What is light without the dark Simply, not as vibrant If all were bright Life would be like Drinking from a hydrant Forced to gasp while...

Trust is a pane of glass Stepped on and cracked Stomped on and shattered Crushed and ground Into jagged little fragments Impossible to...

The Floor is Yours Breath Sex Eating and drinking These are the things We will take without thinking Everything else Being self-defeating...

DISTANT I hope not to get you lost In juvenile rhymes or thoughts Though I can’t stop for any reason My better judgement dipped in...

Blasting Off Guilty perfume lingers Like residue on conscious walls Bloodshot eyes Filthy fingers Fear delivers Faulty triggers Salty...

What Are You Saying Angry out of shape old man About to kick somebody's ass Tired of the whining And constant attacks Over things that...

The Difference People lie For only one reason To make themselves seem Better that what they are People tell the truth For only one reason...

Retirement (Day One) As evening calls to silence Routine tasks of violent Chase-for-more chore I disembark from irritant murmurs...

Congruency Why does it have to be Hard to live happily Anxiety throttled By constant catastrophe Time chasing after me Threatening with...

Adulteress (Alcohol doesn’t make you do anything. But it will let you.) You go to the drink for permission Ask on behalf of desire...

Hot Summer Night The sun goes down like honey Evening stokes a lover’s glow Defenses relent He gently pries her feelings open Summer...

Distinctive Extinction Nose blind by imperfect existence Addicted to inconsistent resistance Seething for revenge An infinite defense...

Where I Exist Where do I exist In the mist of your perfume Hidden in the shadows of your deep and darkest moods Shining bright in eyes...

Waste of Wonder A string of losses Flosses confidence From in between The teeth of conscience And constant humility Action captures...

Tomorrow’s Inspiration My evening faithful hummingbird friend Hovers at less than a six-foot distance Mirrors my movements left and right...

Mortally Wounded Success rejects my attempts of affection Life headed my way Prime, the other direction Lost in a time Between live and...

To Complain In the days of prohibition Broken spirits littered streets A decade passed As did inhibitions Giving back our dirty feats...

Drive to the Finish Line Radiant pavement Shimmer in the distance Pedal to the metal Chasing the mirage Entertaining safety oasis Fully...

Daylight Hides the Stars Does light exist without the darkness Does dark not compliment the light Does day not separate from night Then...

Suspect Subject of Success My generational siblings and I Did not do better Things with our lives Than those who came prior Though we...