on growingRising, rising, rising‘til she found the sun I bear witness to all her glorySmiling, smiling,Continue Reading
What happens when prayers become shadows?
When words lifted from urgent lips have drifted away as smoke does with the wind? Maybe our ancestors bury them,Continue Reading
A tree in not merely a tree
Nor is the sky simply a skyTo see beyond what you want to seeYou must use more than just yourContinue Reading
Time is the great Equalizer
With no one to call friend or foeIt does not agitate, or slowIt merely is a SummarizerOf what you haveContinue Reading
Anything but water
Anything but water: give me booze give me clues give me fried eggs with runny yolks; give me purpose giveContinue Reading
I Left My Hope Back Then
I used to have a dream of WeWith me perched like a bluebirdUpon your kneeWhile you read to meAnd sangContinue Reading
Life and Death, Simplified
Birth day, mirth day: how we all begin. Death day, bereft day:how we all must end.
Lost Memories
I am covered in thin layersOf silent silicone prayersTeardrops bead and slip awayDown to the tip of my nose andAlongContinue Reading
Demons in Bone Marrow
your demons run deepthey suck the bottomsof ocean beds dry. dry. dry. your demons run deepthey chew the bones ofContinue Reading
Alexis Attempts to Write 