I used to sleep on my stomach, eyes and left ear buried in the crook of my left elbow, right palm pressing into my right ear. reducing my senses to touch, smell, and taste. We wouldn’t need those in sleep anyway.   My momma told me, “Close your eyes and tell them to go away.” […]

I never understood the allure of the dance until it was my only excuse to be close to you and then the sidestep came naturally. The weave, fallaway, reverse, pivot.   Close enough to feel your breath on my temple and see your pulse in your neck and then arm-length away,  distant enough to feel […]

A warped face on the bottom of the glass but the child only saw a pig.      A pig, and nothing more. She studied the thin, black holes of eyes,      nose large and prominent,      tip of the upper lip barely visible over the thick white liquid. It was watching her. She drank quicker so it could […]

I dove feet first into the blanket of your love But instead of folds of fabric, I was met with cold water that felt like concrete. My Achilles’ heel broke on impact. My strength waned as I sank to the depths;  I started to kick, reminding Mother Nature that I was still her baby. I […]

He made two great lights and called night the lesser, but we choose to embrace the weight of day’s heavier sister,   reserving day for all that’s productive, claiming surface fulfillment, but letting the night be the one that’s seductive, saving what’s real for when we cannot see.   The lesser light is for making […]

Let me start by saying I could be totally off base here. But it really does appear like this person you’re portraying isn’t you.   It’s a little dismaying how every time I look at you, you seem to be someone new. From the truth you are straying and from me.   The tricks you’ve […]

*I feel it’s very important to say this isn’t a poem, because it violates a lot of things I think are important to poetry. It’s not quite as bad as “instagram poetry,” but it’s not intentionally formed as a poem should be. So I’m calling it a creative rant of social commentary with line breaks.* […]

Dating: the standardized testing of the romantic realm, reducing the human experience into a single goal… a Relationship.   Dear scorers, what do you think of my fraction? Relationship     Person Under this nonexistent box on this bubble sheet, allow me to explain my answer. Here I’ve put the idea of a relationship over the person. […]

His sigh rippled through his body. Instead of deflating, he shook, full of feelings he couldn’t brook. Exhaustion and anger diminished him.   Guilt made his coordination shoddy and the glass slipped from his hand But to his surprise, he could easily stand. He rid himself of warmth, limb by limb.   The chill was […]

The river below rushed and wound for momentary rest.  The facade so renowned. I know now it’s not worth it. Somehow the universe knew my fears. Even the sky was moaning amidst its tears. Up here I could have sworn I could hear its heartbeat and I could discern the irony. I too never breathed […]