as i bend down to the ground hands clasp and i’m gasping but i’m in control you see i’m just this specimen on the plate squirming from the knife yeah? at least that’s what you think “oh shit she’s for real” but i’ve killed myself like seven times today while eating lunch nothing here to…
Category: Poems
let me draw you a map
let me draw you a map this is so you don’t get lost i want you to know about the things in this world if you have a keen sense of smell, you’ll be good you will enjoy it here surrounding you is the scent of lime invigorating there are flowers everywhere they are kinds…
hand in hand we go
tumble backwards and forwards i want to tumble sideways into you and spread my hands on ground outstretch my fingers and reach for something i can’t quite hold i hold myself up to the light like i’m under a microscope and scrutinize to find the edge of a seam that runs alongside the edges of…
fluidity
when you dance it’s not hard your body tells you exactly what to do and you just roll to the next thing keep going keep it moving keep your body moving and you step keep stepping along make your own syncopated little steps to the beat that fit with the beat that make additional music…
deep within the moon, the heart
there is a river deep within the moon it is the kind that storybooks are made of in your heart it looks the same a river with a current that is so intensely strong both the moon and the heart go through phases the river that runs through them keeps things moving the moon is…
walking with water
walking along the wet sand ocean rushes up past my ankles then back out to meet the great expansive water each step and i can feel the grittiness of the multicolored little granules beneath my feet the scent of seaweed and clean air walking down the beach i have no destination in mind but walk…
the sister of destruction
i am the sister of destruction coming your way with no stops charging through and unceasing i follow after and make life from the path of death she leaves as my welcome mat i am not angry i am kind i move slowly i put things where they might be noticed i make things beautiful…
night lights
bright lights flash by in the darkness candle flickers from a single flame warm of the glow i can feel it from here meanwhile a million blinking red and yellow lights pass over my eyes flickering like waving — not on and off like a sometimes faltering balance like taking your time like stumbling through…
to be fast
behind the wheel of the car she drives so fast that lights become a blur and just other flashes within the night hug the curve and it’s easy to go from place to place smoothly into darkness heading forward not back never back always forward always driving fast doesn’t matter how fast as long as…
The Dynamics of Groove 