Remember to Play

A Poem

We forget what it is like
to laugh, to play,

Poetry is Dead

A Poem

I read on the internet
that poetry is dead —

Shoes

A Poem

I can’t think, off the top of my head, just
how many fairy tales are about shoes.
Shoes worn to pieces, shoes…

Lizard Brain

A Poem

The feeling of being chased as soon as you wake up
has to stop

Reveal

A Poem

The things we don’t say
the attention we don’t get

Ghosts

A Poem

She wakes me up like a newborn
three or four times a night,

Tea Cups

A Poem

We have never sat in one before — 
this is our first time to spin the famous spin,

Carousel

A Poem

We just aren’t rides people,
the lines, the drops, the not being in control

Affirmations, Halloween Morning, 2019

A Poem

Heal

A Poem

Starts slowly,
a cooling off period,
anger leaving the scene
stomach still in heavy knots, 
frozen in fight or…