Parents

I thought
It was Christmas
This Weekend
Seeing the Smiling
Faces
Of...

Even though I'm twenty-two years old, I still wear a diaper.
I haven't been changed in a week and I'...

Goodbye stares
towards that fable
you pushed under the growing laugh
painted pens...

So many years pass by
And memories of you have faded
Not because I've forgotten about you...

My parents bought me an NES thirty years ago in 1988.
At the time, owning that video game console...

Photo of my parents coming out of Philadelphia City Hall June 11, 1942

In the famous movie, “The...

True Riches

I may not have much money;
I’ve never owned a yacht.
But I have...

She walks through the door, but it’s as nothing…..
Except to me..
Head low, eyes down, coat...

Having eloped, now with a license in my hand, I called my Mom and Dad;
They were vacationing in...

When Nate was born,
My heart began to beat.
When Brandon was born,
I took my first...

I'm a knock-off beauty queen
Heads' full of lyrics and daydreams
Mamma wanted math books and...

I’ve been visiting this gravesite, for over forty years;
Mourning the passing of my Father, crying...

Sixty years ago today

On April nineteenth, 1958, I had a date with destiny;
For that day...

Treat everyone equally and the same
Be honest with yourself and be prepared for blame
Try to...

There are many monsters, in various guises.
Werewolves, zombies—others full of surprises.
But...

Something sad just dawned on me, from in my Soul ensiled;
Sometimes we have selective memories,...