a red cardinal in the white falling snow
is surely the loveliest sight i know

Wrigleyville

The gum-chewing monster Sits Behind
Spouting off her enlightened mind
On makeup, parties, drugs, and boys
With endless amounts of grace and poise
- at least to her - she chomps the facts
it's not only gum of which she smacks
... lack of education, truth, and class,
and ignorant through life she'll pass
without a clue, without the light,
and she will never realize her plight.
- The saddest part is -
she thinks she's all right.

I am depression
I am suicide
But I am alive

I am a poet
I am a musician
I am a lover and
I am an American
at times

I revise
I refrain
I restrain

I am crying
I do
I do

I

this dark ceiling without a star.

dying is to live.
living is to die.
living, not living - it
is insignificant;
as i am insignificant.

the weight of the world -
this is significant.
the greatness of God - or
not knowing if he is great
- this is significant.

the expectations of
a father, a mother,
a husband, a society, a time,
a lifetime -
this is all too
significant.
oppression overwhelms me
further proving my insignificance.