One afternoon beneath a tree,my age no more than twenty-three,'pon Mary's supple, soft red cheekI placed a kiss that made me weak. In me, her charms endowed romancewith ev'ry quick, flirtatious glance.At every turn of every stroll,a kiss from her...

Ah, darkness divine! You first saw me as a phantom shape of an unknown man. Then I took you under my shadow…   My shadowing heart had unshadowed itself, unveiling to you my rich, dark heart’s unrequited desires to share with...

We sitin comfortand ponderabout almost anything.Like we are right now.In another placea place that makes hell look appealingthey lie in abject anonymity,barely existing.There is no time for navel-gazingwhen all there is to eat is rubble.It seems the Almightydoesn't know...

I let myself bleed to breathe. I write out what I need to… Allowing myself to be lacerated by the world's harsh judgments, however, as I bleed, I begin to breathe!   Ink bleeds out of my wounds onto the page, and I transcribe what...