The Wabi-Sabi Writer

When will I wanderinto my knowingI am worthyWhen will I wanderinto the safetyof your embraceFor I ama childoflightOne who wandersthe endless darklike the starsplanētaon the pathofshadowWhen will I wanderthrough tearing tanglesbruising brambles time's thornand at lastseethe scabbed scartruththat my beautyis inmyimperfections longhave I wandered this worldlonghave IcircledthesunForever fallingintothegravity of...

As long as I can rememberyou cupped mein comfortalwaystherewhen I would crawlinto the bowing bedbeside youcurving aroundyoua collapsed cspreadpast the midlineI would moldto your shapeI was the shadowcast longin the autumn afternoonIf I woke youthe gutturalgrowlandshovesoon followedso in stealthI would slithera silk sleeved serpenttucking inaround your warm bodymelting into liquidthat could fill any spacethen the dance beginsall nighttossingturningtwistingleg...

 I rememberwalking the tracksof our childhoodwoven past the cemetaryfilled with fictionsof forgotten soulsTogether, welaid down tiesin the long grass fieldsfilled with liesand sticky milkweed cottonon off Lord road140,000 milesof tracksto travelin this land we call homeThey say it is against the lawof this landto placea pennyon the hot rolled steelstill we daredflatten a fewfor funnever fearingclick-clackcontactconsequencesin the...

We coded another man this afternooncracked his ribslike twigs under footon a scorchedforest floorsplinteringbonesat 104 beats per minutethe staying alivemeterthat was never going to workEverythingis a violent request nowsometimesit is futileThat manthat songWhether you're a brother or whether you're a motherYou're stayin' alive, stayin' alivethat soundsternum snappingFeel the city breakin' and everybody shakin'And we're stayin' alive, stayin'...

 Choose the pathfollow your naturecallingallow the pullfall into flowmapyour courserun aroundboundariesrulesimpedimentspracticeconsistencyset sacredtimetrustyourselfclear the waywelcomeon stageinspirationcreatemindspacecalmclearsimply breatheyournetwill catch youandyourwordswillkeepyouafloatOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 27 of 31   Image Credit: American Technology Society  &nbs...

Beauty Callsin the waningshadowof a desert moonThe packhowlsin mourningin celebrationof youthstolenforgotten circlescommunecloserto guardthe woundedsoulsseekingsalvationI sitalonea lionesslisteningto wolf-songechoingacrossthe valleyofdeathI know this place wellIt calls my namebut I refuseto call ithomeOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 26 of 31      &nbs...

 she watched himwatch hercloselyas he movedfluidand firmacross her thoughtsholdinghandslooselypalmsgrowmoistholdingonthe glass half full of unctuous redintentionsholdingout perhaps it is bestto put it all outon the tableholdingstillmouths openingopening to receivea spoonfuljusta tastefeelthe lowrumblingthe deepstirringan urgeon the edgeof a needOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 25 of 31     ...

and a halfweeksthe whole yardslives a cathasleftdays remainingwaitingplanning panickingpleadingforan escapewhere is our justice?waitingto exhaleOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 24 of 31      &nbs...

Parischicshe isin her smokeygreysandsootystoneoh la laPariscoquetteshe isbeneath herskirtscan-can colorsruffle and swirllikepartingpetalsblown opentulipscrimsonin full bloomOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 23 of 31      *Baise-Moi&nbs...

Ideas and Notions and fearspop uppokethrough the surfacetensionbreakthroughthe frost cloakedchalk and clay and clodlikelate flowersearly mushroomsthe methanefrom a years rothangs in the airOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 22 of 31     &nbs...

I almost forgotmy placere-readingmy choiceslike chapters wordswrittenwithoutrecollectionI crawl out of the comfortof deliberatedenialwhere I curlnosetokneein the wombof dreamslisten here it is the firstcryhearit isat lastproofof life October Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 21 of 31    &nbs...

This placeThis place by the seaa seathat knows my namecalls forthall the aching partsand shattered piecesof meher relentlessreturnto the shoresoftensmy edgesinto sea glassI have keptthe company of foxes,blue-winged birdsand the onewhose storypulls out my truth like a splinterShe standsat the jagged edgeknowingmeShe seesmeandpulls me intothe seaOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 20 of 31   &nbs...

Pain is a demanding guestat the tablehamfistedgrabbing all the attentionlike buns steaminghot from the oventhe crumbsof intentionscling to the cornersof the nine minutenapkinsour grandmother'smothermadeonslowSaturdayafternoonsto pass the timeSomehowwemakeour waythroughitallthoseMiteredcornermemorieslocked ina creaking cedarhope-filledchestfoldedandforgottenOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 19 of 31  &nbs...

wordswisdomandwillslowlysuccumbeyeslikebindingsshuttheday'spagesnowsafebetweencoverswedreamOctober Poetry Writing Month 2020 Day 18 of 31 &nbs...