Grief

Through my car window I observe the dark, the glow of lights from buildings cars and street lights.
...

Unseen talon sharp claws...
dig deep into mine
psyche soft underbelly
piercing bedrock...

you lied on the bed
dead to us all
your breath was shallow
staring into oblivion...

1.
Having to use
the past tense regarding you
might just be more painful
than...

Sat among the embers of a forest fire
Sat here alone her plight is dire
One little girl, a...

Whose hand was it
Ripped out my heart
Leaving body so crippled
Sanity scarred

...

Poetry is about expression and what you think
The gun laws in America in my opinion really stink...

Monday it's a bear
Sharp claws sink into my heart
Digging deep into the shallow waters...

Bitter relief as the dawn breaks
My heart again
As I whisper violent words
to the...

I love, not just those
I knew back then,
But those
Who were young
Back then,...

"Grief and pain can make monsters,
out of women and men,
hurt from a sin against you,
...

Mr. Fletcher no longer works here.
He left some time ago.
Simply wasn’t here one morning,...

As my little world crumbles,
From all my mistakes and tumbles,

As my dreams get swept away...

It has been seventeen years
Since that dreadful morning
Thousands lost their lives...

Sometimes we search for answers
That we can not find
So cryptic and puzzling
And...

Put the mask back on ,
Cover up...
Cover up...
Don't let them see your real face,...

I remember what I was doing, exactly seventeen years ago today;
In Old Town, Alexandria...