A wild man is not a boyfriend, he is a force.
Can you love me in the blinding heat of a birthing star, when I shower warmth on distant moons? Can you love me in the hole of the cosmic Black,...
Read MoreThe Warrior Questions
Over leather boiled and mail oiled, Rooted I stand with sword gleaming. Eyes squinted, tuned for battle, Scanning, searching for demons teaming. As I wait at ready my arms grow...
Read MoreBeseeching Sleep's Mistress
Cursed be the early birds That chirp before the morn, Mocking as I sleepless lay With bedsheets all a-worn. Mercy! O’ elusive temptress, Pour yourself into my eyes. Let me...
Read MoreA Prayer for a Nightmare
O’ demons of fire, minions of fright, Do your worst as I sleep this night. Shake my bed, unloose my sheets, Compel my heart to thundering beats. Make the sweat...
Read MoreAnother Rival
I wish you were my equal. I wish you were my better. I wish you had incredible strength so I could forge my body to unbending steel, and meet you...
Read MoreTo My Rival
I wish you were a great man. Broad shouldered. Quick witted. Smooth like James Bond, Cool like James Dean. I wish. But you are not. And nor will you ever...
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