Coal to Burn the World I do not belong here. I, do not belong Belly down against flat earth I, Splinter like sheet glass beneath boots that crack my spine I. Do not belong. I, a feather bed to my own head My Own, very particular kind of madness Lying here, on the ground Life […]
The Luscious Alabaster of a Dune tells a tale of camaraderie, night squawking over the moonlight. Two- tongued, the dune sings, laying out the tracks of elation on a new, secret strand. Connect the stars. Sing along with the dune. My ocean dips in the night, discovers my secrets. Lost in the ocean. Alone. All […]
Thorns I snag on things; Like the wind blown bags In the crooked fingers Of winter trees Or wool on a cold sheep’s back Clutched at by hungry thorns Or seaweed dashed and left dangling By eddying currents Against diamond sharp cliffs. I try to flow smoothly in the river of people But catch my […]
Sanitize Rogue anguish is lost on the multiplicity Where sudden terror becomes the norm; Savage bloodshed drying layer after layer Until eyes are mere sockets, Desensitised constructions That sanitise minds and purify hearts With a faulty sense of justifiable acceptance, Manufactured lies we tell ourselves In order to toss and turn at night In hope […]