gods

i play a game of charades as though acting gifts identity strutting as aces, spades in search of the winning suit   on after-school afternoons i preen before screens every mimicry an offering making your reflections my own   i love you like the paparazzi cameras snapping, running through rain golden tabloid covers  printed on…

Gunshot

sunlight falls away untilall we see noware duvets of fogand rainand grey skiessummer dies —you can see it leaves fallthe sky turns in earlyflushing with rashesof scarlet and goldamidst the leavesmy blood poolsdripping darkover molding leaves and pine conesthe echo of a gunshotlingers in the airi'll survive, the physician tells meit's a matter of choicethe…

her song

Hey girl, I know the idea of being alone freaks you out. This is a poem for you.

Lion

prowling the plainssharpening your clawson the bones of your preyroaring just to hear yourselfslashing the air into ribbonsthat haunt the fields from border to borderbecause this is your territorygritty, fine, messythis dirt between clawsis homefinds its way into your coat of ironpart of you, as muchas your killer call:to hunt the inferiorexalt your alpha namesatiate…

how to say: I Love You

to everyone I ever loved, am loving, will love you know how it iswhen your heart is full to burstingstretched, waitingfor a time to pour out everything inside ityou know how it iswhen words bubble up into your throatticklish, expectantfor a time to float out awayinto the worldthat's how i feel when i want to…

Dream Big

Another poem I wrote for English class --- slightly about the pains of growing up.

The Cave

Darkness claimed me once, but God broke the chains. "She is mine," my God says. He sent his Son to bear my shame, my guilt, my brokenness, and he has set me free. I am free.