I USED TO BE A DADDY ONCE My sons were born some years ago… they swelled my pride and filled my soul now their mother hates me…this I know I used to be a daddy once… They are smart and they are strong I hope they understand that I was wrong the name I’ve shamed…they [...]
No Heed for the Crystal Sphere
Above stood fire with wings Watchers with covered eyes Bodiless yet shame-shrouded Sent fleet across the sky Glory and the smell of lightning And I, my mouth full of salt Gazing on the polished stone Of a silk-purple draped palace Pleading at the threshold No heed for the crystal sphere Already emptied from pockets Stomach [...]
you
my eyes search for honesty as i undress your lanky girlish quiver sprawled upon a perfect canvas revealing the contour of thin porcelain lies that you allow to crumble into shell, into tears, into ether. you rest unearthed no longer afraid of yourself – who you might become in my eyes, and deeply through locked [...]
The Hard Sell
I hear a knocking at the door And so I pad across the floor With dogs running at my heels First there are barks Then there are squeals I open the door just a crack As a man with a clipboard peers back Would you like double-glazing he coyly asks? As he starts on his [...]
The ones in the shadows
The ones in the shadows Prologe This is a Story of Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Many other mystical creatures. Magic has returned to the world and along with it , just about every race that the world has imagined. This is a story of how six peoples lives have become intertwined. Elizebeth and Ean Michaels [...]
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