watching their tongues (I cut them out)

crawl out of my skin and watch me diethe soul is leaping, but my spirit is dryfailed to be quenched by sex and poetryto lay my heart to your lips, to feel the linesevery imaginable high left me lownow I’m lost in a sea of translation and hateof good gone bad gone evil gone suicidalnot […]

giving my body away

dig back the layerseach layer of pink skintill it turns to blue veinsthe richness of bloodflooding my nostrilsI stumbleand collapse to the floorcan you feel death knocking?I am ready to escapeweakness becomes my strengthI’m crawling towards the balconyhighway smog blinds my eyesthis vacation was supposed to helpnowI’ve been robbed and secludedleft with nothing butflaps of […]

go, die now

the world suffers and burnswith scars never endingI stand backand light another matchone day they’ll understandI may bethe key to ending your painor the scapegoat that begsfor moreyou never wanted to be so freeand I always wantedto be like youbut you laughed, you mockedso I will kill, I will chalk upevery last pint of bloodto […]

Needles and The Need For You

Last weekend, I put out a call for writing collaborations to pass the time during what’s been a fairly wet and somewhat dreary time of year. I haven’t done too many collabs (although that’s something I really wanted to change). Fortunately, I know a few good writers not only here but through my Instagram page. […]

He Had Visitors

Why do you want me to be Unhappy Why do you want me to be Enslaved I feel your thumbs round the insides of my cheeks And tap the tip of the tongue Your spit cascades into my nostrils And wells up in my gums I will not swallow, I cannot speak Beneath me, my […]

DAM

Driving Driving home Driving from work Driving away from trouble Driving until I come across truth Driving until we become one body Driving until I crash because nobody cares Anyway Anyhow, ask Me why this Bruise just won’t heal Sharp pain increases in zeal Innocence defiled by fate’s raw deal Driven away tonight because I […]

Victorious (At A Cost)

When I was down you weren’t there sucking air underneath the pressure of your reign weighted love against the backdrop of forget and memory the lies rained down and planted the seeds of revenge within the field of my soul I vowed to take back and since you were never there now it’s time for […]

Only My Guilt Knows

I descend a staircase littered with shreds of newspaper and leftover condoms the lights are dim and the air, stale but the memories are bright and here, rise high my leavened bread eaten everyday by anguish shoved in my face, they know I need the drain in the center is rusted and clogged with people […]

Victorious (When You’re Autistic Like Me)

(Whew. Two book rejections in one day had me feeling down. Then this came along…) Victorious In spite of everything they said Victorious Even though we only get glory once dead Victorious In these poems that are bled Victorious In the words that aren’t said   Night and day I fight a battle against you […]

Pain Inflicted On The Human Soul By Way Of Misunderstanding Us

 Brains mashed from electrical buzzing Radioactive stares blind, and leave them humming for the source of their pain The strain from muscles losing their grip from an unfortunate reality and the retina tears, and tears causing loss of clarity Their sweat would be like wine if he knew how to taste The tongue hastily ripped […]