Maybe Home is Calling My Name

by | Oct 13, 2018 | Poetry

Maybe Home is Calling My Name In the never-ending search for homeI still can’t find it.Not the physical placenor some spiritual planeor feeling that wraps its arms around me.Moving here and theredidn’t bring me where there was any hopeof home.Even moving back to where...

The Next Thing You Hear of Me Will Be That I Died

by | Oct 13, 2018 | Poetry

The Next Thing You Hear of Me Will Be That I Died More than milesor months, days, and even yearsapart.How or why really doesn’t matter now.It is one of those thingsthat just is.Maybe you think of menow and then.On my birthday, perhaps,or when one of those songs...

I Used to Pray There Was Indeed a Devil

by | Sep 2, 2018 | Poetry

I Used to Pray There Was Indeed a Devil I used to praythere was indeed a devil.For otherwisewho would punish mefor my unforgivable sins?The ones I flail myselfeach dayeach nightfor more time than anyonewould believe.Ah. Then I rememberchildish laughter and...

Once I Was; Once I Was

by | Sep 2, 2018 | Poetry

Once I Was; Once I Was Once I was a toddlerwhose chubby little handsdelivered all they could carryto a mouth never closed.Once I was a boywho ran through the fieldsand caught all who were notfast enough to safely flee.Once I was a studentwho devoured words and...