What I want most of all Is for the crystallized tree tops To clumsily drop mounds of snow On our flushed noses and ears. For the white sky to release Miniature angels as a liaison Between Heaven and Earth. Each a labyrinth of unparalleled form, Glistening softly and delicately With each twist and turn of […]
Soap and Water
Maybe we’re all just a note Messily scribbled in black ink On the back of someone’s hand. Important enough To be frantically jotted down for Just a moment Yet temporary enough To be washed away mistakenly Or scrubbed off intentionally. Maybe rewritten Over and over and over again On top of the faded ghost format […]
October’s Pep Talk
The autumnal breeze whips my tangled hair Past my heavy, doubtful eyes And I begin to wonder. Worry. Waken. Sleep. We don’t need no mournful sound Shake your graveclothes to the ground ‘You know, when I think about it, What am I contributing?’ ‘What good is this moment?’ Time knows no friend, no bias. You […]
Cloud Eight
There’s something about the January rain in Detroit. How it chills you to your core and leaves you aching. How its effects are intensified when you’re permanently tired and have coffee stains streaked down your shirt and rent to pay. I’m sure this traffic jam I’m stuck in isn’t helping my case either. I’m trying […]
Phototaxis
You say that you can’t help it, that it just seemed right. With tight knuckles and pursed lips, I say from this outside view of mine my dear, it is not. Through the lens of tunnel vision, you continue forward with no regards, no concerns, nothing. Your surroundings blur in this chase of false contentment. […]
Haley Gilbertson 