

Caterpillar Stew
Living in the unknown is more comfortable as an idea than it is a reality. When we find ourselves in the in-between, we cannot help but...


The Body Never Lies
The tightness in my jaw from holding back tears of sorrow. The rise in my shoulders lifted by societal tension. The upset in my stomach...


Painfully White
Privilege. Privileges. Privileged. Sounds almost like it can be earned, like I did something – deserved. So seductive, this fallacy. Then...


Others
What is silly to some is serious to others. What is life-threatening is life-saving for another. What is prudent and wise is foolish in...


Enough.
My refrigerator is full, my cupboards far from bare. Is that enough? I have sheets for my bed, a pillow for my head. Is that enough? I...


Five Years
In your dream you landed in a grassy meadow: green, lush and verdant. Searching and finally finding. Arriving in a perfect place, content...


Be Coming
Eyes gently closed. Hands on lap. Feet on floor. Breathe in. Breathe out. Morning light warms my prayer. A buzzing buzzes my ear. My eye...


Easter Morning
Crimson splatters on white robes, protein and plasma: essence of life, thick with the stench of death. Violence touches his skin, his...