I’d rather be wrong
And have you say I’m nothing.
You ARE lovable.
Paradigms
07 May 2019 2 Comments
in Poetry Tags: abuse, anger, choices, decisions, denial, expectations, fear, grief, haiku, healing, hope, hurt, integrity, letting go, loss, love, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self, self awareness, self esteem, self worth, trauma, trust, truth, unconditional love
Six Months Later…
27 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: anger, betrayal, chabad Poway, death, decisions, epidemic, faith, fear, God, grief, haiku, hate, heal, healing, hurt, integrity, jewish, Jewish people, Judaism, life, loss, love, mass shootings, pain, peace, Pittsburgh shooting, poem, poet, poetry, pray, prayer, remember, stop hate, strength, trauma, tree of life synagogue, truth
Did you know their names?
Or are we nothing but goats
Meant to bear your rage?
Ambivalent Heart
26 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: ambivalent, anger, betrayal, choices, decisions, forgive, forgiveness, grief, haiku, heal, healing, heart, hope, hurt, integrity, learning, lies, love, man, missing, pain, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, time, trust, truth, unconditional love, woman, women
Still feeling angry.
Still feeling hurt and betrayed.
But damn! I miss you.
My Box
23 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
in Poetry Tags: anger, attraction, box, change, choices, decisions, discovery, faith, fear, Freedom, haiku, happiness, heal, healing, heart, hope, integrity, life, live, love, man, me, Pandora, Pandora’s box, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, self discovery, self esteem, self worth, sex, sexuality, soul, strength, trust, truth, unconditional love, woman, women
Just like Pandora,
Opening my box won’t kill you.
Years should’ve proved that.
Pass The Sweet Dreams
26 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in Conversations worth sharing, Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: domestic violence, dream, haiku, healing, mental health, nightmares, poem, poet, poetry, ptsd, sexual assault, sleep, survivor, time, trauma
Afraid of shadows.
This fear which has beaten time.
We sleep with lights on.
Week Five- Kiss
07 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: haiku, healing, kiss, love, poem, poet, poetry
Have you just wanted,
The chance to give that one kiss
The kiss that makes it.
Week Four- The Year of my Heart
02 Oct 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: ache, change, death, grow, haiku, healing, heart, jewish, loss, love, poem, poet, poetry, rosh hashanah
Deep like creeks and wood
Is this aching in my heart,
As this book opens.
Week 3-Reality Dependent
27 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: addiction, better, haiku, healing, hurt, loss, love, missing, pain, poem, poet, poetry
Oh fuck I miss you,
Like some veins miss a needle.
Like I miss your pain.
Naked Without Sanctuary
21 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in Poetry, Uncategorized Tags: haiku, healing, loss, love, naked, poem, poet, poetry, safe, safety, sex, sexual
You were my safety
Everyone else is dangerous
I accept this fact
Weep and I Willow
23 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: care, compassion, forgiveness, haiku, healing, love, poem, poet, poetry, tree, weep, willow
I am the willow.
My roots hold deep and bows shade
Weep, you have my shelter.
