The August Odes
I wrote these last Summer in the final days of being a teenager…
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Category: Lit
Elysium
Watered down sunlight sneaks inside,
Past the dirty, aged glass of the windows…
Dear Me
I try to be the most honest with me…
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“Your Dad Took His Own Life This Morning”
“Your dad took his own life this morning”
Words I never thought I would hear coming out of my mom’s mouth …
A single word
A single word
A single phrase
A single expression
Of some praise…
Blue Skies
Blue skies reveal the sorrow
that we borrow
from our parents…
the american shredder
“Guns don’t kill people”
What do you call the bullets
Shredding through fluid flesh…
Too Many
I open my phone again And it glares back at me
“School Shooting, Six Dead” Three kids
Three teachers…
A Moment Aflutter
One day— one day perhaps,
You will read these thoughts
I’m pouring life into this ink…