Today I had an idea
A dream, really:
Come to me
It is real, feels the same way
As it always should [have].
Your smell
Seeps into my pores
Our breath in tune
Everything becomes a tangle
And my tears warm you.

Why is jazz the saddest sound to me? It makes me think of all the times I could have made something of myself. The lonesome and brave notes drown me in nostalgia of my childhood--the late nights I would curl up in the backseat of the car, wrapped up in my father's coat. The street lights would jump through the window and tease my eyes as I ( Read more... )

natural light fading
gaining electric hue
5:00 traffic
darkness seeps in
and the jazz plays in the night.

Why this pain
is it hunger- or fullness
there was a time
when i cared
when i thought there was
something
someone
for me.
now:

Not done ( Read more... )

I realized the other day that I really like writing. So I've been trying to write a lot more lately. There's a woman who is my role model, Demetria Martinez, who writes poetry and novels and she is a visiting professor at CC right now. She really inspired me. I don't know, I write random stuff, mostly poetry-type stuff. Well here's some of it ( Read more... )

Dear Santa ( Read more... )

So, this is something I wrote about a year ago for a friend back in Arkansas...I doubt he'll ever read it, but here it is, cause my roomate read it and really liked it. Go figure! I'll probably always feel this way about him, not that it's even about who he is anymore but rather the memories...Isn't it weird how you can never directly say what ( Read more... )

So I've noticed that something seems to be going on, perhaps it is my own dismal outlook, but sometimes the world appears to be gradually worsening. Why is it that people are sometimes outright rude to one another? And how can two people commit the most intimate act and then one person completely forget? And, my latest revelation has been the ( Read more... )

Sorry it's so long, just thought y'all might be interested. Tell me if you agree/disagree/have thoughts ( Read more... )