I pigeonhole myself in these roles Forcing circles into square holes Pursuing hearts that are unspeakable Clinging onto the unfeasible Contorting to fit their mold Yearning to be worthy enough to hold Breaking every bone in my body In hopes that they’ll find value in me Unable to unshackle myself from this pattern Unable to stop riding the rings of Saturn Swallowing air without oxygen, repressing heartburn While assuring...

Like all things I can’t hold, you are untouchable. As if intangible to my touch, it can’t hold you like I wanted. Like how I wish to hold you in my arms and,  Maybe, just maybe feel your warmth. Like all things that are far away, you are unreachable. As if you laid up with the stars, no matter how hard I try to reach up, to stretch my hands, I can’t. I wish that you were mine. I wish that I lay there in the stars with you...

Another from the annals of youthful angst . . . Holed up in this town, with a one-track mind -I’m thinking only of you -I’ve got to get out, I can’t stay a day more -  I’m thinking only of you -The places, the streets, in this town drive me wild -They all have me thinking of you -So I’m leaving, I’ll go-If I stay, then you’ll knowI’m thinking only of you -And I’ll let you say, that I’m running away,But I’m thinking only o...

Though I can’t have your presence,You’re still in my mind,I can see you and feel you -I tell me: "you’re mine" -Together for always,  Though you’re not near -In my dreams, we are lovers:The picture’s so clear - I can look in your eyesAnd see blue and gold -A man/boy who’s changingBoth young and old - Your body is slim,Your hair: soft and brown -You move with a quickness -You never slow down - In my mind I race with youTo...

Adolescence I love you more each day I live -I’ll love you till I die -  My heart and mind are overflowedWith thoughts of you and I.Thoughts of love and laughter -Your hair, your eyes, your smile -The way you move, the way you kiss -Your voice, your charm, your style.I love you, don’t you know it?Do you think of me at all?Can’t you feel me loving you?Do you care for me at all?Do you know each time I see youMy love stops s...

The Little Jewel So you thought I was in love with you I don’t know what to say You knew I’d be here waiting I must say you’re out of place There’s nothing left to wish for I waited my youth away Crying at your door While you went out to play My love grew wings As you bestowed me with your gaze My heart screamed Knowing you wouldn’t stay Nothing mattered including me You had your reasons and your ways You’re thinking you...

I am amorous but I will not show it. My mind, lingering dangerously off the grid. Romance plotting murderous deeds with deceit. Tossing bodies into a dark, loveless pit. And in darkness, I get lit lit lit. The only way to deal with this hot hot heat. Until my existence succumbs to unnerving defeat.

I was watching the last of the soap suds disappear down the plug-hole of the kitchen sink, when I heard a knock at the front door. I looked at the clock on the wall, that smug look on its face, proudly telling me it was very late. I sighed to myself because I knew exactly who was behind the knocking. It had to be Jodi. Only she would be found knocking my door at this time of night. And it was only she that I would ever op...