I found this from a long time ago On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 7:30 AM Supporting the universe one phone call at a time, Nibor talks to her ailing friend, Htebazile. Htebazile is in tears, again. She is struggling through her perpetual mid life crisis. "To boldly save us from the wolves," Nibor intones…
A Poet’s visit
Emotions on her sleeve she sniffs a lifetime of words blows out a breath and commences to speak All anxiety vanquished by a picture flowing off her tongue A pane of painted tempered glass protects the poet from evil winds It's all a loss she wrote Time will heal these wounds A time capsule of…
She walked
She claimed them as part of her family the short the tall the thick the small She wondered where she would be without them all spinning in confusion drowning in tears starving for empathy craving strength listening to dreams She found life fuller for them lesser in want of them a balance was needed. She…
A relative question turned into a long essay
My brother asked me once why I talked so much and had so many interests? Why not? He told me that he thought I was talking so much because I was so unhappy with my life and I did so many things to distract myself from my unhappiness. Now that is an interesting take on…
Writing Method/I want to let it go
Someone asked me about my method of writing. In the morning, the words are just swirling around in my head. Actually, there are sentences that wake me up. Speaking inside my head. I process them as a sculptor; molding them in my head, twisting them on my tongue, extruding them from my lips, playing with…
Platform fatal errors
I wrote a response to a blog by Cecelia whose platform for blogging reviled me I gushed on the page, but I couldn't gauge what I'd done to deserve such treatment "Fatal error..zephyr-comments.php" Your comment form ate my response. Flighty, I wrote a poem that joked about it. I wanted to make contact I felt…
Death of a Friendship
I find myself in a puddle often. It is wet and salty and dark though the screen casts an artificial light. It can't be bright enough to push my mood up from below sea level. I hurt today. He said, "I have depression, too." I'm paraphrasing now, "You just have to keep going for your…
Vince
Funny how a person from a recurring dream can resurface from your sub conscious after years of absence. Vince and I went to college together though I know he never existed He reminds me of stories that I almost remember knowing that he was never there. We are always in an apartment together he's the…
Why does the panther cross the road?
Why does the black panther cross the road? She sails through the air after impact Her nine lives simultaneously fly skyward to join her astrological family. I know there aren't thirteen months in a year, but there should be some homage to my panther. The Aztec astrological guardian cat of my dreams, strong, jet black…
Custody
This bear of a man wants custody of me and our child No more dates holding hands walking together along the river in the Metro Parks on top of fallen tree trunks the diameter of my car Our cub in a stoller walks the paths too Cooing and laughing at the leaves startled by birds,…
Amanuensis Sobriquet-Reverie 