Before Is this what you see? beyond the multitude of insecurities beyond these eyes There's pain & grief hidden so…

My mouth is my lifeline Sending my words where I cannot go My bridge across the fence Connecting me to…

My eyes want to look beyond this mask that hides me. Who am I? you ask. I can’t let you…

What a mundane existence. I couldn’t get any smaller if I crawled inside of myself. Oh, how I wish I…

Unapologetic I used you as my shield, my cloak of invisibility. I hid my flashing blue eyes, my toothy smile…

You Failed . . . Devil Once Fractured Broken Shattered Crushed . . . While laying in agony, choking in…

Planted in the lives of others Reap what is sown Red dirt, rocky and hard Must be broken down Reconditioned,…

well earned battle scars though not outwardly visible show themselves through tired eyes, a rogue teardrop or the uncharacteristic slump…

Childhood taught me that silence is survival that every promise had all the substance of a cloud. An ancillary character,…