When I thought my waking up
Covered in sweat
Was a just and righteous punishment
For the crime of desiring you
My week’s long physical detox
Apparently working […]

Art is not just in the viewing
The embedded soul of one who
Cuts open their chest so you can see inside
So I try to put something back
Show you my own open chest […]

This mad thing
Cerebral
Deeply complex and intellectual
Not red lipstick, high-heel clatter but
Thick-rimmed glasses, dark grey matter […]

A crisp morn’s clarion call
As the world’s chaos ramps up
It guides and heals
Soothes my sorrowful core
Provides solace in this madness
Fills the void left by murder and death […]

I should know better
Than to play with this fragile heart
Thinking I could take it to the very edge
Just to see where it goes
And pull back right at the precipice […]

Such tender lips
Sweetness I had yet to fully see
Then you said it to me
And I
Speechless
A rarity […]

Attention!
It’s not 1941
You’re in this apartment
Filled with books
Attention! […]

You’ve been in my ears For almost two years now So perhaps it was natural That you took me over completely A shared understanding already there The filthy The dirty The sinners That we are […]