to Me

to Me

i avoided you.
i kept company
with
Cupid’s Cavaliers;
cuz you
weren’t enough.
but clearly,
i am still here,
Dear.

to Mind

to mind

You forgot who you work for.
You’ve been running amok.
You wake me with target practice.
You have endless ammunition,
but you don’t like division.
I’m back now; so just do your job
and then take a break, please.

Note to Memory

Note to Memory

i sail your sea,
navigating joy
and misery.
you’re here
but you’re gone,
touching me
and moving on.

to the Man In Charge

To the
Man in Charge

you say one thing
then do the other
and tell me that
i don’t see:
you & you don’t agree.

To Anyone and Everyone

to Anyone
& Everyone

passing through
my heart
is made
of yesteryou.

Note to Tree

Note to TREE

i didn’t know that
i’m here because
your roots
brought me
now you want me
to touch the sky
before i die

Note to Insincerity

Note to Insincerity

i don’t know why i
thought i was special
everyone is bait waiting
and you forget
what you didn’t mean
like it never happened

Note to Hero

Note to Hero

i robbed my solitude
in the light of day
surrendered my right to say
i am me i am free
dread climbed into my bed
when i sighed
you took me for a ride

Note from the Other Side

Note from the Other Side

a faithful man
believes in equality
trusts his wife
wants to see
her fly free to be
who she is

Note to Belly Fat

Note to Belly Fat

after a few days of
just enough
we part ways
but you keep knocking
nagging me about
having more than i need
indeed

Note to Whoever

Note to Whoever

said they want to tap that have at
a first crack of purity surety
and sent that girl down the road
tipping on wobbly heels with
squeals of spinning wheels
shady deals touch feel kneel
swallowing hollow pride
to die of shame
playing by the rules at the mercy of fools
like you
maybe one day you too will rue
the error of your ways and
think of something else to say

Note to Shame

relations domination depression negation automation isolation impregnation criminalization civilization menstruation masturbation procrastination penetration inattention inadequate incapable inescapable ignorable ignorant irrelevant irreverent isolated overrated sexuality confinement inprisonment negativity rigidity unworthy unliked unloved unpopular unrepresented uninteresting undeserving unflattering diminishing moralizing paternalizing patronizing bullying bluffing lying cheating stealing grabbing forcing bleeding naming framing ugly deformed dirty dunce clown stupid selfish sinful sex puppetry mimicry gimmickry useless lazy crazy foolish outlandish childish bias rape incest breasts period ridicule confinement imprisonment

Note to the Here and Now

Note to
the here and now

GOD doesn’t Need

interpreters or mediators or translators or prison guards or gender or time

Note to Heart

Note to Heart

Mind never rests
she never gets
working learning
sewing an endless seem
she joins us
to this dream

Note to Brick

Note to Brick

You bestowed gifts but
you didn’t give them.
You left me your legacy but
you didn’t tell me.
You talk to me daily but
you never spoke with me.
You obstruct me so
I lean on you.

Scribbled Note

Scribbled Note

worry hurry scurry stress search suspect spin suffocate stagnate screw tense clench contract cancel want flutter foresee believe constipate regurgitate anticipate hesitate ruminate consternate procrastinate hyperventilate dissatisfy deny degrade dread doubt ignore tighten hold grip grasp postpone apprehend fear resent resist refuse inhibit inhabit holed up held up backed up pent up put-up shut up get up truth is truth does truth hurts truth liberates truth hibernates the hard truth the unwelcome truth the sad truth the poetic truth the real truth truth or dare

Dear Tummy

Dear Tummy

They weren’t yummy, I know: the words Left Ear and Right Ear fed you all these years, and Brain too, but they weren’t true. You’ve been clenching miles of lies and unanswered whys, throttling feelings that Mouth refused to set free and let things be what they be. I’m sorry. You deserve a vacation. I’m going to have a sweet conversation with Me about it.

Note to Let Go

Note to Let Go

those fists are holding
All that You Never
struck back at
the fight is over
the flight is cancelled
feel fresh air
on your open palms

Present Tense Noted

Present Tense Noted

There’s no gain in holding pain.
Memories living in your head
should be Dead.
Thoughts and oughts aren’t Real.
How You Feel is Now.

Note to Anxiety

Note to Anxiety

i didn’t see what i saw
hear what i heard say a word
my brain’s a train wreck
the tracks are whack
no fight or run
just frozen and dumb

Note to Mister

Note to Mister

You know it all but nobody calls.
Your ship is tight; you’re always right.
You live in an empty house
with a mouse you named Dumb,
who takes your crumbs.
You spin the wheel and ride to the end, cut a deal, say you don’t feel,
never bend, never mend.

Ruminote

Ruminote

thinking is a verb
already spoken word
heard by your heart and gut
leading you to this rut
but you’ve been breathing
weaving, working, wondering
this whole time
writing your own rhyme

List to Note

List to Note

happy sad good bad
right wrong here gone
vow lie live die
love hate now wait
naive slick sincere trick genuine phony horse pony

Suggest Another Note

Suggest
Another Note

be grateful, be courageous, be authentic, be humble, be in tune, be supportive, be real, be responsible, be optimistic, be a friend, do what you feel, do what’s right
be honest with yourself

Suggestion Noted

Suggestion Noted

unsolicited advice, hypocrisy, pressure, intimidation, predation, domination, controlling vibration, command, overt demand, covert threat, hypnosis, curse, spell, put-down, censorship, denial, intent, pointing finger, one way street
wolf in sheep’s clothing

Note Where to Put It

Note Where to Put It

out of my way
in the light of day
to grow or die
without the lie

Adolescent Notes

Adolescent Notes

Moods
Dues
Blues
Grooves
Grown

Thank You Note

Thank you Note
hoe
ohm
fam
who
eye
am
great
full

Love Note

Love Note

palm over heart
circular commotion

Note Room

Note Room

in a shun
a loan with
yore oughts
bought what?
you caught
and sir your
con quest

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