It was Saturday, April 2nd, and I thought Mom was playing a delayed April Fool's joke on me. I'd spent Friday night watching Simone for Anza, which was becoming a somewhat regular thing. Then Saturday morning, we worked out on the pitch with Mika and the girls. It was late Saturday afternoon when I returned home from my workout. Mom asked me to sit down on the sofa because she had something important to tell me. I was wor...

I asked for a sign But I got the nail In a coffin that I was never supposed to open. On one knee You presented a ring, Felt more like a cage, Where a flightless bird would sing. Your words sound like lies, Tongue tastes like regret, Smile burns a hole in my chest, Stopping my heart, so there’s nothing left. Laughs turn hollow, Heart beat veins are cold, Breathing has been crushed, Reduced to an empty soul. Compliments ins...

Your words, a whisper in the void of the night. I never saw your face, just felt your soul. You have gone, you left a void, full of light. Yet your poetry makes me feel like a fool. Your poems, like echoes of a distant fear. In each line, a truth we dare not speak. Make us feel, the end is near. Remind us we're frail and weak. In sorrow, I find you, now you're gone. Your art now fuels my own desire to write. To leave a ma...

You stared at me with those eyes Kisses burned flesh of innocence Mistook the look of love Instead defined the prey of predator. I grew accustomed to your grooming Habits that informed my every move Cautiously optimistic then suddenly sullen You tormented me with inconsistency. Who are you anyways? The one whose touch and taste remind me Blinding me with lust and lingering scent on my naked skin Legs wide apart, spread to...

Why God,  on this special day, why did you take  my only love away.   Our hearts were free  and so full of love. Why did you take my pure love from me?   It was love for all eternity, forever and meant to be.   My love for her in my heart, I will forever see.   So my dear God, Why take that from me?   I am now left to walk alone.   With only her memory, So dear God leave me  my heart filled with her love  on our special d...

Our heady daysof sex surpriseset us ablazebetween our thighsand masked the fearthat nothing moremade us adhereat thirty-four. The sweaty heatof burning lustmade Hope's conceitincongruous. Your desperate grasp,my frenzied kiss,our unveiled gasp,left us remiss. The Future gavethis to impart:"Though you've been brave,you’re best apart." Razed callously,we steeply fell.Now, wondrously,I wish you well. Yes, on Love’s Day,I wis...

I hate myself for doing this, walking to the corner of the street where she lived, standing in line for a film I have no intention of watching. People say, “How is…,“ then they stop and change the subject. Her sock turns up unexpectedly in the wash. Her eyelash curler appears in my wash bag. Raincoat on (hers), I walk all the way to the bus shelter where she first touched me properly. Now my hair is wet, and I simply can'...

I dream of you in colours from a spectrum that never existedI dream of you in a time and place that I can never reachSoft whispers fill my ears and leave my heart yearningFor something untouchable and floating away in spaceLike an astronaut released from their tetherAdriftThe stars look bright and swirl, leaving me feeling drunk and woozyI fade inI fade outI reach for a hand that melts away into my own little atmosphere o...

Sitting on the front porch swing Rocking to and fro Lost in her thoughts As the cool breeze blows, chilling her to the bone She pulls his shirt tighter around herself As she reads through their old messages Searching for answers Trying to understand the silence His scent surrounds her Not finding any reasons The tears stream down her cheeks Leaving them to stain As she closes her eyes tight Not knowing or understanding Ho...