Satan’s Sinister Sister

I am a dark soul, from inside and outTending to the evil that I carry withinAnger and hatred are all I ever spoutLeaving hurt and despair wherever I goI live my days as the devil’s scoutSowing rotten seeds in putty mindsI raise suspicion and cast new doubtTo lure my prey to the seedy pathI smirk…

Trivial

Like a speck of dust in the big world, I am insignificant in the greater scheme of things. The universe is huge and it doesn’t revolve around me. Who would think a fact as clear as that will have to be stated? But we’ve created extravagant scenarios in our little heads where everything affects us…

An Incomplete Puzzle

Life is a puzzle I’ve heard, we all solve it before our breaths fall short. But what if we don’t have all the pieces to this puzzle?

From Dusk Till Dawn

This is the morning after a night of thinking. Just a few hours ago I was floating in thoughts of death and despair. I lay motionless for the entire night, pondering over the meaning of life. Am I any wiser this morning? The answer lies in the wrinkles of the sheets and the wetness of…

If Only I Had Known

I remember the day when ma picked me up and put me down and never picked me up again… I was big…big enough to be on my ownFrom a girl I was a woman full grownInto my life, struggles were flownHad stayed young…if only I had known I remember the day when life went astray…

Cart Me Away

Dead of the night, a loud cry awoke himThere I was, born, pink like a roseWith his name towed to mineI was carted away to a cozy home I grew up, friendly with dolls and gunsBut protected in his warm embraceToo fragile to start college on my ownI was carted away with my big bro…

When Adulthood Calls

To the girl stepping into adulthood, Your days go by in a blur. The world is a crazy maze and each day you try to find your way out. But you are clueless, more than you’ve ever been. Panic grips you as you realize that life as an adult is not how the teen you…

I Wish I Could

To the teenage girl at the bus stop, I saw you today waiting for the bus. I saw a reflection of myself in you. A shiver raced down my spine at that thought. I wish I could say I saw in you a budding writer like me. I wish I could say we share the…

The Mirror Of My Soul

Stare deep in my eyes and look through the teary ocean What do you find hidden in the mirror of my soul? Can you see the truth staring at you from within? Or you are blinded by the lies I’ve woven around me? Can you look past my deceit where the gospel truth strives? Or…

On The Edge

I am standing on the edge of a cliff. As I look down, I see the calm water. It calls me, it longs for me. I am mystified by it. My eyes don’t want to leave it. I open my arms, ready to embrace the blue. But I am stopped by a voice above me….

Claimed By The Storm

Standing at a crossroad, trying to figure out where to go. Jumbled up thoughts but still a blank stare. Curbing a noise within me that wants to escape out as a shriek. I am shouting on the inside, asking for help but out comes a whisper that nobody hears. I stretch my hand out to…

A Part Of You

In my big beady eyes you reside forever Leaving my sight going away you’d never In my deaf ears your voice dwells forever Going silent on me you’d still think never In my titled nose your scent nests forever Wiping your whiff off you’d enjoy never In my soft skin your touch perches forever Sliding…