May 2026

  • Psychopumped

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    The work is grief,the work is not grieving.Grieving begets the grief,acceptance breaks the mold,rest rests.

  • Richly worded

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    Offense,defense,two sides of the same wall,cemented by the blood of our young.

  • Magic Tree

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    If there’s one thing that’ll drainmy creative driveit’s getting bakedthat’s all, it takes awaymy magic stavethe thoughts all dissolve to delusion.

  • On my lovely alonesome

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    You said I’ve gotten too comfortablebeing on my own,and maybe I have.A pandemic, a recovery,and a civil fracturing not ready for it’s recovery,all time I’ve spentdigging deepand building myself back up. You see, I thought that was the point.I took painful times and doubled downbecause I couldn’t kid myselfin the vacuum of joy to be…

  • The fence is violence

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    Offense,defense,two sides of the same wall,cemented by the blood of our young.

  • Ready to go

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    On the doorstep of departure,the truth settling in,of how this chapter endsand the next begins. Anxious feelings fill my stomachalongside the joy that’s left to digest,and the stress that needs it’s rest. I don’t know if I’ll cry or sing,or dance or die,I don’t know what’s on deck for mebecause I’ve been living daily,free-ing myself…

  • Your happiness

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    You caught feelings before I did,so I’m a bad guy?Didn’t lie so I could lie with you,and I’m a bad guy? You want everything you thought you found,rushed everything to keep me ’roundand that all paused when I left town..now three weeks passedI’m back at last, you cheers me with an empty glass,I raise a…

  • Full shop

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    How does the cash flow?Where do the flowers go?Do they witherwithout a home?A million eyesof passer byes,on displaytill their end.

  • The lease is up

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    The pull for me to gothe call for me to stay,decisions I don’t want to makedecisions have their dayof expiration,no by omission,until the final bell has tolledI’ve chosen not to stay.

  • Gimme

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    Is it credit or liability,indebted to the future,want the world to sing its praisenowbeforeyou desert it.

  • Passing by

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    Wandering,will you let me in your doormy friend?It’s the first time,yet we meet again,in passing for a moment.Not long this timefor each to growembracinga moment.

  • Bloom

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    May flowers flowerand bring a newa pollen air,sweet morning dew.

  • Detour

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    Especially, espanishly, eventually,ly ly lydangerous, deceptive,ly ly, ly?I might get lostalong the scenic route,and when I’m lostI may discoverwhat the routeis all about.

  • Still waiting

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    Rosebud thorns, I’m left to be alone,until it all comes crashingthrough the wall, a momentI can’t deny.

  • Routine

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    Tuesday rings of cheer,the rest is nearly near.Two cups full, one cup down,the rest is only now.

  • Bar close

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    The last call rang,the lady sang,the bar now smellsfresher than the morning,fresher than the patronwho drank too long.

  • Unrepentant

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    Totally flaccid air,placid,expended to the limit.

  • After the party

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    We raise the glass, to sip it down.We raise the vibe, to sip it down. Is life too muchwhen the light shines bright?when laughter fills the room?when safetysettles in? We celebrate, to crash the next day.We celebrate, to our own dismay.

  • Self-mastery

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    Am I coping or am I caged?Is my reality stagedby my own direction?Are the keys to the castlein my own hands?Have I been watching my gamefrom the back of the stands?

  • Repetitive

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    Your songs all sound the same,a blur into the backgroundof monotone creativity,of that tonethat you can’t let go. Static evolution,low to no slope.Praying that your vibe will last,coasting on the hope.