We feasted On TV productions Of glamorous lifestyles And called it sustenance. We starved While we begged for more, On every social media platform Crying in a lonely chorus, We drank From the moldy faucet Of malnourished models, Makeup and plastic surgery. We thirsted With nobody around us And millions of followers, We begged for…

I sat there, quietly, On a log by the Huron river In a secluded corner of Cedar Bend, And I wept. I knew nobody would hear me, I knew nobody would see me. For so long I lost track I listened to the wash of sounds– To the birds, the cicadas,  The lapping of water…

Do you really want to know? This isn’t a party trick, I’m not trying to please anyone. I write this because I have to. This is the bucket I use to bail Gallons and gallons of repressed feelings From the deepest wounds in my heart Before they sink me. Do you really want to know?…

What does it take To be truly free? Free from this heavy smile, From the regret that hangs over me, Free from the loneliness That aches in every bone… What does it take To find people worth my time? That I’ll invest my hopes in And have them invest in me With no expectation of…

There is no such thing As good art Or bad art. There’s just art. There is such thing as pure and impure art: Art can be tainted by derivation Or it can glow with self discovery and still, There is no such thing as bad art. You don’t have to be an artist either. We…

Ah that momentous day  For our class to leave the nest And take on the world! The sun was high And the smiles were wide, But not mine. I had no one beside me, And I tried to hide my stunted wings Built on years of glue and wax, for I knew I could not…

The soft morning light Filled my soul with peace. Like a lover’s touch Delicate against my cheek, Finally, after fighting a world That’s turned countless hearts to stone  I let go, And I learned to embrace it all. Tortured hearts, tortured minds, Gentle spirits still in binds Find me. I am here With my branches…

I stare blankly into nothingness, The cigarette burning my fingers, Stale smoke clings to my clothes But I don’t care anymore. Accumulating between the bricks Was a magic sludge of cigarette butts, Overchewed gum, coagulated grime, And nothingness, perfect nothingness. To be forgotten, to be nothing at all, What a gift to be ignored. I’ve…

When I came to from that endless daze, I felt a depth of pain from all I’ve suffered From the bottom of my heart  to the ends of my veins. I recalled a lesson long forgotten  Which patiently flickered in the darkness: This pain makes us human. These moments of weakness, Yearning, loneliness, doubt, Are…

I could see the weight in your smile But to your friends it looked the same. What’s the difference anyway? Everyone’s smile looks like that, right? There is no joy untainted by my burden So you say. When I saw that shameless smile For the first time I fell in love immediately. What’s the difference,…