Poems and Works in Progress (WIPs)

I created this page to share my completed poems and works in progress.

I never know when a poem will present itself to me or the final form it will take. The words speak to me in different ways. I am just a conduit on the path to their final landing place.

Mental Metamorphosis

Now I lay me down to sleep

another day over

watch mother weep

mental illness

the child doesn’t understand

Agoraphobia

She stays in the house

afraid to go outside

afraid of big spaces

afraid of big crowds

Months of therapy

bedroom

to

kitchen

to

front porch

to

driveway

Tears slowly fade

Fog of fear

Gently rises

Chrysalis period ends

Mother emerges

Beautiful butterfly

Metastasize

Dirty laundry

Lived within

Held grudges

Seeped in

Rapid fire

Flames from eyes

Hang out angry words

to dry

Four walls

breaking down

fall over

property line

family secrets

exposed

dirty laundry

metastasize

the world knows