Books, a Problem Solved
Books are almost an afterthought, tucked away in a forgotten corner. The corner next to a few pieces of mismatched luggage and partially used bottles of shampoo and hand soap.

Books are almost an afterthought, tucked away in a forgotten corner. The corner next to a few pieces of mismatched luggage and partially used bottles of shampoo and hand soap.

Nothing was ordinary when it came to you
You would create adventures from nothing
You found fun around every corner

In search of a saviour
they look to the father
to forgive their sins.

Yet, the thought of missing this place lingered like a leech, sucking the life out of me. How could I miss something that hurt me?

yet in the arms
of my haggard life,
I feel a welcome tug
a tug lulling
at the crevices of my soul…

I followed the trail of chocolate and cherry notes,
without knowing where it would take me.
What lay ahead at the end of this path?

for that was the charge
against him.
If he killed,
it seems
it was a soldier
out of place

Have you ever been in a case of love where you try to stay away from the person and all that you’ve been feeling, but still fall for them the same way?

I tend to pick up on the smallest cues of concern, of what was said and done to me..
not because I’m too sentimental or cliché,
but because I only knew of it in tiny portions.

I ask the universe for a guiding light, To the cosmos, I entrust my fragile life. When I fall into darkness, may I find my way back; To my feet, I stand strong, unafraid of my path.

I remember enough to know none of my teachers ever thought I should be a doctor, or accountant, or lawyer, professional athlete, civil servant, grocery store cashier, or railroad worker, bricklayer, bartender or bus conductor

Slow… a word that defined me,
that continues to haunt my being.
Slow… a word ingrained in every shard
of my psyche and my body.