A T O N E M E N T SOME KIND OF A, FILM REVIEW  I wanted to write about my courageousness. I wanted to walk into September with a plan, with something that made my pain worth it. I didn’t want to admit that I was still empty handed. That I had lain twisted in my own agony and READ MORE

Belles-lettres no.6 notes on faithMallorca, Spain I was drawn to you because you had faith. You were like a beam of light, a desert rose without a trace of arrogance. You existed more simply than I had ever dared or wanted to dare, but somehow you READ MORE

Belles-lettres no.5 That which we call a roseYou hated your name.It turned your stomach inside out like peeling back the rind of a blackened banana, but worse.The sound of it brought you pain.But why did you loathe it, why was it like the smell of READ MORE

Belles-lettres no.1 Pretty lights inside my mind, the sotto voce of a touch, a hand a faceThe Pines of Rome beckoningClamoring by a noiseless coastWhere is the proverbial queen of the night,Has she—fallen into Pandora’s box?It’s so pretty on the READ MORE

Thoughts: On Confidence Cutting strawberries on a summer dayYou’re not that girl in the photo with silver rings on every one of her fingers using a knife to cut strawberries into a bowl. Something about her stance tells you that she would walk away, READ MORE