We all have a box that’s ours Cardboard, hotel room, apartment, house, or car Four walls that we call home Some last for minutes some all we have known A space that belongs to us Shaded in with personality and it’s glorious Taking possession of desolation Just to remix and remake it in our own … Continue reading Dwell

The alert banner flashes across my phone screen “Mass shooting” it’s become familiar to read A thousand ghosts haunt the headlines of terrorism All inclusive carnage for adult and child victims And yet I always remember the name of the shooter But rarely recall those who were murdered Then I watch as the news helps … Continue reading Push Notification

It passed yesterday Beauty blooming back bounty Rejoice Ostara

If I see a picture frame off center I will stop and correct it Hoodie strings that aren’t even bother me I’ve thrown away sweatshirts for it Puzzles with missing pieces should be illegal Burned at the stake for it Things off center, not matching, poor alignment Patterns that don’t match, zigzag lines, uneven floor … Continue reading Incomplete

“Please check your DMs.” Always the comments “I’m an influencer.” Purchased followers if your honest Selling a fake following making money off desperation Artists with a unique voice give into temptation “Book review and promotion” just a few bucks more As you leech off their cultivated creative stores I’ve wanted the big accounts to feature … Continue reading Leech

I paused looking at her yesterday She isn’t the woman I began to date Luminous beams of joy radiate as she holds her children Her arms exhausted from tender hugs to comfort them She looks tenderly to her family And violently at forces of calamity She rises in the morning sips her coffee And gives … Continue reading Her birthday

We rose Our wings spread protective over the land Rising against rubber bullets and tear gas cans Spirits resilient unified in our stand No more snakes no more extractive plans Protecting the earth we rose A red hawk with talons pose To protect what cannot be restored Made whole or bought in a store Sharpened … Continue reading Red Hawk Warriors

Was it wisdom they offered? Was it hope?Was is belonging? Was it validation? Was it an idol they offered? The promise is always fulfillment Until your utility is insufficient Then distance and they turn silent Blaming you for lost alignment If the offer is identity not information You will be sacrificed for their coronation

Whitewashed history breeds nationalism Teaching us to love manifest destiny Promoting power hungry hedonism Privilege preventing true equity “Don’t tread on me” as I tread on others Ignoring centuries of our history America’s crimes don’t make you shutter Worshipping the American liturgy We resist acknowledging the nation’s transgressions Unconfessed, as we preach our exceptionalism

Bullets never return to the barrelWords can only echo in eardrums Pain can be relieved but not forgotten Explosives detonated cannot be repackaged Wholeness is lost to consequences Broken hearts remember why it built fences Take tender care with our glass hearts Once broken you cannot fully reassemble the parts