On this page are some of my own words, inspired by life, created to inspire life and all its meaningful possibilities into manifestation. Here, you’ll find poetry, nonfiction, creative + experimental nonfiction, short stories, and embodied poetry. Please enjoy.

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Another day.

“I can't help but cling to the heat like I'm clinging to mama and the warmth of her heart; at times a gentle radiation of love, at times a fire that obliterates toxicity and purifies matter into love itself, at times a scorching […] that can destroy life. I'm attracted to it all.”

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Fate.

One drop of lust / sinking slowly into / the meaningless crush of luck.

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Poetry in the pain

“Poetry is the multiorgasmic / experience of life, devoid of trying. / It is to sense the rising tide, heart full / with anticipation and mirth and abandonment. / And wild abandon. For nothing can stop the flow.”

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Past my bedtime

“We hug hard and I feel I'm where I'm supposed to be”

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