Don’t Speak
Don’t say that word—goodbye the air around here is bad enough without it. It stings my eyes like drops of …
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Déjà Vu
At age 13 I’d never had a boyfriend. Although I’d liked a few guys, I never knew how it felt …
Man of / in My Dreams
You walk in my dreams with mercurial feet of little playful flames on my pillow igniting a conflagration of wonders …
I Didn’t Mean To
I didn’t mean to make you love me against your better judgement. I have no goddess delusions of aesthetic attributes, …
Perfect Stranger
That’s what you are, the kind of perfect stranger I’d cross paths with on a downtown-bound subway ride on a …
What He Doesn’t Know
My world revolves around him secretly; don’t tell him. He dictates the weather in my side of the globe down …
You Could Be
You could be the last man I’ll ever love yours could be the last poem I’ll ever read with you …
Let Me Have This Morning
It was bound to happen, what transpired last night. That day our paths first crossed all those stormy months ago, …
The Morning After
I woke up to a mesmerizing sky. Like God spread a faultless canvas with His divine hands and conjured up …
Her Forgiveness
I remember it not like it happened yesterday but like it happened a hundred years ago: no historian writes a …
Nocturnal Wanderings 