What Crosses My Mind

  • Deeply Driven

    The mind uses Clever considerations Every breath Feels its wrath A memory A notion An alarming reminder: – Crossing the street I noticed Walking alongside friends Double back Wait My mind responds New anxiety Sight – Highway moment Thoughts again Realized a situation Process Want to scream I can I’m in a car Travel at…

  • Bully

    I don’t like you You scare me When you look happy I feel threatened I don’t care about you Just give me attention When I hate you People think I am happy You understand right? When I slap you it matters You’re my investment I have to hurt you … – So I, uh, well…

  • Work Habits

    I’m inside a forest Been here before Yet this isn’t serene With peeks of sunlight Through maples and pine This one Dark and scary contains the evils My childhood remembers You know Quiet nights in my room Hearing footsteps Along the hallway Not knowing Or wondering If they existed Or was my heart pounding With…

  • Egon Schiele at Galerie St. Etienne

    A painting I spend hours searching through during my rare visits to the Minneapolis Institute of Art – the piece speaks to me; this is my muse of a state of mind.