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Another morning I wake up in front of the mirror

 mentally exhausted

heart sore,

   emotionally bruised and beaten.

Isolated from personal pleasures

By the heavy-handed victimizer of living.

Military Brat

military brat

Retired after

twenty years.

Now what?

Ghostly Image

the ridges

I look at her weathered face

and I can see that time doesn’t fly.

It picks, it chips,

it spits out turpentine,

and it drizzles acid rain.

I look at her and I can see

that her cheeks are rusty

and the crows have made

a nest of her bonnet.

I look at her and I want to cry.

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In Living Color

In Living Color

Red lips.

Blue eyes.

Purple streaks

Throughout my hair.

Yellow baby doll tee

Orange polka dot socks

Green pair of panties

On the floor.

I wonder if that is all he sees

In color when he looks at me.

POV: PO Box

mailbox

365 days a year.

52 weeks.

Every day mouth opened.

Yawning wide

Letters fly in.

Hand hewn,

Seed of the soul

Love letters

I embowel.

Buried deep

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