(Originally written in teen years ’95-01)  Stitched in stressful, scornful sorrow Threads may hold til it be ‘morrow Frayed knots entrap the endless pain So that I may remain contained But slowly as my fear unravels Depressing thoughts begin to travel Yet as I fight off the constant strain Faith and love I shall maintain Read more

(Originally published in America at the Millenium: The Best Poems and Poets of the 20th Century, edited by Howard Ely, The International Library of Poetry, 2000, pp. 191.) I approached her as she lay there, So fragile and so frail. Her eyes appeared so dreamy, And her clothes, they smelled so stale. Her lips, they… Read more

(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) Their tender hearts were made of glass ‘Til love cast its precious stone The shallow ones just let them pass So they crept through life alone At times in life they’d find a shard Of the hearts they once displayed And tiny crushes they would discard For their true… Read more

(Originally written in teen years ’95-01) Remember me this Christmas As you share with those that you hold dear The gifts of faith and love And the coming of New Year And in those special moments I’ll be thinking of you too For in my heart Where you will stay I will share them all… Read more

Today, we enter a new era into the dumbing down of an already dumbed-down America. LGBTQ+ books being read to your children was the least of your problems. Prepare for the indoctrination of your children into a new regime of authoritarian government propaganda, starting with the Christian Nationalist Trump Bible in combination with the banning… Read more

Another price is paid. Brothers and sisters ripped apart Cry out in Disbelief, Echoed in the Faces of their families. God’s Human’s Inciting violence in the name of Justice, Killing adults to protect unborn babies, Led by a lustful Misogynist, a Narcissist, “Ordained by God,” Protected by the people. Queer Rights are Stripped away To… Read more