Teach me not to care,About the things, you do,Or will not do,Cause it seems that I have cared way too much, My papers fold at your touch,My eyes water at your blush,Wet soggy papers that I can’t read,Wet soggy papers books don’t need, I give it back to you,The care,The letter grade,I don’t care, I […]

He’s hungry again,I’ve fed him,I’ve bathed him,I’ve made him happy without cracking a smile, Three hundred matches,Three hundred flames,Three hundred years,Past shame, Same theme,Different slave,Same place,Different slave,Same cake,Different day, But I bake it anyway,I fake it anyway,I can’t take it,I run away, Caught,Trapped, Whipped, Enslaved, Four hundred years, Four hundred tears, Four hundred open wounds […]

Sweet to eat,Hard to bake,Flour and grease is all it takes, One is never good enough,Two is never enough,Three please, One for you,One for me,One for whoever you need, Easy to get,Hard to keep,Love and time is all it takes, Never good enough,Never enough,Please, Too sweet for you,Too tart for me,Leave me for whoever you […]

Relentless bonds and chains have been broken many times before. For many years, people have tried to build a love that will last. A connection to their true love, their soulmate. Shackles shattered everywhere. You want to be free but yet you want to fly beneath my wings. You can’t decide between being bonded or […]

Ambition, Personality, Opportunity, and Preparation are the four things that they taught you. But, how did we get here? How did we come to walk the land of the free with shackles cuffed at our feet? How did we miss the dream we once dreamed? When I look around the room, all I hear are […]

You are beauty. You are desirable. You are emasculate. But you are still a man.    Masculinity isn’t a trait that defines the line between a man and a woman. It is a feature that derives from strength. Being weak doesn’t make you less of a man, being strong doesn’t make you less of a […]

I thought yesterday, going to a mountain will never be the same. Going to a wedding will never be the same. Going to the coffee shop will never be the same, because I did all of those fucking things with you. What a curse, to be trapped in your world, and you’re not in it. […]

Escaping any remanence of you in this little town seems to be nearly impossible. Wherever I go, you’ve been. Whoever I know, you’ve met. Whenever I leave, you walk in. Now standing before me in this little coffee shop was the man I once knew. The man I was seduced to by no mistake. “Would […]

Who are you? Who are you? I am… WHO ARE YOU, wanting to be? I am.. Tell me who do you see? Can you point to which image is you? Now, which image do you think is a depiction of perfection, of beauty? Beauty can be power… remember… So when did we start idolizing those […]

For some reason I thought you needed me. I thought that if I was there, cooking, cleaning, and caring for you; you would care. I thought that your need for me and the things I would do would keep you. Keep us. How long can you let love grow before you let it go? I […]

It’s fall now it’s cold outside All I want to do is hide, Play a game or two, Drink some beer with you, Run away with you, Let’s get out this town, Let’s play around, Have a kid or two, Sing a song for you, Save the date, Love can’t wait, Two being one, Two […]

We naturally look to avoid pain, and confusion, by trying to make sense of our reality. The need to fill a void ascends from birth. A father and a mother cradling their beloved child back and forth until it stops crying. And when that child senses that their presences is gone, it continues to cry […]

Today January 11, I sing in remorse. For my man, my one, and only friend had forsaken me. Did I not fold your clothes, massage your back, kiss you from back to back? Did I not cook, clean, among other things? No, you never had to ask, no, you never had to say, “Can you clean […]