Not petting my cat this morning,

Or saying “I love you” to my family one more time even if anger exists or it’s annoys them to hear it fifteen more times that day.

Not going to the gym,

Or giving that car time to pass,

Taking the time to smile at the giggling child,

Maybe not trying the new food,

Or going out with an old friend.

Could it be the one phone call you didn’t pick up?

The day you didn...

Chrysalis.

I stopped reading almost as soon as I picked up the envelope. Who could have left this? Looking around I became paranoid someone was surely observing whatever sick game this was, I began to regret the letter taped to the door of my black 2012 Honda Accord. No one, not in 15 years had addressed, let alone referred to me by my given name. Moving to North Carolina from Washington had p...

11:11pm.

The kitty cat alarm clock glowed blue in its ambient light, screaming the time as if to alert the silent room and the hunter green walls surrounding it. In the very same room, other habitants more alive began to wake, physically stirring in distress. In the very same house, sobs and yelling across the hinges fueled undisclosed turmoil, awakening the sleepy Spirits that rested among the w...

The manipulative, dishonest falsification of deceit lying in anticipation of my trust;

C is for clarity,

necessary to the navigation of negotiating pass negativism.

O stands for opportunistic,

as you seek to sacrifice my sanity in sadistic silence.

R represents the reality that I realize is ripped and irreparable in the recognition you return without reprimands.

Really.

It’s amazes me how right...

Deeper, more…

Intricately twined.

Left hanging or

used to anchor

Frayed, split off on some ends or

Singed from burning burdens we do not let go of but instead

HOLD

onto for the lack of someone holding me.

Pounding fists and hearts

Discovering rhythms within others that could potentially pair with what I echo

Yet instead; you, him, her- SHE disrupted the pattern I was creating in isolation....