The worms that die on the sidewalk searching for their tiny piece of warmth we’re kin, he and I both lost in the wild jungle of concrete...

I keep trying to tell her, that she's enough. She's motherly, and robust, and refreshing like a breeze. But, they always whisper back,...

She was battered and bloody, at the hand of his wheel. A broken heart shattered, unable to heal. I scooped in screaming- my baby in...

Calloused hands trickling down my spine. You think I love it, but you don't see my cringed face, or bloodshot eyes. Breathing heavily,...

Battling my thoughts all day; At night you confirm they’re true. There isn’t a win I’ll get, When the only contestant is you. You’re...

I don’t know if addiction is a disease or a choice, but I know it gave me Christmases, birthdays, family vacations—all tainted with a...

Distaste, navigate, replay, regurgitate. You and I, we stay the same- expect to grow, demand to change; refuse to learn, graduate....

they tell me to close my legs. they tell me to wait til marriage. they tell me to take a pill. they tell me to be more chaste. I've never...

He bought me a star; We had our own little galaxy. He bought me a star, But he wouldn’t keep me. We made ourselves a name; Glittery and...

with promises of brighter days, caramel candy lips and sunshine in rocking chairs; decades of admiration- a better place than this. ...

ironic- that they idolize words from a book written by man edited by men, a thousand times over and censored for power ironic- that it...

The world may never know us, But I will hold us still; Picture frame on the mantle, Dust settled on the sill. And though the fire has...

I’ve told you all about my crazy three-year-old, but I haven’t told you much about Lily. She’s eleven. She was my first baby. Her dad and...

You’re just a blip in my history. If someone weren’t looking for you, they’d never even know you were there. Perhaps that’s the way you...

Chin up, lady. They’re watching every move. Put your armor on girl, don’t let them watch you fall. You can be a mess at night; after you...

It started out small; I asked him a question. I wanted to know if he was meeting up with another girl on his trip to Texas next week. He...

Let’s talk raising a toddler. A spunky, opinionated, STUBBORN af toddler. From the first weeks of pregnancy, I knew my youngest daughter...

He used to be like breathing. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. It was natural and rhythmic; cyclic. He used to feel like home. Exhale. Exhale....

I can’t take watching him any longer. I walk in from a twelve-hour day and he’s there on the couch. He reeks of cigarettes, and says his...

I still crave the blade. He calls to me when you blame me For your shortcomings; Whispers my name when Your anger rages. I still crave...