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beneath our olive tree

  if i do not live to see freedom that spans Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea my final prayer is this   i hope you remember, the first drag of that thick pipe lodged between your yellowed teeth the acrid smoke and sting that clung to lungs, graying from within laughs you shared with the […]

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when i become history

 a spoken word when i become history show them my life   not the prized poem about peace or the winning game goal but the nights with no sleep   the fever dreams with white-out slashed scrawls the low bouts and bottomless doubt   the tries and fails in perfect pirouettes repetition that make regrets […]

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tainted

a sonnet in thy clearing laden with lavender decays lonely my heart in your basket my fresh crimson blood marks this calendar of the day you stole my priceless casket   sweet breeze ruffles thy locks, dreamy caress yet your love is dark wine, never plenty eyes wander far, yet your hand shan’t digress roses […]

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point zero one

i want statistics on things like love on how many souls feel it and how many don’t put it into words   statistics on soulmates and the potential for me to meet mine on the lifetime of a spark and the chances for it to survive   stats on falling at first sight and if […]

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