~Katie Gordon I see you sitting in front of me Tears pouring out Your heart on your sleeve Some days, you say, I just can’t make it through And I smile and nod And say, I believe in you How much faith I have in you So little in return for me Too often I [...]

~Jody Gilbert I stand alone in my apartment, Yet, I also look down on me standing alone in my apartment. I am two things at once, the woman standing alone and the hovering, observant self The first is frozen, the second firey aware. The woman-me sets her things down, and maybe makes a cup of [...]

~JLC can’t you see that she is your fix your drug, your obsession it’s this sick twisted love. she brings you to tears as she rips at your heart she’s shaken your faith in the big man above. the one you hold close is not what you want so you lie in the dark and [...]

~JLC She did a damage to your soul made you bitter, turned you cold. She did a damage to your ego, crippled it when she chose to go. She did a damage to your pride and you chose her to be your bride. She did a damage I can’t undue to forget that pain is [...]

~Katie Gordon Don’t look at me I don’t want you to see The things in me that are all I see Don’t tell me that I don’t believe you You just don’t know me Don’t touch me I don’t want to feel Even – especially – pleasure means pain Don’t let me go I don’t [...]

~Katie Gordon So small Withdraw Close up tight Close my eyes So small Try to hide If I can’t see you Will you see me So small Crying inside No one notices Missing space So small Isolated Invisible Can anyone see me So small Smaller and smaller Until there is nothing left And I disappear

~Katie Gordon I didn’t think I’d miss you this much I thought I had already said goodbye After all the pain you suffered And this time spent watching you die I didn’t think it’d be this hard Time and age took their toll I had already lost so much of you But you were still [...]

~Leslie How deep is your pain? Do you caress it Stroking it gently.  Embracing urgently. Demanding.  Asking.  Receiving. Like lovers on the rebound? Do you feel it like a mother nursing her infant Cradling and lifting the infant to her breast Sucking with hunger.  Sucking for comfort? Are you a walking, talking, functioning maniac with [...]