Tom
I Was Born to Keep You Warm
I swear I heard a flower bloom,With the smile upon your face,And I swear I smelled some sweet perfume,As we shared our happy space. In the end of fabled land and sea,We find ourselves alone […]
The Unseen
Like a monster’s grip on the heart, drama strangles the life out of the afflicted and turns them into zombie creatures who feed on its existence.
Sunken in the Hollows
Neither the summit nor the valley defines me. Each has left its own mark of comedy and tragedy on the pages of my life.
Fear (I am unflappable)
I am unflappable, even as I feel the fear coursing through my mind. I fear so much. I fear losing you, missing your presence in my life. I fear infirmity, and missing out on the […]
Happy Birthday to Me
Sleep begs me to come to her. I sit in idle stillness within the darkness, tempering the steel within me and harboring no desire to find the weakness that once defined me. Ah, that stillness. […]
The Desperate Ones (A Morning Meditation)
They speak in swollen tongues, writhing from the desperate need to feel secure in their dysfunction.
