Sometimes, a smile can barely hold up the walls. Sometimes you have to excuse yourself from the world- for just a moment…to breathe, to scream, to regain control before the walls cave in.
Sometimes, you just need to hear those words- those words that resuscitate and bring back to life all that you are- but most times, you come to find that such…read more

I reach
yet I know
no one is there

I call
yet I know
no one will answer

I cry
yet I know
no one will dry
those fallen tears
and so I…

CLEAVE
CLEAVE
CLEAVE to me

I scream
yet I know no one
will hear me

I fall
yet I know
no one will catch me

I stand
though I know
I stand alone
and I…

CLEAVE
CLEAVE
CLEAVE to me

I am set in a pla…read more

If I close my eyes and inhale deeply
I can still smell the Elmer’s Glue
drying a deep dark red heart-shaped-cutout
to a single popsicle stick that read:
“Happy Valentines Day, Mom—I love you”

I can still remember how excited I was
to get home and give it to her…
I can still remember how her whole face lit up
How she wrapped me in her a…read more

Sometimes, life separates you from the very things you’ve once loved
Holds you in one place-while you watch it all disappear in the distance
Those very things that you’ve once held close…
Old photos,symbolic memorabilia,
first times of then…last times of where
Leaving you to wade through the waters
clinging on to nothing more than just an…read more

To my son,
There are no words for this love
Only that wherever you are
I pour into you daily
May you find my prayers for you
Hidden in the whispers of trees
Tethered in the magic of shooting stars
At the bottom of drinking wells
Where humming birds gather
May my love bring you comfort
Healing and peace
May my love keep you safe from doubt
May my…read more