“There is no norm, no safety net,No way to rationalize what you’d rather forget”

“Bring me somewhere newAway from this place;Its memories haunt meAnd I wish, longing to forget”

“MistakenMemories are all that I have to anchor me,Yet they’re often what leaves me unhinged,Falling from that could I thought was so safe.You came to a place, where – besides me –You were uninvited.Leaving, you promised me I could alwaysCount on you.I especially miss that.My kindred spirit,The one who promised to love me,Only to prove yourself a liar –Going from Prince CharmingTo the Big Bad Wolf,Truly thinking only of yourselfLeaving meWith empty promises, alone in the dark,Burnt from the initial sparkOf what I mistook for love,Making my memories a false refuge.(full poem)”

“Hiding amongst the thick shadows,Beckoning like a seductive siren of the deep ocean,Tempting with a false, impossible desire”

“I don’t need saving –I’m not your damsel in distressAnd you’re not my knight in tarnished armor......Don’t spare me,Certainly don’t protect me,I won’t break.”

“Consolations are empty when you’re alone”

“(this I wrote for our troops, amazing men & women serving our country - sometimes with great sacrifice.)Owen’s OwnHis girls were his world,He built his life around them.Their laughs,Their smiles,Their tears,Their sorrows;He fought for it all.Thousands of miles away,Day after day,He fought to keep them safe,Keep them from harm,But being gone, he could do it all.They weren’t hurt, his girls,But they weren’t safe anymore.Finally he could come homeAnd truly protect his own.”