Christmas Drug Poems

This neighbor I begged to be family
Is back on crack
He is having fits
I had to call off my new job
He doesn't get it.
He just said...

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When I was young,                     ...

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Have you ever thought about dying,                   ...

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Zak at fifteen is a grounded tanker
       spilling an oily vitriol 
       as...

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Summer so hot and so lazy,                   ...

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Many have been healed by faith.                   ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Wake

What is that noise?
I have heard it before?
In the ramblings...
of my loved ones words? 

I must get up and seek it out.
I rise like the...

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The Lies of Divorce

The truth of facts, 
lost over time, 
by the deceit of repetitive
misstatements...
also known as; lies. 

He put me on the ground. 
He...

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Are You Out There

I pray every day of my life. 
Sometimes I am quiet,
and reverent. 
Most times I smile,
and laugh, 
as I tell Him secrets,...

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The Perfect Christmas Gift

In a small bag, 
made of paper, 
the color of gold, 
old not new...
The handwritten letters, 
of a handful of kids, 
left...

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Vicodin? Sure. I guess so.
Might as well give it a go.
Codeine? Why not.
I am not an astronaut.

The pain is back
And I am mad.
It may be...

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Missing Flowers

There are no blooms on the table. 
Nothing in the vase by the window. 
Empty water, 
in the one near the door. 

Outside in...

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Do U…
Yes, you do!

Celebrate with friends. 
Drinking laughing, 
and telling jokes. 
all is well. 

Merry Christmas, 
Happy New Year, 
I pray you see the first...

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Rush Passed

Don’t see
what is happening, 
keep moving. 
Don’t look, 
you will have to stop. 
You always do. 

I am not in a hurry, 
I want...

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