wherever she went just in case any shooting stars made their way to Earth and crash landed the way we often do. She made sure to repair...

Glued to my bedframe I’m afraid to look at He peers peerlessly Buoying like a sinking ship Up and down, down and up Daring me to dare...

the perilous ground is a bottomless ocean Lights twinkle Beckoning distant ships to shore Blinking Like lovers who speak different...

I plow through the curves of that spread-out valley on my way to her like a raindrop seeking entrance between canyons where maps are not...

They’re like putting on your favorite sweater: Wrapping you with a love that is yours and yours alone. Whispering in your ears, hugging...

On certain days he often stayed alone, Aware of how his smile made him look Like an outcast. Alone he stayed till grown, Inside his home...

The night is dark as I awake alone wondering where she might be so I slip my slippers on slide outside the bedroom door and tiptoe to the...

It gets caught in my throat And I wonder how he must have felt To know that centuries of oppression pushed into his neck Only to remind...