Strike a match Smell the phosphorous stench As the storm explodes outside Hail hammering the roof Cracking the windows The wind pushing hard Walls moaning under the strain As the earth roars underfoot Floorboards snap and splinter Shards and dust kicked into the air Feel them sink into the underside Of an outstretched arm Fingers [...]

Midnight approaches slowly I’m standing in the dark Fist gripping melted chocolates As rage radiates into the night Inside I hear the moans My brothers muffled laughter Through the parted curtains I see the sin My wife My life My children upstairs asleep Eye twitching I slowly open the door Thoughts unclear as to my [...]

Landslides break away Rushing to cover the lives Of so many dreams And I stand scared Welcoming the change With fangs bared In fear we find The courage to fight The remorse to remember What we truly want In summer we see winter As the thunderstorms crash As the mud flows We ready for war [...]

Dripping blood Splattering softly Little pieces of promise Across the post card Obscuring the scenery Of a mountain side and trees The leaves shaking loose As my hands tremble To let go Paper floats to the ground Where it soaks up the tears A puddle of pain Swirling together with the blood I look to [...]

Plastic covered bar stools Christmas lights strewn over the bottles A faded bar under my elbows Face in my hands The jukebox clunks Only half of it still lit But the records change From Turn the Page To Simple Man And the tears they fall Quietly I cry Rethinking the smile That filled her face [...]

The river of brown runs Down through the greens Our little pontoon bridge Sits waiting along with us Two kids of teenage youth Wearing the same clothes For a month straight With nine day beards Holding rifles Skinny boats move about We give names to the occupants Sammy Boy with a pole Pushes off from [...]