Lyric Poem

These poems are songs without music: intimate, immediate and soul-deep. The lyric form captures a single voice in its most vulnerable state, echoing desire, grief, awe or ache. This is the heartbeat of poetry: personal, pulsing and unafraid.

When emotion becomes melody on the page.

The Night Everything Broke

my mother's suffering drowned my eyes

Heterovert

your slur—my ceaseless derogation

Blood Burning

queens snorted and screamed

Tormented Love

shame covered me with the filth you sowed

Lipstick Boy

resisted your masculine pressure

In His Embrace, I Slowly Died

where your love left me exiled

Murderous Seduction

deep within the haunted wood

Rescued Me

fear of abusive men soon decreased

Twisted Carcass

perverted desires and poisoned words

You Took Away My Voice

cultural cancellation controlled me

Thunderous Trumpets Blew

whispered your sweet name into the dark

Blazed Desire Sizzled My Skin

shaded by an embracing old oak tree