I Live
I used to think that when my skin wrinkled and my hair turned thin and grey, I would find peace within. “I’ll be older then,” I said. “I’ll know the way of the world, and I’ll be at peace.” That was when I was young. I’m still young now—not even a quarter through life. But […]
I Say Goodbye
It is time to give it up; let it go and let it blow with the wind off into the distance, across the plains, and into the mountains until it seizes to be—carried away by the whisper of the wind until its remnants can be heard no longer. It is a thing that does not […]
to be understood.
The epitome of human connection is to be understood. Without understanding, human relationships can fall apart even quicker than they came to be. You’re so blinded by what you think is right and wrong that you fail to see. You’re blind to me because you can’t see why I am the way I am or […]
moment in time
“Leave me be, take your hands away.Let me breathe,and let me breathe on my own.” I sit in a stall, watching the minutes tick away as time comes to an end. An old man I can’t see, sings to a tune unheard of. The waves of his voice soar high and low, his voice ancient […]
I don’t want it anymore
I don’t pray anymore.I used to believe in the Father—my father that passed in the past—and then I believed in heaven,a hopeful cloud that didn’t last.I played a faithless symphony coldpraying to the god of death,now I don’t believe in anything at all,only one being, being myself. I was born as a parent;I don’t want […]
The Ways of Water
God caught me by the lake; together we looked at my reflection in the glistening pool. He asked me what had happened to the spark in my eyes.I told him I’d grown up; died in the past, lived in the future, and tolerated the moment. He said He thought I’d be happy, that I had […]
at the mercy of the tempest
sometimes i want to sit in the rain, feel it pour on my face, let the wind kiss my cheeks, a momentary escape. feel the light come in without the boundaries of a cage, let the earth hit my lungs instead of a chemical haze. i’m tired of playing a game where i point and […]
the way life goes
It’s just the way life goes… My heart is crying for a better day and a better night where I can see your smile light up your eyes, without wondering if it’ll be the last time. My soul is praying for a longer while where I don’t have to wonder if you’ll live or die, […]
the son of God
Put a crown on my head after all, I am the son of God, the heir of the untouched; the perfect one; always to be missed, never to be seen, the one who was cursed the one who was blessed. Swearing an oath when I was born, changing the fate of those unwritten, the destiny […]
a writer, a creative
I write a story from long ago, tales of a girl who doesn’t exist, a broken story, another fib, bleeding from the pencil in my grip. So when they ask if it’s related to my illness, if “it’s a state of,” I throw my head back and laugh, “I’m a writer, a creative.” But I […]