I lay down to go to bed. My head hits the pillow. I run fingers through my hair and find a layer of dry leaves. I look over to her with playful annoyance. “Was that you?” She smiles shyly and buries her face in my shoulder. I reach over her…

Another thousand words have followed And I don’t feel any less tired Any closer to my goals Or any more love. I feel like one of a million scales On the back of the Ouroboros I wanna say I’m Sisyphus But getting older means getting wiser And wisening up to the overwhelming fact That I’m just an atom in…

That story you once told me Kept me going on for months It convinced me that I’d found A way to out-think the beast with no brain At my pique, I could run for hours at a time My screams were invisible, my trial a thrill My God, we were in love The forest held me tight I…

I don’t hate where I am It just hurts how I got here. I left a breadcrumb trail behind me So that I’d have something to remind me But somewhere along the way All the breadcrumbs turned to dirt Or were eaten by the crows who never liked me to begin with. So now when I look…

I live in a bedroom On the surface of Mars From the telescope at my window I can almost count the stars Most day it’s pretty warm here The weather hasn’t changed I guess it’s good I’m good with red Because that’s the color that everything stays Some days I…

There was one day When we were very small When we decided to plant A sapling between us At the time I saw it As a metaphor of sorts For our friendship and love As evergreen and lasting As the branches sprung before us. But lately I can hardly Remember the love That inspired the seed That grew into a wood. Now day by day And year by year It’s grown harder and harder To see you through it. How will I climb Or find a way around Or navigate through The forest between us?

Life moves so fast Now Lately Sometimes it seems Sometimes I think and complain About how slow it all is And I think and wish For it all to speed up Oh how I wish For a chance to complain A moment to wait A moment to waste And I know it’ll go With or without me So I guess I’ll go with it Before it all pulls me through But it is so very very fast.

There is a WalMart in Austin. It looks like every other WalMart. It is on the southern side of downtown, accessed by taking the East Ben White Boulevard exit from 71. …

Then I dreamed a funny dream. I was everywhere out there, Making quite a scene. I was contraire without care, Lungs stealing air, Feet left bare. I was a howl on open road A lover to many others, I was stuck in hopin’ mode. I was none other than your brother A child missing…