A poem I wrote while talking to my best friend, and published against wiser advice
it runs under my skinlike blue green fire runs along the surface of charcoal logs it has consumed -silent, wickedly hot, and hungry, hungry for more of me even after…
for the sheer joy of the experience
It feels the same way as whenone friend uses cheesy pick up lines on me -stillafter almost 20 years of friendship (and five kids and three marriages between us later)because they…
Tomatoes & Mayonnaise
On the sublime nature of simple things done very, very well.
Airplane Mode
The airplane mode key on my laptopreminds me of you, you know.That little icon flyingleft to rightjust over halfway through it'ssymbolic and stationary tripacross the expanse of my keyboard;It feels…
hope with hard work is something worth fighting for
I'm sitting at my desk eating grapes and cottage cheese,and just feel lucky that I can. Lucky that I have hope to hold on tohope that I can make things bettereven…
Perfectionism & Death
It's not until the influence was gonethat I realized how strong it was,how deep it's roots were,and how little of what it grewI wanted to keep. -- I keep starting…
And so I let it burn.
Today was one of those days wherethe casual jokingabout something personal and important to me,and the way people in powercan let their ego result in crueltyjust because they can,got under my…
If you know, you know, and if you don’t, count yourself lucky.
I've been trying to meet new people, make new friends, since Steve died. It's the first thing they tell you to do, right? So, being an artist and artificer, I've…
You must first understand in order to make yourself understood.
Be authentic, they shout, don't worry about the other! I propose that this attitude is The Problem more often than The Solution, but each to their own journey and experiences.
“Man cannot remake himself without suffering” – and fuck the rule makers.
I'm exhausted and hurting. I'm feeling not good enough on multiple fronts.But I'm slowly working my way through letting go. There's been so much letting go. But I have to,…
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