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  • Curveball

    Storm winds welcome rain,upending time once again.A moment coming for our souls to bear. Do we preparefor pains to come? Do we relish the peace time,an cherish the sun?The mistaken will fall,tripping on their own thin skin,while the clear of mindwill continueto begin.

  • Let the good times roll

    It feels like things are coming together,just so they can fall apart.I’d like to think the pain is done,but I know the change is no reruns. What’s to come is to be told,the same old same has gotten old.No need to repeat,no need to double down,no need to regret,no need for fake frowns. If what’s…

  • New York state of mind

    Close to bear,smiles not stares,the density breathes,the detritus leavesclear the streetsas the spring upheavesscenes of green.The rain fogs over,yet nobody cares,dancing naked in the rainwithout a glare. The noise is silent,an ever present roar,with everything a block awayhow could one want more?The city never sleepsand the streets could eat your soul,but pay the tolls and…

  • Run of the mill

    Worn down floors,funny water pressure,miscellaneous issues.I definitely didn’t pick out anything fancy.But it’s not falling apart at the seams,and it puts me where I want to be.New York.

  • Present

    Sparks fly,I got the magic in me,people want to knowwhat I can see,to make it realto make a dealto clarifyto make a meal.

  • Definition

    What do you want to know?I don’t need no introduction,No label does me justice,no justice needs to label. Am I –that privileged white male,raised too good,a pawn of the systemand our capitalist hell? Am I –an overeducated nerd,three years ahead,thirsting for knowledge,dissecting every word. Am I –A football jock or flamboyant cheerleader,a follower, or a…

  • Longing

    Feelings where I do not feeljust so I can make a meal.Filling yet I am not filled,mistaken to make a deal. I hold every blade of grassas if it could be my four leaf clover.I’m stuck between myself and youover and over.

  • Wistful

    Options on the tablecharcuterie to choose,tastes to explorewith nothing real to lose. All playing each otherto get our cards right,All striving for somethingto end each night.

  • I will speak

    I’ve been asked to speak louder,How loud should I go?I don’t know what my voice sounds like.I don’t know how loud it can go. It’s not that I’m afraid, to say these words,it’s that I feel fear, when I say my words.You see truth hurts when you feel cursedto speak what you perceive.No I don’t…

  • Moving on

    Brain bleedsuncongealed,left out on the pavement. Spoke too soon,uncaged,I didn’t hate it. Unbeknownst to me,I couldn’t see,how far I have come. Brain healsrecongealedleft out in the sun.

  • A moment in time

    Every chance comes in windows,Are you ready for the dip? Sip, sip.Life’s a trip.Are you worried that you’ll slip? Each leap of faithis aptly named,but will you do your bit? Nothing comes easy,the elder ones tell.Their time may be dyingbut some live it well.Each chance that we takeis a mistake if we don’t. So what…

  • Connected

    What games we play,this conscious thing,to blur the linesof what’s in betweenleft and rightup and downin and outall around. Orthogonal dimensionlesswindowslesspanes. Time tickscircularnowhere. Upstairs the neighbor raps his cane on the floor,the faucet turns on after the water flushes,I wash my hands too.

  • Bye for now

    The light is on,I’ve gone to sleep.I weep no more,the door is theirs.There is no more,for me to say.The light is on,I’ve gone to sleep.

  • Foretelling

    Opportunities arise, my demise,to choose what can’t be known.It’s all so old, the story untold,to playback with each new breath. I don’t know if it’s right or wrong,to ask what is not here,so I decline ninetimes out of ten,because here is where I begin. It’s not to sayI don’t dream and wake,but to know too…

  • Clear view

    I don’t know what to write right now. I’d say that’s pretty good. It’s been some days since I’ve felt left out,unwanted,misunderstood. See, I’ve been coming together.I’ve been being me.I’ve been taken care of, and,I’ve been taking care of. The stress, the fire, I’ve snuffed it out.Now peace of mind has come about face,a face…

  • My simple pleasures

    sunshine,food, music, quality time.a lowbrow stab to make a rhyme.a goofy quip,a sunset dip,an aimless adventurewith you by my hip.

  • Circular

    Soon.All things come to an end,that’s where they begain.

  • Ain’t nothin’ new

    Another day begets my pains,if I can call them that,they’re all the sameas is my aim,so these friends are my gains. Today I choose to loose the noose.Today I choose to smile.It might stir painto raise these cheeks,to move the mouthand bare my teeth. It’s all so old,I know it well.I break the curseto cast…

  • It isn’t easy

    You know that despairas you turn to look home?Grief in your bonesand dust in your hair.It doesn’t matterif you’re here or there,It doesn’t matterif you think it’s unfair. You can’t outrunwhat you can’t outlast,you can’t undowhat you won’t fast. The choice is yoursto do hard things,to go in the directionwhere you hear truth ring.

  • Not all the same

    If you focus on the patriarchsyou forget about the brotherhood,the good in men that waits to bendfor chaos or good day. The love is always present,wounded to no end,this vibe we’ve gotis naught but rot,The Man is no friend. We’d like to blame them all,me myself included,but absolutescause no grace,they only bring seclusion. If we…

  • Realignment

    I feel the doubt creeping in,my prayer ongoingwithout amenfor fog to liftonce again. The wounds undyingthe pain subsidinguntil clarity comes,amen.

  • Flow

    They say wisdom is rarely commonand what’s common is rarely wise,well I advise that you decidethe customs by whichyou will by abide. There’s too much noise in the air,too much fire in your stare,too much wisdom to preach,and too many aims to reach. It doesn’t happen overnight,to discover what’s wise to you,but your truth lies…

  • Let it out

    I’m not a performative personbut I love to share things raw,caught between the truth and you- the tension in my jaw -unwinds and winches,back and forth it clenchestrying to find what to say to you,- my friend.If I make a mistake,can we make amends?With a poem on stageand a mic in hand, or stand,there’s nothing…

  • I love you dad

    Self-sacrifice knows no rival,you’d give it all for me,the painful workso I could bethe man you always saw in me. I never know when to expect ityet the dots always seem to click,when I open upthere’s always a chancethat you will share a bit. I want to see you smilewithout reason or cause,because you deserveall…

  • I love you mom

    You took a drink of waterfrom the well which we share,I drink for whichI respect your piece,there are no words you need to tell. I know that you can see it,the glow I slowly foster.That the son you lovebecame a manin more ways than you could shell. You’ve always been my allyand wanted what was…

  • Stayin’ ahead

    They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,and I’ve waited too longI need two pounds, I’m sure.I’ve put the bandaids on,gauze on the wound,I keep on runningfrom what’ll catch me soon.I put the rearview onas I’m losing controland the radio songcarries me along.The trees fall to grass,the past not meant to…

  • Clarity

    In wanting everythingwe dilute the importanceof thing.For you, for me, for everybody.You want what they have,well,let ’em have it.Because you didn’t bakewhat came out their oven. I said get your handsout the dang cookie jar! You’re spoilt like the milkthat you weren’t ready to drink. Wash your hands at the sinkyou’ll seeyou wantone thing.

  • Etymology of you

    We love finding new wordsdescribing the same thingsof old ways,fiddling with our fingertipsto untangle the haze. Storytellers at heart,what story do you tell?If most of you is to consumewhat is story to you? We’ve proliferated like profiteroles,too sweet for our good judgement.“If you’d like” and “please you may”root causes of decay. What story do you…

  • Waitin’ on

    I wake up most daysyou’re somewhere in my mindI look around,you’re nowhere to find.I step outsideto breathe the airand get lost lookingin a thousand yard stare[c]This could be,the one true story.Living lifewithout no worries.This could bethe one true storyfinding outwhat it means to meI’ve gotta livewith the life in front of me,to find the joybeneath…

  • Rest and digest

    Right now I am in a phaseof rest, recomposition.Latent strengthsnewly foundin the abyssof omission. How am I feeling? I am feeling it all.To ascribe one emotionwould be folly,a fall. I don’t know what to makeof what is yet to come.All I knowin this moment nowis that each dayI become. What I am meant to be,what…

  • Trailblazer

    I write for myselfand share,for those who come after.

  • Fly birdie, fly

    Overthinkingevery step I take.A mistake to makeor a pace with grace? Afraid of the consequencesof pasts unforgotten.Afraid to relivewhat left me rotten. Misdoing my presentsavoiding my presencehiding,rewinding,forgettingexistence. I strive to riseI rise to thrive,I thrive to jiveand jive to die. Could this stepbe the one that sets me free,could choosing freedombe the only step for…

  • Can you

    When you deny your presenceyour presence denies me, because I becomewhat you decry,a martyrfor your presents.

  • Solo slalom

    Sometimes I feel likea tragedy need befall mefor othersto seeme. In come the thoughtsof my own misadventure,then comes the lovephantasmalthirst quencher. Independent to a fault,uplifted by your sound,and when push comes to shoveI find the firm ground. Only alonedo the true tears shed,just enough to find peacebefore I bed.

  • Fleeting

    Entrenched mediocrity. Why do I stare at perfection?If everything was left for dead would I see my own reflection?A million parts to all apart, we build our own problems,when we define what we design in the fire of desire.Some say we once had it all, it wasn’t enough,now we’re driven oh so mad, sad strung…

  • Enough

    Easy goes, the wind dropsthrough the floorshaking every foundation,door to door. What is good enough?To keep us warm when we are poor.What is just enough?To keep us fed, not one bite more. The world abounds about us,with songs of birds.The songs that die when we decryin wants of more. The mind will feedon every drop,a…

  • Quitted

    I used to smoke weedat least 10 times a day.Before breakfast, with my breakfast,all to the endof my dismay. I spent 4 stacksin twenty eighteenjust to get my fill,I bought more bulkfor all my fiendsand smokedthrough all the deals. Some have to bag to make a life,mine I had to save,cause life’s a strifewhen you’re…

  • Go outside

    We are all beggars of joy. May I taste this cup? Enough’s enough, one sip of the cupand I’ll have had too much. Are the tastes free? Can the sights see? If two ducks were departedbecause the engine never started,would the sound still sound like rain? A well of ego drives us,perhaps, to be just…

  • Yet

    Sadnessbesmirches my feet,as if I don’t knowwhere I’m supposed to be. A miscarried dreamor a delusion alive,I don’t quite know howto smile and thrive. Yet.

  • Fearless in spite of fear

    Scared of another shakeup,even if I could face-up,no make-up. A thousand triesto get it right,a thousand triesto sleep tonight. Came so farto see so far,the rest is hardly here.

  • Dolores Antiguos

    Como temo lo que pasay lo que pasarácomo encuentro mi disgustoen plazo de mi paz Si despierto mañanacon alma en mi breathse que el mundo es míobut there’s nothing left Intento amarlomirando desde ‘rribaperro corre un ríode lágrimas I’ve left behind You know I could find themsi me pongo a buscarpero me siento cansadoI don’t…

  • Meandering

    Is there a way to find the truth in my selfand never lose iteven when I sleep at night?

  • New Beginnings

    If there were words that I could sayI’d wish it all awayThe wounds that always return in flaresthe friends who never seem to care We’re all chewed upspat out like cudThe field’s worn throughand torn to mud We’ve got a chanceto start anewI’ll do my partand you’ll do yours too

  • Ahead of Myself

    I’ve been eating the career I could havebefore I even taste itI’ve been celebrating the chase I wonbefore I limbered upThereis so much that could be hadno limit to the ceilingThereis so much that could be hadand that’s why I be feeling like Hot shitYeah that’s itThe golden shotstraight up no mixUndefeated babyOh and Oh…

  • Disconnected

    All alone as I sit on the cusp of a new yeara new eraWith so much love to give but no one to seek itor see meI used to ask how will I find the people for methat flippedBecause now I ask how will people find meif they need it. The internet brings the globe…

  • Beef

    [Intro] The vulnerable pay the price of our ignoranceThe powerful empowered by all of our insolenceTen cents couldn’t change your mindSo two cents feels like a waste of my time [Verse 1] Righteous indignation fuels the unchecked machinebut if you squeeze your eyes there’s love in betweenthe licks of the flamesthe kiss of deaththe spit…

  • Despistado

    Me quieroMe quiero mas de lo que creocreoque algo imprescindible me pasaráfuera de mi controlpor quepor quepor que quiero el control PrefieroPrefiero cantar y bailarcon el rioel rio en que bañó MañanaMañana tomaré mi funeralen la playa donde criéun renacimientolos dos junto a la vez Si no viene nada no pasa nadaestoy nadando como un…

  • Hello, I’m calling

    Ring, ring, ring Pickup the phone! It’s me again,why won’t you let me in? Answer the call! It’s all I ask,Don’t you want to do the task? You’re here for a reasonFour seasonsTo cycle through round and roundAre you spiraling up or down?Do you laugh and smileor pout and frownwhen all there is to dois…

  • Self-worth

    It feels like others rarely check-inor ask where to lend a handas if I don’t need a friendas if I don’t want others to understand Perhaps some think I’ll always be fineand I don’t reach-out every-time I crybut save few I know I’m taking the leadand I always show up when someone’s in need Perhaps…