An excerpt of poems from my newest book, Cherry Cola.

 

1

 

 

she kept her heartache

on a hook, displayed like art

in a museum

 

 

 

2

 

those tears in your eyes

after all those silences -

those tears are mine now.

 

 

3

 

night then morning

i used to stay up to see

the sun; now i sleep.

 

 

 

4

 

i talk too much when

i’m nervous and too quiet

when happy - it’s weird

5

 

when the sun rises

i turn over - pull you close

bargain for more sleep

 

6

 

not yet afternoon

but not morning anymore

i feel the sun shine

 

 

7

 

shadow follows me

she follows me everywhere

only wants to love me

 

8

 

i see and i hear

the wind move through the tall trees

louder every day