Romantic Discrimination Poems

A label
Whilst not necessary
Has a certain power that comes with it
A way to search for similar lived experiences
Shared by other people
Who understand what you are...

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The Price

The price of peanuts 
has gone through the roof. 
The elephants are not happy. 
They will need to curb
their needs, 
their appetite... 
their normal...

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anger in your eyes
crimson are your lips
ivory is your skin 
sweet is your sin 
smooth are your hips 
Bitter bitter are your lies...

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The Cursed Romantic Leper.
.
Suffocating in excruciating loneliness
Drowning in despair
A tortured bewildered soul
Lost in a troubled world
That doesn’t care
.
I tried to climb a mountain
With the view...

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He is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again

"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no....

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There is one way to know real Love
Analogies of rivers, fires, light, dark
are inadequate to describe it

If you feel it, you know
No submission to your...

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Wisdom For A Coin

The essence of honesty in action, 
a kind word, a special moment. 
Many walk on by, 
and do not even try. 

The...

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Mental Health
aka Crazy

The very topic is inclusive of the word, 
that haunts our every step from birth;
until our last breath. 

Fear has no power except...

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America By the Square Foot

We here in this part of the country, 
love God and stand for the flag. 
We here in this part of...

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The Map Undrawn

Written in the snow, 
by angels...
made from the bodies,
of the innocent. 

The way to heaven... 
is seen, 
fleeting in its passing, 
like a...

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Amber Angel

Made of glass, 
from some far off place. 
Brown like gold, 
warm like fire, 
dance upon the logs, 
of every house pyre. 

Love and...

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Two Worlds

He sits in a room, 
with a TV and crayons. 
She sits in a room, 
with tech and friends. 

He is not unhappy. 
She...

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The List at Christmas

Gifts…
to people,
that need nothing. 
They are so silly. 
The rich, 
playing to the rich, 
while the homeless man
stands in a line for...

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Waiting

Sitting in the office…
of someone, 
I rather not see. 
To talk about things, 
I rather not say. 
To hear, 
what does not need,
to be said.

I...

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Careful Words

Often our mouth(s) is(are)
two steps ahead of, 
anything we think. 
That is if we think at all.
Which remains to be seen, 
or in this...

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