Poem: Turnabout

Write out your pain for me
I want to see you bleed on
The page the way I have
Bled for you and your art
I want to know the shadows
Kept in the dark corners

Poem: House on Fire

A
home
is a place
where she used
to live with parents
who treated her like a
pet // fun to show off and
then put back in a cage

Poem: Palinode to Happiness

If happiness was a person would it be mother
That vile person who filled our heads
With vile words of doubt that poison
A young mind with contempt for self
Before even knowing what self was

Poem: If Anger Was

If anger was a person
It would be me
Ranting and raving
Like a lunatic imprisoned
Spitting at the walls
As if it’d make a difference
Anything to feel less than impotent

Poem: Occasional Lesson

The necessity of life burns
As he inhales into lungs
Rendered scarred and broken
By a crowned virus
That attacked his pride
Refusing to change
For anything

Poem: UnCivil War

Lips draw tight
In battle lines
Stretching across
Dinner tables
Where brother
Versus brother
Stares daggers