Eviction Notice

Too many late payments, all the
late night praying, I think,
what is rock bottom? and
have I hit it? Working
until I hurt, until it
drained me in
every manner. I have tried

Just Too Good

You prance through the town with your
big brand purse hanging on your forearm,
high heels clicking down the avenue
as you browse the windows of the fancy shops,
trying to decide which
displayed sets to buy
next. When you spot

Stoop Days

Chalk bits and the ground
for games of hop scotch,
telephone wires tied
to the stoop's railing for
double dutch, we played
freeze tag, chased one another
in the same circle over
and over. Talked about topics so

Everything, Together

Fighting the tears, I
fought to make my
own self believe a strength
that lives here no longer. In
climbing up this ladder,
somewhere I rested,
sank into a step and

As Your Company

Looking over at them,
lying and inactive,
my head full of goals,
pen making away at
check boxes at the
end of every week,
conversations about