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  • 2026

    2026 has started off odd. It’s brought a lot of repressed feelings to the surface. My therapist loves it. I don’t. But here is a snippet of something I wrote recently. Not a poem. But part of a larger story. I just wanted to share it. Because poetry isn’t doing it for me right now. Read more

  • Learning the Shape of Quiet

    I didn’t grow up in a pretty house. I didn’t grow up in the perfect family. I wouldn’t even say I grew up in a home. I grew up in the mess. I grew up in a family that didn’t care. I grew up in a building. I walked on eggshells. I always held my Read more

  • Separate Homes, Shared Hearts

    A vulnerable reflection on wanting love without losing identity — this poem speaks to anyone rebuilding after betrayal and learning to love again on their own terms. Read more

  • Five.

    Five years after losing the baby she never got to hold, a mother marks her daughter’s birthday with “what ifs,” Christmas memories that never were, and a love that hasn’t faded. This poem gives voice to the invisible grief of a child who only lived in her heart. Read more

  • Not Just Attorneys

    From angry clients to impossible deadlines, this poem gives voice to the paralegals, legal assistants, and receptionists who do the unseen work in law offices—and carry the weight, without the recognition. Read more

  • The Price of Indifference

    Children are going hungry.Single parents feellike they are failing.Working two or threeminimum wage jobsjust trying to keepfood on the table.No matter how muchthey work, at just$7.25 an hourthey will never get ahead.They are begging for change.Begging for a chanceto get ahead.But our government cannotbe bothered long enoughto just listento what they have to say. Government Read more