Devoured Love
My love—it was fed upon. My energy devoured,feasted on as if it were endless,as if I wouldn’t noticemy life draining from me. Patience mistakenfor weakness,understandingtreated as fuel. What was…
Spun by Your Own Hands
You always loved the heightened pulse,the moment just before the fall.When something steady starts to shake,you grin, convinced you fooled them all. You crave desire more than truth,a stolen…
Nothing Follows Us This High
Written on a plane, the poem explores the choice between distraction and reflection, using flight as a metaphor for how modern humans briefly escape urgency—only to re-enter it unchanged.
A Secret So Loud
I didn’t see it with my eyes–I heard it in the quiet whispers, in the long, disconnected stares,in the paranoia–a secret so loudit shattered the glassbetween meand my reality.…
What Time Didn’t Change
My heart was split the last we met,and since you saw me, I grew cold.I sought your help without regret,while caution kept my heart controlled. I saw your watch,…
Ghost
The hopeless romantic that I amI held onto your rugged handover roots and rocks,our spirits running free in the woods,leaving footprints no one could see. We connected through lifeand…
A Testament Rooted in Soil
A tree stands tall,as I try to do. Its roots fasten tightlyto what does not waver,with a will to livestronger than any I’ve witnessedin humankind. Resilient. Forgiving.Offering a warm…
A Silent Call
I wait in the spaces between breaths,speaking your namein a language only my heart remembers. I don’t shout. I don’t call.I only hopethat the stillness, the quiet, the dark—that…
Still
I loved youthe way you love something fragile—with patience,with care,with all I could hold without breaking it. You loved mefrom behind old doors,careful not to let the hinges creak,afraid…
What I Refuse to Carry
Why do you wear the weight, That was never yours to bear? Wounds carved by another’s hand, Yet you bleed as if you care. Why punish your heart today,…
When the Cycle Breaks
They feed on me, So I feed myself,My hands move, Incessantly,To the mouth that feeds. Food is fuel, Yet food is fear,And the food I fearDespises me. It loathes…
To Roam Freely
A poem written on a dirt road at sunset in Colorado; it’s about the joy of being free – roaming untethered, listening to the world, and embracing the untamed…
Within These Walls
Stillness is not peaceunless peace exists in the stillness.I search for it desperately,but it hides its face from me. Peace eludes me in this moment,and I am trapped in…
Lay it on the Line
The nights grow longer than before,I wake with aching behind my eyes.Each morning lands a little deeper,While distance grows and time slips by. But morning finds me holding on,Fear…
The Pages & The Words
Reflecting on the nature of words written on paper, and their permanence and intimacy, versus the quality of digital text. This poem expresses a deep connection to traditional writing…
Questions to a Mirror
What have I done? And who am I, really?When I say I am what I am, Am I a liar? I question my own words,Fasten them to a setting…
Borrowed Happiness
You say, you make me happy.I say, so do you.Long forgotten were the voicesthat spoke for us two. I ask, Is this enough?You nod, then pause—because enough meant changingto…
The Shallows
A body can be fashioned into its most perfect form.An eye is drawn toward what is beautiful.The subconscious cannot resist impulsewhen it chooses something based on its mold. But…
Yah
“I took the road less traveled by and that made all the difference.” – Robert Frost “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy…
Today, Tomorrow
Today I love you.Tomorrow, too.You showed me a loveI’m still working through. What is this sensation?One that haunts me yet delights me,one that draws me near yet frightens me.It…
The Lily Dies at Midnight
I yearn for your touch—but every brush of you shocks me,static jolting straight to my heart.I weep, but no one hears me. The heart—eager, vulnerable,a lily waiting to bloom.Love…
Soon It Will Not Matter
Soon it will not matter—everything you worked for,everything you fought for,everything you built your breath around. Soon it will not matter—everything you thought you knew,everything you wish you didn’t,everything…
Tempting the Void
I long for your heart to mirror mine,For your mind to see my deepest fears.Your desire to be loved is met, my dear,Yet it’s the love you carry that…
The Place You Chose
You walked away from me,from us.You turned your back on Him,the only one who could have saved you. You wandered off,crushing lilies and ivy beneath careless your feet,catastrophe in…
My Missing Piece
It was as if steel and tricolette fused,Happiness and sorrow melting into one.I lost myself in the heat of it all.But when we meet again, my lips will wait,When…
To Overcome
You rid me of maliceand wash me clean with truth.You prepare the soil of my heart.A seed breaks open,learning how to live again. Husk the leaves,uncover what breathes beneath.The…