Accepting my Unacceptance

I feel moody. I feel like nobody likes me. I feel fat. I feel ugly. I feel disgusting. I feel like saying, ”Physician heal thyself” because I tweet all kinds of positive and inspirational sayings and expressions on Twitter, and I believe them at the time, but later I feel so distant from what I […]

Read More

Where I am From

I am from scattered I love you’s and sometimes hugs To frequent cursing and steady neglect To the occasionally thrown salt shaker aimed at my head I am from a scruffy man who smells like whiskey and drugs Where name calling “twit’ and “brat” are his least offense leaving boo-boo’s and ouch’s on a too-young heart. I am from the mother’s […]

Read More

Conversation with Sleeplessness

Hello, Sleeplessness, my old friend.  Care to join me in reflection? There is shame typing these words.  I feel embarrassed that I have not written since March.  There are things we do not talk about and would rather go without.  Cowardly, I know. These emotional, late nights make me reflective and pensive.  I was thinking […]

Read More