Metaphysical Release

My ears were perked, head cocked at an angle, Fingers twisting tight ringlets of locks in a disbelieving tangle, Listening, waiting, but not...

My mind is stimulated, Synapses firing while my body is debating: Wakefulness or sleep? To hell with counting sheep, I’d rather explod...

Those chains on your wrists?? --They're invisible.  Divisible only by your desire and bravery, Unless you simply like to be miserable. ...

Why can’t we see through to the other side? This mythical façade that we create in our minds, That incessantly suggests that our life is n...

Performed at Busboys and Poets, May 11, 2011. I gotta LOL at the baby bump........

When the sun is uninhibitedly glaring down from a cloudless sky, And the tinkling of laughter dances off of my ear...

Your beautiful heart, under no direct command from anything but God’s imprint, Began to beat so soon after you inhabited her womb, The two u...

Here you come, home After a long day gone, Breaking your back to support our family, But why don’t you see what's mortally wrong? Yo...

Yeah, you heard correct: Serena was on da mic! A pretty successful Open Mic. But of course, once I saw the video, I wish I had done "th...

Goosebumps are the perfect phenomenon that occurs when your soul is touched. And this song gives me goosebumps. It doesn't get much more...

I'm addicted to Open Mic Night. I'm going again tomorrow night. I'll be reading Release . And my buddy is coming with me (the on...

Grab me and squeeze, till your faded knuckles ache and seize, from sheer exhaustion and fear. Death grip unyielding, afraid I'll disappe...

Last night I did it-- I actually got on stage at this cool spot here in D.C. called Busboys & Poets ......and performed one of my favori...

I see you. Standing there with your back pressed firmly against the wall, With nowhere to turn. But even if you c...

Come away with me Let’s hide – hurry!—right here, inside this thicket of bush and trees. Our secret world, hidden discreetly amon...