Writing

Man at desk with black birds
["Asgardian Seagulls," digital art by cedar, YWP]
  • Patchwork Flag

    To be American is to

    Listen to the rain fall and to

    Let it wash over our faces, just

    As all who came before us did

    (not just the founding fathers did but

    the children, the mothers, those

  • Judgement

    The fear

    well, more like terror

    and self-consciousness

    and discomfort

    that comes with thinking that someone is looking at you

    their eyes on you

    it's truly horrible

  • First kiss

    You cared;

    I tried to.

    You did;

    I thought I did.

    I wanted so badly

    to be a character in my books

    and to feel longing

    to feel needing

    to feel love and to

    be loved

  • Batman Toasters

    Batman toasters gave me you.

    They gave me a best friend

    who laughed with me when no one else would

    and ran away from the wasps during recess

    (we always went near the fence/shade from trees)

  • Burning matches

    Am I wrong 

    for thinking certain things?

    Am i wrong for thinking

    that sometimes 

    the ground beneath me is steady

    even as it cracks?

    Taught to stand tall, a fortress

  • Moon, May I?

    May I just say, dear

    You look marvelous next to me.

    Dazzling, even, perhaps.

    Morning glories hold my heart out to you

    So

    May I just say,

    you are the star

    dazzling in the bright abyss I provide.