Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
I gave you my heart, ripped it from my chest where it lay comfortably nestled between lily white rib bones and family dinners in front of the television. You picked it up daintily between your fingers as if it weren’t alive, as if it weren’t throbbing madly, as if it Read more
Our deck is the human deck we are dealt, and when we project fantasies and assumptions of transcendent perfection by comparing our lives to those of strangers we don’t even know, it can be dangerous. This culture assumes celebrities have the life we want, casting them into a perfect role Read more
Does not cook. Tells me I should use a lid on a pot I know will boil over if I do. Is already in trouble for putting clean dishes away where I can’t find them. Says one more “you should” and my shoes, my shirt, my stirring hand catch fire. Read more
As OMD still sings about hopes and dreams and the ephemeral light of summer fades I know my love for you never will Oh baby those nights we disappeared laughing and speeding into the night in my freedom fighting Camaro The vibrancy of the moment telling us that we were Read more
I lingered, not in denial but by happenstance.
Still, rising waters reminding me that I was
wanted by someone(s), somewhere else.
In her darkest hour, she offered herself to Him, Relinquishing all control. And He devoured all that she was… This was not about Love. Submission was not freedom’s choice in the end. She was in His world now. Betrayed by her compulsion, Sanity disintegrated. Fallen between the cracks, Leaving only Read more
We built a house out of a dream 10 minutes turned into a life of sunflowers and wooden porches and Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald and thrift stores with old record players and bread makers and a light bulb on a string over the kitchen sink and a couple in Read more
I recently reconnected with my “it’s complicated” after a falling out. This was a mistake. But my rationale was, he had recently broken up with his college-aged girlfriend, and I felt like it was a good time to have the talk we never had after our falling out. My conscious Read more