my brain a busy place I ping-pong from one idea to another so many thoughts slam dance against my skull I am surprised my neck can support the weight sometimes I can wrestle unruly thought processes into complex story lines distracting technicolor shorts that play on the inside of restless lids other times thoughts … Continue reading Insomnia
I have never written about the nights I lay awake watching time crawl across the shadowed ceiling wondering what I might find with morning’s light I have never written about the horrific images my anxiety creates vivid film shorts that play one after another on an endless loop I have never written about what it … Continue reading Please, Baby Please
3 am I am sleepless restless while the house slumbers around me soft jazz keeps me company while I write into the stillness very faintly I start to hear a hidden drum low subtle rat-a-tat-tat rat-a-tat-tat a heart beat rhythmic and hypnotic the night suddenly comes alive pulls at my consciousness brings me closer to … Continue reading Jazz In the Wee Hours
3 am up again the house is still soft jazz keeps me company while I write words of poetry very faintly I start to hear A hidden drum beat In the music It is low, subtle Rat-a-tat-tat Rat-a-tat-tat It is a heart beat Hypnotic Rhythmic The night now alive The beat pulls at My consciousness Brings … Continue reading Jazz In the Wee Hours
My sleep is a broken fractured thing I wake frequently to the dark night disoriented out of sync lost in the in-between I am a wanderer in these phantom hours searching the ether for omens portents messages spray painted on tunnel walls of obsidian hunting for clues written in the hidden language used only … Continue reading We Who Haunt the Night
When I can’t sleep I lay on the floor and hang out with the monsters under my bed I finally introduced myself after I got tired of them poking me in the middle of the night mustered my courage took a peak They are quite the motley crew Vulnerability resembles a giant porcupine all … Continue reading The Monsters Under My Bed
Brave & Reckless 