Absence

Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris
died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled
...

I (Samson incarnate)
frankly experience zapped strength,
hence sulk and pine for salad days...

I kneel down and cry as I reach up and hold your hand, like the others I have shown respect for.

I...

They say happiness is a choice. I disagree. Happiness isn’t something you can just turn on and off. As...

Can I be flamboyant
In my self depreciation
In my raucous play on words
Superceding...

Can I be flamboyant
In my self depreciation
In my raucous play on words
Superceding...

Matadora
Your flashing eyes and scarlet lips
Have chased all sanity away
In the El...

I haven't slept in a while amidst all sorts of chaos
I still walk confidently to bed as if certain...

Bereft of a moral compass,
Crass voices, a malignant tirade,
Cottonmouth midst a rumpus,...

Anticipatory anxiety put on high alert
when the warden gave less than a week
courtesy...

It still haunts me to know that i've endured so much pain
but the one that hurt the most was...

Not to be explained
rarely contained
I refrain
In the thoughts of my membrane
...

Oft times, I experience wretchedness being alive
spurring wonderment whereby thoughts
of my...

The dream of us is now faded
You once in my life, as a old photo reminds,
You drifted past as...

We now get along swimmingly
analogous to this bro and his older sis
on the cusp of our gifted...

The birds are calling for me,
Robin, Blackbird and Wren
Fill the feeders, change the water...

You can't demand
forgiveness..
unless I'm a God..
I'm only human..
I can't take...