Monday, November 5, 2012

pressure

pressure
pain
stress

crack

pressure
pressure

pain

crack

my time
gone

your time
dominates
my
every
waking
moment--
interrupts
my: sleep
       thoughts
       dreams

burrowing holes
building rigids

between

my needs
and
your demands

crack
pressure
break

are
you happy
now?

Monday, October 22, 2012

any moment

for my friend ruth.

stop
now
just stop

you're not right
in fact---
you're far from it

talking heads 
strutting around
like
proud peacocks
making proclamations
changing ways 

anger
resentment
frustration
stress
bubbling under the surface

the scale
tipping ever so slightly
towards
total anarchy and destruction

molten lava
pulsating under the surface
threatening to erupt

any moment

talking heads
stuck in the clouds
blind eyes
deaf ears

hurting
damaging
destroying
all that has been good

you will push us too far
and
then

will you be able to pick up the pieces alone? 


Thursday, March 1, 2012

crushing

frustrated.

seriously
totally
frustrated.

i am always strong
you are always weak

the weight is suffocating

sometimes
just sometimes

i want to be
the weak one.

then you'll know

the weight
that is bearing down on me
every single day.

then maybe--
just maybe-
you'll understand
when i am weak.