RAPOETICS REPRINT: If Not This Life by Erin Jones
If Not This Life If not this life, then this night, a few gentle hours. Hold me close, past my fears. Lead me to words I have so long denied. Erin Jones was…
If Not This Life If not this life, then this night, a few gentle hours. Hold me close, past my fears. Lead me to words I have so long denied. Erin Jones was…
A Return of Painful Years Within the deepest breaths of inner sleep, My nose inhales a scent infused with bitter fears. Seconds are passing through the tears I weep With trauma beyond a horde…
Lie Next To Me — a villanelle That raw poison used to shake my soul. I am no longer angry at the world — Now, lie next to me, and I am whole. When…