Maybe I really just want attentionBook tours and readings across the nation Adoring fans interpreting my words Applause filled rooms and fans by the herds Simon and Schuster publishing contractsVolumes of acclaimed books with money stacks Maybe even a reading on the tonight show The audience moved to emotion in their rows Academics analyzing my … Continue reading Attention

Mother Earth is stuck on reservations Her domain eroded by man’s machinations Forests and wildlife surrounded by industrial border towns Filled with the remnants of old world sounds Crow calls and deer hooves lost in traffic echos We have taken our organic roots and let them go Now we build routes craved into our old … Continue reading Trails

Observe, horror fills our screens as hashtags and livestreamsOpinions lay heavy burdens on us noisy shouting and mistrust Unfiltered, we cannot un-see, enemies made of friends and family Justice everyone’s rallying cry, each of us taking sides Justice for Me is a crime You see A crime for Me is justice You see And we … Continue reading Trending

Labels carry pre-fabricated outlinesArtificially created identity designsMaking humans into plastic moldsTo be judged, valued, and disposed Labels strip away our names Leaving mannequins in our place Labels can be ignored for a time But never banished from our mind I carry each label I’ve heard Wishing to know myself beyond those words What if I … Continue reading Label

Every New Years people make promises to themselves by setting weight loss goals, financial goals, and personal milestones to reach. While I think this can be healthy it is often rooted in insecurity. The idea that if these goals are reached I will become a more complete or better person. A desire to be perceived … Continue reading Resolutions

Ah, winter solstice Longest night bringing new light Rejoice at dawn’s sight

There is no vaccine for life No inoculation against its pain  No prevention of broken heart pangs  You can't eliminate grief from humanity  Life creates heart ache, suffering and frailty There is no vaccine for life  But I have found treatment  Here; with you I heal 

Cleared out floor space for playing with grandchildren Lazy boy rocking chairs and afternoon naps Going out to eat too much Baby cries and kids playing at the park Talking about a thousand topics and nothing at all Interrupting someone and cross room talk clattering  A Merry and Bright Holiday   Everything seems wild and … Continue reading Merry and Bright

If I forget my history will it still shape me? If I deny part of myself can I be whole? If I cut out a piece of my heart will it still beat? If I hold onto pain can it heal me? If I heal will I still be me? If I ask; will there … Continue reading Ask

To be me Something I have feared Admired others for being Hidden. Locked myself away in a cage Silence quiets anxieties voice To speak is to reveal   To be me I didn’t know how Same body but different me’s Longing to hear that “me” is alright Yet I remain hidden Shy in a corner … Continue reading Roar