i’m in one of those times of life where everything seems too long, but every day seems too short makes me think of my friend's journey on...

summertime is ending and i’m driving through mid-afternoon thunderstorms and driving through change as we are entering night before life...

blueberries bloom when winter is gone “but not right after,” my grandpa tells me. "warmth has to find them again," he tells me, through a...

my momma growin' moon flowers and what's funny is how they came from a little pack o' seeds given to me met with laughter because, well,...

rain sitting the Sunday blues away holding on tight for i'm afraid if i lose sight of you then our story will never have been true. water...

i go to the swamp each week to tell the gators that i’m okay. they smile at me and say, "ya can’t hide ya secrets from the deep green."...

an oak is strong year-round roots planted firmly in the Earth doesn’t sway when Mother says it’s time to play. a flower dances too soon...

i come from saving crickets upstream countin’ sixty to see how far away the lightning is from home sunscreen lathered on my back but...

i’ve got these new shoes paired with my flares i’m walking up them steps and takin’ a deep breath learnin’ to enjoy the journey of...

time came a-knockin' she tore down the door to my bedroom and she pulled me out of bed she pushed me in the shower and made me wash my...

the bugs are a screechin’ leavin’ parties first and gettin’ there last takin’ care of the woman through the looking glass she’s in all...

the sound of water will rush me to sleep tightly nestled in the branches of my mother tonight i will sleep. the morning will come and the...

pool tables leaning over me pine trees screaming denim on my skin every inch hidden thought it was a given. soft and kind loving and...

my mom's laughter under the sun reminding me where i come from conversations as i take her past sea level this is where i’ll heal my love...

i don’t reapply my red lipstick. i let it smear off my lips as the night smears away the thought of what once was i forget to take photos...

i've put the pieces of myself back together chasing a dream i've had since '09 five years of Lulu waiting for me to forget her. she sat...

grass clippings out on the lawn as we laughed with the girls until dawn her long hair shined under the sun mind tucked deep into the void...

i’ll never write a love poem only brief synopses of the admiration i fear instead let me tell you a story i’ll love you like a woman i’ll...

in the nights you can’t sleep, i hope you will find me. in the silver crescent of the moon, in the breeze that sings you to sleep, i hope...

in due time you’ll forget him too. it’s just another lonely night under the moon the road of solitude finding my love for you in the...