May the Good Times Last4/27/23Please don't leave me,Please don't go away.Please don't be the next oneOn the list of broken dreams.I'm so ashamed to be...

Editing4/27/23I always pare down my edges for acceptability.Who I'm talking to only determines how severely. Everyone has their limits, even in therap...

I Found Rest in You4/27/23This city might not be my home, but you are,I thought as I lay beside you on your bed.My nerves constrained me from explorin...

Susan's Second Adolescence4/25/23Of course we don't react the sameWhen our throne's a broken memory,And the golden dream vanishesIn the cold grey Engl...

Bonsai Apples[4/24/23]I used to feel proud on behalfOf a bonsai apple tree.If it could bear fruit I could too,No matter how small I might be.But somet...

[Skipping my bonus one from yesterday because I think it dealt topically with some less g-rated issues.]The Long Goodbye4/24/23I going to build a life...

Long-distance4/23/23A thousand gentle feelers of connectionBranch out through mechanical minds.My heartstrings splay out in extension Along aetherial ...

Where Dryads meet the Hope of Glory4/22/23Brother River, Sister TreeStar Cousins singing silver in the sky;Guardians and little spirits, let it beWe s...

The Worst Recipe4/21/23My heart is simmering shameOn the back burner,And it's stinking up the house.But I cannot lift it,It is too heavy for me alone....

There was a short story I read once, and haven't been able to find again since. It was about a mostly-human monster girl who was trying to pass in the...

When Bookshelves Look Like Hope[4/17/23]Someday we'll have a library -Y'all and me, and maybe her.We'll blend up our tastes and wonder,And spread them...

Youth Pastors4/16/23I cared for you, perhaps parasocially;Saw you as doors to reach a holier place.I longed for your approval as I sought God's love a...

Kindred Spirits4/15/23We were just children,Sunburn on our shoulders,Seeking connectionWith someone our age.Two hearts on fireIn a hotbed of zealots,D...

A Rabbit Quest (haiku)4/14/23Catastrophe's risePushes brave seekers forthTo a green new home.

Blessings for Armor4/14/23I would cast you a blessing, young knight,But I do not know what shape it should wear.Where do you find your truest light?Wh...