Love Lost

I left you for reasons that only served my own selfishness in a time that was to be you and I Yet my heart carried me back to the place we came undone in search of you and found my love returned... perhaps rightly so For I was the one to leave you standing still without …

We Are Women

I wrote this poem in dedication to this day: We are women whose femininity will not be denied or oppressed Nor made to be silent for others comfort For we were created from the very moon and stars which flow through us We are givers of life We are strong We are bold We are …

Past Sins

I suppose I could have loved him Had we been different people We were veterans of a war We lost a long time ago Yet we came together With our wounded bodies And tattered hearts Speaking of what we knew not of But each time, I wanted it to be true If for no one …

Love, Lies & Whiskey

His kisses taste of lies And his words just kept me dreaming But I wasn't looking for salvation at the bottom of the glass I just traded one poison for another For the truth was grievously sobering

To

To live is to die To care is to feel To desire is to want But to dare to love Is a leap of faith For faith is all we have In this hopeless world So open your heart, Open you eyes See all that there is And hold on tight and never let go …

Fly

Her tears spoke louder than any words she could utter And though she bore the burden of a broken heart She still had wings to fly So she took flight and walked on the moon

Marrow

I have felt pain so deep in my bones That I wonder if there is love there still And would my lover find my marrow sweet to the taste or its bitterness too hard to swallow  

Lovers & Strangers

We went to bed as lovers Our lovemaking spanning histories Yet we woke up as strangers Ignorant of our past infidelities

There Are Moments…

There are moments where I don't feel like I belong... in this place, in this time and all I see scares me But it is your love that gives me solace It is what keeps me here

Her Heart

She gently placed the key in his hand. "But why? Don't you love me anymore?" he asked "I wish I could simply say I had a change of heart. For all my love has become unanswered prayers fallen on deaf ears. Such an existence breeds an unforgiving heart and I don't want to resent you." …