My Reoccurring Nightmare

January 5th, 2022

Memories in my head
Repeat like a vision
It’s not photographic
But enough to be prison

The movie replays
Again in my head
What if things were different
And you showed up instead

Liaison of Vast Endearment

January 4th, 2022

How is a word so scary
Removed it from my vocabulary
Except I used to feel too strongly
Until the word was used so wrongly
I felt that way about the word
A fluttering feeling when it was heard
Art and poetry filled with its letters
Then I realized that it deserved better
No meaning to support the claim
Because they say it all the same
Waiting to feel the warmth of the flame
So I avoid using its name