For Scott

"the door creaks open memories and smells and hugs from years gone by hit me at full force and you smile at me from your chair and everything is alright after the kisses and the stories and the dinner..."

"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The beauty of poetry is freedom A blank page can be a bird Or a palace Or even hope It can rhyme Or it can be unformed Poetry can be written for a friend A blank page can ..."

"I hate this feeling in my stomach My enemy, my pain Bread, oh bread, how i loathe thee And all that you bring Please everyone, just stop Leave me be, let me alone What need is there here? Be gone, be ..."

"I know they found out Their heavily guarded eyes overflow with power The power that comes with knowing 'Check her!', they order 'We know what she has been doing.' Crying is the only thing I can d..."

"Lovely how things turn out The falls and the trembling shoulders at night The emptyness, confusion The numb and pain Stairs and screams so dark so dark Lovely the peeling wall paper The cold and the ..."

"Walking down the street one day I saw a man who had holey and scuffed and ripped up shoes I walked over to him to say "I'll buy you a pair if you come with me to choose." So the day went on and we f..."