
Jungle Mouse
If I can’t attack the night. With delightful fright. And you in sight. Then who am I but a mouse. In Laos. Running to my jungle house. If I

Sweet In The Morning
You’re sweet like honey in the morning When the day starts with fire Kids up early and the cell phone alarming You’re exhausted at night As you lie down

I Carried Her Pain
I carried her pain like a sack of grain. A hand-off of sorts. Like in a football game. I carried her pain like my favorite meal. Refusing to eat.

Cargo Train
In every ounce of pain. There’s an opportunity. To throw aboard the train. That which needs to leave you. Call it a cleansing. Call it release. But when that something

Murderous Mirage
Caught in this snare of irritation and anguish. Mirages of freedom close in on me. Thirsty, I reach out to the catalyst of my every breathe. I crash back down

Black Desert
I’m stranded. In this desert of black. Where I can usually see, now I see nothing. All the emotions are dried up and cracked. A life full of pain shoots

We Don’t Let Go
I’m looking ahead I see so much I’m drowning in data I’m out of touch I’m floating above I’m watching myself You see my pain You’re quite confused You’re reaction

We Finally Meet
My mind is the battleground. War wages on between my imagination and reality. Strike, counter strike. We never rest. I’m awaken to images in my mind, being flipped through like

Illusion of Freedom
My heart felt relief But it was only a coup Many months ago What could I do? She sent me away to never return But made no sense as I

The Prison She Chose
As I inquired about the emotional state of his wife, I was taken aback by his response. “She gets upset, making comparisons to what others have. Don’t let it bother

Monkey Business
My mind is not here. Monkey business all the time. My emotions turn sad. I’m trapped in my mind. Is the pressure barometric? The shock feels electric. Or is it

I Know Her
When I saw her I paused Because I knew her I didn’t know her from the past The future is where we crossed paths The way the light attached to

A Dark Intuition
Intuition has been defined as a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning. As an INFJ, my dominant introverted intuition (Ni) often gives me

Hurt Track
The agony returned. Face down in the dirt. Someone hit repeat. On my track of hurt. Nowhere to be. No one cared. Nothing is left. Just memories and despair. I

Mutual Affection
Amid my struggles with sadness earlier this year, I’ve thought a lot about friends. I’ve pondered, “What is a friend to me?” and “What defines a friend?”. Is a friend

I Walk Along
I walk along. Unsure of myself. Confident in the least. But look at her. She’s just like me. Yet she appears so powerful and complete. I could never be that.

Death Drove By
Death drove by me on the road today. As she passed me by, she looked my way. The paint on the road all faded to grey. She looked back at