Even more tonight/this morning…

Scrutiny
In my reflection
through your eyes–or his?–I am looking for you
Afraid
What if I find you in all the wrong places?
My every movement
takes place somewhere between a mirror and your photograph
trying to measure your likeness, in these not-so-little things
But there is a world beyond the walls
From which these faces–this face?–peer over my shoulder
And I have resolved to [...]

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A short one…

Letting Go
I am plowing mountains back into mole-hills
And counting the steps
Away from
–this
–all of you
It’s time to put things into perspective. Seriously, I feel really good since I’ve lightened up a little. As interesting as “drama” makes life, it can be kind of exhausting. Not everything needs to be a dramatic gesture. Not everything needs to [...]

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Another Point From Which to Move on

Confession
I set myself on fire
and called it
purgatory.
I guarded myself with apologies-
salvation through self-castigation
if I am always wrong
then I am never wrong
I said “I’m sorry” so many times that
you could not reach me through the words
to help
to harm
I set myself on fire
and called it
sanctuary
Untitled
I carve a clean slate out of the dirt
and beat back [...]

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