Been hearing ‘some day’ my whole life now, and watching stars from afar for a while now. Been thinking about some day, a year, and maybe never. Walkin’, thinkin’ about what I thought at the […]
Month: August 2019
Not Forgetting (8/2019)
Flippity, drippity, skipping me, stop. Thinking then blinking then shrinking that thought. Freaking out, speaking out, leaking what’s clear. Churning then learning then burning all fear. Staring down at the line between reason and rhyme. […]
Boy Listen (8/2019)
Boy, don’t you know where I’ve been? Where I come from? What I’ve done and seen? Why do you stick around? Boy, are you make believe? I’ll be the heart and the brain. Be the […]
Bounce Back (8/2019)
I’m so good at walking. Walking’s what I do. When I need to stretch my thoughts, footprints make them move. I’m so good at falling. Falling’s what I do. When I find my mind is […]
This Grey Shirt (8/2019)
Crossword on a shirt on the center of my chest, softest letters that I’ve ever felt. Swirling abbreviations with fingertips my memory lands on a face and the spot on the corner for coffee place. […]
Thoughts Calling Kettle (8/2019)
Stumbles around this world. Stumbling on his words Mumbling, never make it. Half unwound and so tongue tied. That way too fast or rewind so there’s never time. Stewing up a home cooked lie becomes […]
Tunnel Visions (8/2019)
If I’m still alive, I’ll live forever. I’ve seen things they’ll never see, things that must be make believe. I’ve been you, not liking me and so I changed. Apologies for the rain. If I […]
PhDs
Lady, you promised me that you’d sound both before I leave. Left me walking in circles. Left’s not right. We learn that at the beginning. ‘She did one twice and two lefts don’t make a […]
Justa Moment, Zombies (8/2019)
He swore everything was leaving. He was crawling in a shell on the beach with everything still within reach. He wrote ‘float the day’. Sat on his hands so he wouldn’t say he still had […]
Part of Life Blues (8/2019)
I had a best friend. His knuckles read ‘snug life’. He lived three lifetimes hopping trains and marrying ex-wives. I had a best friend. Robot painted on his side. His brilliance brought home happiness, told […]
Seeking Through Static (8/2019)
Stars circle around us ‘til they run out of space. Hit walls before ground, and set sail at a steadier pace. Tell me I’m not getting any younger, or a lot more that I’ve never […]
Doesn’t Matter When (8/2019)
Flip through, skipping clippings of my thoughts like an old magazine, Skipped through, flipping clippings as I thought, ‘I mean, yeah. That’s a thing. Yeah, that’s still a thing.’ Is it still thinking if I […]
Understand the Ocean (7/2019)
the sand between my toes understands the notion that tides will come and go. I know shallow water leads to somewhere someone’s already been. salt drapes my eyes. it all feels so different. gotta get […]
Splashing Underground (7/2019)
Purple lightning snapped above a desolate town. She sang quiet’s all I needed like she knew me. Tilt my head up as I’m tailing down. Closing my eyes as I splash through the ground. Little […]
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