Thursday, June 27, 2013

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

NC Forever

North Carolina
is a laid back, green beauty
with no end in sight.

June 25, 2013

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Megabus Man

Menacing pink man,
why do you stare at me so?
Your smile unnerves me.

photo by Andy

June 21, 2013

Friday, June 21, 2013

Mainstream Media

Lies don't reveal truth
and I can think for myself.
I've outgrown the news.

May(?) 2013

Thursday, June 20, 2013

pointless

Don't write, it offends.
Keep your feelings to yourself.
Don't talk about it.

June 20, 2013

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Don't Ask, Won't Tell

Don't ask me unless
you want a truthful answer.
It won't turn out well.

June 19, 2013

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Calculated Consideration

When I do something
thoughtful, it's thoughtful because
I thought about it.

June 18, 2013

Sunday, June 16, 2013

My Dad

I don't understand
how hands harder than granite
ever felt so soft.

June 16, 2013

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Untitled

I'm so self absorbed.
Needlessly I walk alone.
God laughs patiently.

June 2, 2013

Obscure Revelation

What, you can't see it?
My life's a Taylor Swift song.
Read the liner notes.

June 2, 2013

Perfectionism

I like to tinker,
can't leave well enough alone.
I just rewrote this.

May 31, 2013

Status Quo

I grew complacent
because it was easier
than facing the truth.

May 31, 2013

Buttercup

Buttercup sleeps now
surrounded by your heartbeat.
I believe she dreams.

circa 2000

This is the first poem I ever shared. I wrote if for my friend Trish. She was pregnant with her first child, code-named Buttercup. I remember her being so happy.

Codependent

If I am not your
[fill in the blank], who am I?
What is my purpose?

May 31, 2013

Birthday Party


                                     photo by Liberty 

It's a party but
the screaming 12-year-old girls
make me want to hide.

May 30, 2013

Inside My Mind

I spend too much time
wandering inside my mind
while my life slips by.

October 9, 2012

OCD

Focus run amok,
Obsessions and compulsions
steal away my days.

Written February 24, 2012
No, I don't [think I] have OCD. I do, however, tend to give way too much attention to new interests, hobbies, problems, etc. only to discard them when they prove unfulfilling.

Summer's End II

A yellow school bus
is like a hearse for summer
and school is its wake.

August 2012

Summer's End

It's August second
and summer draws to a close.
The school year beckons.

August 2012

Cause and Effect

It's simple really.
You guilt me, I enable,
and resentment builds.

August 2012

Insomnia

I'm still awake at
three-forty in the morning.
I should be asleep.

August 2012

I Need Tech Support

Computer virus.
Hours of frustrating work.
Is it really gone?

August 2012

Counseling

The counselor said
if you are okay with it
then why are you here?

May 30, 2013

Rusty Pistol

My pistol rusted.
I left it in the holster
for more than a week

August 2012

I promise this is not a metaphor. I took a pistol on a beach trip and it rusted. Sometimes a rusty pistol is just a rusty pistol.
Don't question your path.
Confusion's an illusion;
Life's a one-way street.

July 21, 2011 

Peace Lily

Like a peace lily
ignored in a dark corner,
I wilt in my pot.

October 11, 2012