expectations

Storyline

These television shows they don’t get old, just re-installing the storyline in my brain: date date date, match – compatibility, latch How about I just be about me for a change, the only thing I want to do anyway. Stop telling me to believe in astrology; Who knows what the stars are telling us, butContinue reading “Storyline”

No more blind dates and no more forced chit chat; No more rushed sentences hoping that I’ll bite back; No more London blokes and no more blonde women; No more action before meaningful reflection; No more overstepping and no more indecision; No more pedestals and slow walking pedestrians; No more deep sighs across a deeper blueContinue reading “Expectations”

The Revenant

Last night, at the movie, you sat next to me. The theater was full, I sat alone between you and three guys, conscious of my singleness. But then you rolled over, to share his faux leather recliner, and I smiled. Most of the time, my independence likes being alone. It getsContinue reading “The Revenant”

thoughts after the party

who says I have to follow him around, chase a boy that didn’t see me in the first place? … be brave in the moment, yes, but no woman should have to go chasing after a man, force the queen that she is into his face and push “forever.” … I walk away, stare atContinue reading “thoughts after the party”

Wo-Men

We are women- as if from the beginning of time we’ve depended on “men” to fill our “wo” because woe could never be enough for a pathway to existence to withstand They called me baby as I walked the 6th street sidewalk- do they understand I have more language than that of my bodyContinue reading “Wo-Men”