Winter

Come now,Embrace the windBrave it, you know howShed your leaves, you have beforeHave let me down like your very boughs Let me curl up like brown, crushed leavesLet me lay down my burdens and die too.Promise me a fresh start, when the season's doneWhen bells begin to ring and Spring's dawnalights upon the hallowed groundMy…

Heard

You have to listen carefully. It's very faint. Amid the barking and howling of the dogs in the neighborhood, it can easily go unheard. Perhaps it's a good thing then, that it happens around midnight. Come to think of it, most cries do. I don't know when it first began but it's been three nights…

The house of the dead

I packed a bag and went to the house of the dead to waitThere were ailing men and womenand people on their death bedssome were being put to restIt was all naturalin the house of the dead.I was the youngest in the house of the deadEveryone thought it curious, and some saidthere's much to live…

For my proverbial “someone, somewhere”

On feelings, spirals and Frank Sinatra thoughts It's unfairly ironic that to experience the best the universe can offer one, is to be grateful for the chosen offer before receiving it. In other words, to pre-feel what it'll feel like once you get to feel what you want to feel. Alright, I admit, epic fail…

Confession

Forgive me, father, for I have sinned I've lied... conned myself into believing that something good is coming for me I've been deceitful... tricked everyone into thinking that I'm okay I've conspired, against the happiness of my own heart I've disbelieved in the beauty and capability of my own soul I've hurt the one I…