Emotionally, I’m looking like last year’sfrozen birthday cake –airless, with too many broken candles. I’ve been in the fridge too long.I’m beyond the use-by date. The leftover pieces are stuck in my throat,unmeltable,unquenchable. The taste has become too strong,coldly unbearable. And everything in the crisper boxhas turned brown and wrong. I feel I’m no longer ...

There will always be another deadline. Another assignment. And another, and another. “Are you ok?” They ask. Yeah, I’m fine. I’m holding the line. Don’t know how much more I can take. There’s not much bend left before I break. Why do I do this to myself? I make my life a living hell. What ...

Fire burns away the flesh of the past- Charring old sins and wasted guilt, Removing the slag of self-doubt and insecurity, Cauterizing old wounds and scars, Scalding the blood to remove false beliefs, Tempering the mettle of our soul, And scorching the body over As it refines everything we are into pure ash So we ...

I miss you. I can’t believe that I live in a timeline where we don’t exist together. You have a life that is all your own and it no longer intertwines with the life that I call mine. Where are you right now? Who do you talk to? Do they remind you of me in ...

My God, my King, You provide comfort and rest in Your presence. You wipe tears from their eyes, as You shelter Your children under Your wings. You comfort the broken and lonely souls, capturing each tear within Your hands. In every storm and weathered trial, You never leave our side. In the lions’ denand fiery ...

I see a little star in my dreams. One sitting far beyond my reach within the endless sky. Its soft yet bold aura of serenity glows bright, Calling out to me like a siren out at sea.  I crave to capture it, wanting to experience that Same level of peace and happiness I envy so much. Yet ...

There was a time when our friendship meant something, when we stood tall, facing the world together.  I conquered the doubters with you by my side. I entrusted you with my secrets, entrusted with my life. Nothing could come between our sisterly souls.  But then the world changed before our eyes, and my trivial opinions were likened to a penny’s worth You took them as an offense, as ...

Slimy thoughts packed like sardines Writhe and wriggle in my head Waiting for the moment The tin can closes And leaves them to fester In the brine As their thin scales Dissolve into nothingness And bulging, dead eyes Gaze into the darkness Of the universe And cry salty tears As it stares back With pure ...

Am I a puppet?A monkey destined tosing and dance on a whim?If I slap on foundation,pretty pink lipstick,and fake lashes,will I be real?Or if I toss my templefrom person to person,like a game of hot potato,will that be enough?Should I let rugged hands travelwhat the good Lord made,just to earn a penny of affection?Or allow ...

I wish I could say that you’ve learned, that you’re excelling that you’ve refocused your goals and you’re concentrating on improving. But all you’ve done is plan strategize formulate ideas suggest schedules that you break in a week. All you’ve done is prove that you’re weak unfocused easily sidetracked and inconsistent. I want nothing more ...