Unobstructed

A poem about clearing out the bullshit.     The Artwork: Unobstructed The Poem: Unobstructed The body reaches a clamoring fever pitch when it knowswhat it knowsand the mind cannot do a thing but blur edgesthrow grenades of analysisand send the heart down a horror...

Falling Rocks

Another poem about lessons in happiness. The Artwork: Falling Rocks The Poem: Falling Rocks I am carving out a placewhere I watch the rocks of time fall. Instead of being flattened by the daily,I want to marvel at their grace and tell others of their beauty. This post...

I Turn Around

This poem was inspired by Ocean Vuong’s eloquent and quietly powerful poem, “Torso of Air…” as well as Rumi: I have lived on the lip  of insanity, wanting to know reasons,  knocking on a door. It opens. I’ve been knocking from the inside! The Artwork: I Turn...

What is a Day?

This is a poem about bad days, good days, and how we respond to them.  The Artwork: Milky Way Over White Sands The Poem: What is a Day? What is a bad daywhen a good daycan provide the mindthe most ammunition? What is a good daywhen a bad daycan provide the heartthe...

Lessons in Happiness

This is a poem about shifting one’s perspective about happiness as a “final destination,” and more as something that you find on the edges of every moment. The Artwork: Dying Poppies This poem first appeared in Vol 3., Issue 1 of the digital lit mag,...