excerpt from “The Raven’s Poison”


Once upon a midnight fear
She took a sip of corrosion
Debilitating manners and quirks
Fumbling through a frenzy
Gliding inside hallucinations
Staggering outside the commotions
A recollection of mourning


Stern exchanges melting
Comments and remarks growl
Sentiments dressed in black
Treasures whispering hush
Ripping dead skin with caution
Crumbling faith turns into dirt
A recollection of mourning


Hunger flexing with animosity
Greed panting with saliva
In holy matrimony with the raven
She tasted the hollow bitterness
Numb and disgusted by the poison
Infuriated with the toxic rants
A recollection of mourning


Provoked by exasperation
Anxiety wrapped around her neck
Choking on sour corruption
Addicted to the murmurs
Inhaling the virulent winds
Wounded by a malicious tongue
A recollection of mourning


A catastrophic touch bellowed
Infatuation hung as a disaster
Benevolence was a chewed up dog bone
Loneliness exhaled rapidly
Sympathy was a an old rag
Love was just mucus from a cough
A recollection of mourning

excerpt from “The Raven’s Poison”

She dances like a ballerina
in a snow globe
dandelions are adding
lyrics to the sound of Mozart
the splashes of watercolors
were hanging above her elegance
She glides for forgiveness
and sways for sobriety
the tinsel around her fury spirit
is no longer sparkling
She is twirling and spinning for
a numb audience
the atmosphere is toxic
the ambiance in the snow
globe is desolate
At the end of the ballet only
one rose thrown in front of her feet
God threw it with all her might
Her tears fell to the floor like a tidal wave
She only needed to dance for herself