We were 1500 miles apart when I found out you’d died, you were so young. Mom cut out your obituary I put it in my journal then closed it tight so I wouldn’t see your face but yet you came to me in my dreams. At your funeral I silently asked for your forgiveness folding … Continue reading Paper

Is emptiness a kind of pain when it doesn’t sting it doesn’t bite but it clamps your soul with toothless gums. Is sadness real when you never shed a tear you don’t mourn but instead it cuts off circulation restricting the flow of the blood of life. Is darkness really dark when everyone else can … Continue reading Names

You tell me what’s on your mind I try to listen but all I can hear is my mind afraid you’ll stop talking and I won’t know what to say. You tell me things they’re hard to hear and I can tell by your eyes the quaver in your voice these things are hard to … Continue reading Listen