It seems at first that there is danger everywhere Death lurks under the sink And under the bed In the rushing highways and the shadowy menace of strangers Then one finds that the stove can do more than burn you That thunder and lightning can be beautiful too That fireworks delight if…

Today I let everyone down I didn’t do my job well My work was weak as toilet water And my words had no music or light There was no joy in my voice My body ached and grumbled to be fed My hair fell out and my waistline grew And my toenails turned…

I saw three men fighting on a Westside summer night Trash littered the concrete street corner Broken glass. Rotten food. Papers and plastics. Two of the men were trying to surround another man He was swiping the air with a knife as he retreated They were all shouting But nothing was…

There is a Christian version of the Boy Scouts called the Royal Rangers When I was ten years old my older brother got fucked by some of the other Royal Rangers while I was asleep in the same room Although I didn’t realize it at the time, several of the…

What most people think of as love is really just habituated codependence. The hormonal rush to procreate long since faded. The honeymoon lasts three months. That’s when the woman hits her first trimester and she’s supposed to be pregnant already. After eighteen months the infatuation is over. That’s long enough…

In the mirror of God’s love all souls dance together Tears become laughter and suffering is turned into joy Disease yields to healing and warfare melts under an ocean of peace There are colors never once dreamed and the songs of Angel bands Fear is cast out forever and shame…

I’m tired of cold dark loneliness I’m tired of everything I’m tired of being in love with women who won’t share my bed I’m tired of living on unfilled promises And broken hopes I’m tired of dying And wanting to die But still being alive I want to laugh And smile And…