Category Archives: Poems

To the happy couples Married spring, summer, winter, and fallMay your union bring you joyTo last through it all All the trials and the painand the times of uncertaintyAll the sorrow and the rageAnd boring days of normalcy To those on anniversaries Or just getting marriedMay your days be full of certainty and all yourContinue reading “To the Happy Couples”

I want to beat up expectations I want to pummel social norms Drag pressure down an alley and leave all it’s garments torn Let me bloody my fists on the idea of success Tear the checklist of society that asks where’s the wedding dress? You amount to nothing if you can’t make it on yourContinue reading “Premeditated Murder”

Today is blahI think it’s the weatherOr maybe my tight braI don’t care. Whichever. I don’t want to do anythingI don’t want to get upDon’t care what the day bringsThere’s not enough coffee in my cup Such a gloomy day with all the blah feelsA chilly day, so let’s be real.I’m staying at home. StayingContinue reading “Today is Blah”

Have you ever took a moment at a Renaissance fair to find a bench with a view? Have you ever just paused and gazed at the people all around you? Sitting at a bench at the Ren Fest, watching the passers go byIts there that you can just let your imagination fly. Children run passContinue reading “A Bench at Ren Fest”

Here’s the roleplayers on the writing forums.The ones who create a story with one character interacting with the characters of others. Here’s to the ones learning how to write.And how to share the spotlight.Here’s to the ones who build an awesome plotAnd a world where their characters stumble a lotIt’ll never see the light ofContinue reading “To the Roleplayers”

The motion of a penThe stroke of a brushThere’s magic in making something from dust Some shading hereA bit of detail thereCan you feel how it tingles the air? Words of a storyLines of paint An artist’s creationSomething published or framed Do the best you canTo put your mind on the pageA drawing of charactersAContinue reading “Believe in the Magic”

When all is dark and treacherous A light does shine throughIt creates a silver lining For us to hold onto You see it in the cloudsOn a dark and stormy dayYou see it on the horizonThe sun beats shadows away Everyone’s silver liningMeans one thing or anotherIt can be in different formsBut to us itContinue reading “Silver Lining”

One word or slip up Or forgot something to do You don’t beat up Because you did it too Still learning the routine All ins, outs, and true Grace is the new mean When learning something new Yet, a mistake weighs the heart A wrong word, something unsaid A missed spot or observation It leavesContinue reading “Beat You Up”

Here I am in my space. Going at my own pace.I don’t have a big, old house. I don’t have a loving spouse. I don’t have kids running amuck. Or schooling that doesn’t suck. I’m nowhere near gaining a profit. With my career and empty pockets. Take a look at the facts and I’m sureContinue reading “Society’s Rebel”