I don't know what it is about pain, but I find it to be incredibly inspiring. There is nothing I love to emote more in dance, music, or poetry, than deep human suffering. Maybe that makes me a masochist. I don't know. But I played around with a song by Julia Michaels this week (basically … Continue reading Embracing the Pain
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Leaking
Feeling lower than low Moving slower than slow Coming from higher than high Falling the flyer I fly Breaking bitter by bit Waking a quitter I quit Never been wronger I write Leaking blacker than white
Just One
Just one look One thought One healing One person One life Makes it all Worth feeling
What’s Your Gravity?
My resolution for 2018 is to ride life like a water slide. I can change positions to go faster or slower, or to make things more comfortable or feel more risky, but once I start down the slide, I'm not in control anymore; gravity is. At that point, it doesn't matter if I'm facing the … Continue reading What’s Your Gravity?
My People
Street lights Brake lights White socks Black tights Warm mugs Cold jugs Small words Big hugs Simple eyes Mistaken cries Broken hearts Regretted lies More than one All of none Forever stopping Never done
Take Me
Peel off my skin Inch by inch Pluck out the hairs Bit by bit Slice through the muscle Cut by cut Reach deep inside Gut by gut Just take me Control me Make me, make me Break me, break me Torture me sweetly Nail by nail Trap me inside you Jail by … Continue reading Take Me
The Shape We Are
Clouds Fly Settle in the west Rain dries High on the hill crest Time flies When you're one with the day One time Can break in a new way I tried To race on a speedway Sometimes You get more when you slow with the Changes Roll with the wind Let it break … Continue reading The Shape We Are
Trying to Leave
Everyone keeps trying to leave Skip the steps till they bleed Escape from the maze Jump ahead a few decades What do you think I will see? Will you lay this on me? How much power to try If I'm seeing you the last time
The Red
Tiny fragments of my skin Are floating in your matter Just a segment of my blood The red will try to Make you mine
Salt
Won't you taste the salty earth That wraps around my being Can we fall into the soil To eat the bugs and melt the leaves
