Swan Song for My Brother

I’m in the pursuit of happiness and I know

Everything that’s shining won’t always be gold

But what do I do when you’re no longer here

How do I feel when your body’s turned cold?

Getting Over

Getting over stuff fucking sucks. Whether it’s a person, a negative work experience or one of a million micro aggressions in a given day, in order to move forward you must unburden yourself of it. But is there a point of no return: one from which you can’t be truly unburdened? When all the baggage drags…

Emotional Masochism or Lovers and Friends (a poem for a friend)

Do friends with benefits really benefit

Can we have sex with no strings attached

Can we go on like this

If you ask me this plan is poorly hatched

Do You Believe in Love/Afterlife?

I believe in Love like I believe in God.

I mean I want to believe there’s a power behind it all,

But her sense of humor is a bit odd.

No Answers

Can I live?

No seriously can I survive?

Am I an endangered species

Do you think I’m from a different tribe?

Do I scare you with my speech

20 Ubers

It began with 20 dollars and dreams of hot chicks

A discount that made me forget a grievous error

I was sent a email that changed my life

It gave me a freedom from seclusion, an end to my terror

I Would…

I would follow her in to war like Paris for Helen

I would dive in to hell like Dante into the inferno

Like Clyde for Bonnie I’d be a felon

I would even forget family ties like poor old Romeo

Flipping Directions

It’s the end of one road and the beginning of one anew

Even though I’m on to greener pastures I won’t forget any of you

We’ve had the best of times and the worst of times, sometimes all in the same day

Overdraft

I’m beyond tapped out.

My debt has debt

There’s not even lint in pockets

The only thing in my palm is sweat.

I’m maxed out and overcommitted

Drake Drunk

The first time I saw you, I wanted you

The first time I saw you, I saw you wanted me

We spent the rest of the time figuring out why

With every laugh, every smile, every glance, every touch, every… pause