i'm building a body where our design has failed

Of course! :) Standard disclaimer: Feel free to combine as many of these as you want, and discard any that don't work for you. I hope at least one works for you.

I’m an awful mechanic,
but somehow I’m still better
at fixing cars
than relationships.


I was born feet first and I've been backwards ever since


Truth is everything you tell yourself when you realize you are the only one still paying attention.


Dear hands - I know you love poetry, but you can’t bring a metaphor to a fist fight.
Dear fists - When words fail, sometimes I let you handle my problems.


I’ll never stop looking over
my shoulder,
boots laced, ready to run.


Sorry I felt sorry.


The words are coming back, Dad. The way they fit and jump in the mouth.


Don't you know, son of earth, that I am not one of yours?


If we've come a long way, I suspect it's sideways
Further from our origin, no closer to our destination


In my solitude I wrote three commandments:
You will be fierce, you will be fragile, you will be free.


When I've spent this long working to keep someone safe from harm, I can tell when she's asleep near me. Whether it's dark or not.


We don't apologize for what we share between us
And every day we seem to fall in love again


I am not asking for mercy. I am asking for more.


I have a growing queue of things I know
will make you laugh and I don’t know where to put them.