You were not one to see details in faces, until hers – flecks of gold in her eyes, age-worn parentheses framing pink lips, undulating...

The first time you see her, your heart stops for a second. Try not to think about it too much. The more she lets you in, the more at home...

Come to think of it, I always wanted to be friends with the prettiest girl in class. The desire to strike such a friendship was always...

Clean the kitchen; secure iron pipes under the sink Bedside table: finish tile mosaic, reread dead teacher's letter; clean spilled ink...

The words have become comfort I’ve learned to inject into myself when my mind won’t stop reminding me that I’ve been broken. Broken...

I heard his voice call from the path that I had boarded up and sealed off long ago. In my mind I knew where that path led, and I was...

A phrase that has been in my mind lately is, “Where love is, there God is also.” This comes from the song, “Where Love Is,” in the...

He’s slowly curing me of the regret I’ve been swimming in. The regret of breaking a heart so determined to love me. A day at the beach,...

They preach about love They preach against hate I say “I know love” But it’s my love they hate How can I feel So loved from on high When...

God created Sun and Moon, And people thought the two were always meant to be separate. One to rule the sky in the day, And the other in...

The Latter-day Queer experience Isn't an easy one. It isn't easy to live, And it isn't easy To describe. Here's the thing People don't...

Some days are easier When I don’t see you like that Where we are just friends And we laugh And eat And cry Some days are harder When I...

I am not a direct descendant of the pioneers. Handcarts did not carry meager morsels and bundles of dusty family heirlooms. I have never...

The body of the mother of my body sits small as a nutshell, in the care-home bed. Sometimes she hums. Some times she smiles, wan and...

There is a battle in me. A war raging between what my mind has been taught to be true, and what my soul and body are fighting to live...

I’m beginning to think that it was never meant to be a final goodbye. I am beginning to feel like the aperture of mortality was too tight...

I hadn’t realized how wearing modest clothing was like Wearing male judgment right next to my skin. Boobs too big, or too small, with...

I want to know when the longing will go away for you. A longing to share a secret circle of inside jokes. A longing to feel our fingers...

they told me, "you come to God. he doesn't come to you." so i sat. listened. believed. dug my fingernails into my palm and pulsed. i...

Six years down the road perhaps there will be another woman who will stir heaven in my solar plexus. Perhaps the sound of her laughter...