What Purpose Love Serves
The language that follows the path of most resistance
whether it’s the marrying type
or the look who’s coming to dinner tonight
It is not all hype
Up on the coffee table we have christened,
which found no weary mug needing rest, no
I don’t drink coffee,
only the warm soft skin of the woman
I’ve laid upon and upended
Onto the tile floor
Where [...]
The Panic Attack
Panic attack
Disdain when it acts
Imposing its will
Despair re-enacts
It sucks
The life
Right on out of me
In fact: my Spirit saps
My teeth chatter
My nerves rattle
My heart beats faster
Self what’s the matter
I ask I plead
I eventually concede
My brain suffice to say
Begs for release
Won’t shut off my fight or flight
Unsteady hands tremble
No end in sight
I am full of life
But this [...]
This is not your average post
I am not looking for my first time, as that happened years ago.
The Tremont Hotel Chicago was situated in an enclave, surrounded by the city view just off of the Magnificent Mile.
It was the second time she had come to visit and I was not looking for a good time.
I was a lover seeking love.
Little [...]
Missing The Touch
Missing the touch
That sent me over the edge
Before the parting of ways
Came full speed ahead
This loss and distance resounds in echoes of sleepless
Nights spent
Wallowing in tears of long gones and regret
This lover knows no better
Than to believe she was the best
No one else could drape me in their golden hazes
Moments of clarity that hardly change [...]
Love Never Dies
Grief is a motherfucker.
It has the tendency to exploit weaknesses, manifested as intense feeling and strong emotion about any and everything. It tends to place these precious vulnerabilities into tiny unkempt boxes, daring you to compartmentalize all that you have been bottling up to that moment. Boxed in like a baby cow waiting to become [...]
A Need To Fill
I need to write but I’m unsure of what I’m thinking
Thoughts in disarray and still not in sync
and I hardly understand what I am meant to be feeling
So many emotions to sort through – so many broken links
No fear of being alone – no darkness concealing
No longer afraid of being lonely – unashamed of my [...]
Review: Girl In The Mirror by Alix B. Golden [Paperback]
All Christen Calhoun really wants is to be a successful photographer, love a beautiful woman, and make her father proud, but easier said than done. When she graduates from Savannah State University, a dead end bank job isn’t what she had in mind. She stifles her creativity in bland business suits [...]
A Solitary Excursion
Fear of loss is a devastating sort of dread to live with. It consumes…
Each person’s healing path is different and unique to that individual. My own has grown out of a basic need to survive this final episode, based not only on personal experience and new-found resources discovered along the way, but on the knowledge [...]
Living in the Moment
Grief can be a very lonely process…
I picked up my cell phone which was wet from my tears. The touch screen had become unresponsive due to the moisture. I’d been on the phone with my mom for the greater part of the evening. She had become my stress release in the weeks prior [...]
One Day at a Time
I took a leave of absence from work to care for my girlfriend full-time when it was deemed that the second round of chemo was no longer working. I’m convinced that it accomplished the exact opposite result in fact. As fate would have it, the day my leave began would be the last night [...]
