i'd like to lay down in a meadow

and feel the evening dew dampen my back

I want to hear the chatter of the katydids

and watch a ladybug tiptoe on my fingernail

i'd look at the stars overhead,

shining like little gypsums and cosmic agates,

and i'd say to them, 'how i've longed to see you'

i'd reach out to the tall grass,

the wildflowers framing my vision,

and my hands would memorize

the feel of ...

There was only a moment of calm before it started. Choas made haste with his arrival, and soon a cacophony of screams and breaking things rose high in the space around me. Worn books, old knick-knacks and still occupied vases beat the walls as they violently sailed across the room. Tables and chairs were flipped and smashed against against one another, while dressers were overturned and doors litt...

at 4:37 am

i am shouting at the stars

that this is not how it’s supposed to be,

but for all the grief i have

tucked behind my teeth,

they don’t look down

to see me fighting to be angry

and i am tired....

I wish I alone could

right the wrongs of the world.

I wish to wipe away every trace of evil

and every sign of malice.

I want to see the world for what it really is,

untouched by the woes of hell.

I want to expose the innocence of life,

and hear the earth giggle....

“Would you be angry if I died?”

“I wouldn’t know how to deal with myself.”

“Would you be sad, then, if I died?”

“I’d be able to bear it if it were anyone else.”

“What would you do if I ceased to be?”

“I’d have to come get you, Eurydice.

I’d dive deep in the Underworld,

And beg Hades to set you free.”

“But Orpheus failed;

He didn’t wait long enough.”

“Then I’ll learn from his mistake,

And...

blue sky

green heights

yellow beams

and cocoa dreams

white air

orange hair

Your love

will take me there...