Hero

When asked for a Hero of mine as a kid / My mind generally filled with a blank

Sonnet XXIV – Perfect Pain

I know it lies with me to find my cure; Won’t please the masses – never perfect be.

honesty – #SoCS

Honesty is hardly ever heard, and mostly what I need from you.

crying eyes cast downward

This canvas was not meant to be pierced.

Circular Wars

It’s easy to rise on the called-for occasion…

resolved

no longer a fear-panicked youth

defy the box

Sometimes fate/the Universe/God/biological determinism/behavioral conditioning shines upon you.

my name is jeff

Is anything,
anyone,
truly safe?