Jerrod R Whitman, Poet & Author
Wrote this while listening to the blues.*Cheap Cologne Smile* My love has entangled me in a web. My heart fades when darkness falls on this lazy town, where your sinister smile engulfs the room. I can only watch. You have no idea what you do to me. It’s poison ivy showing up when on vacation. I am drawn…
“Love is the only doctrine that matters here. Discrimination of any sort is not in keeping with the cosmos. The stars don’t ask permission before they shine upon us. All of you is sacred. The cosmos shines on every aspect of your life. No one is left behind. For you…
Two Sisters and a Brother Grief knocked at my door.Her sister Joy chattering off her ear,smelling like oranges and old books. I let them both in because the house was too quiet,and the kettle sang while morning light pooled on the floor. Grief, somber as could be, sat right beside…
Life is ephemeral. We need to treasure one another. Death is final — a cement wall. Physically impossible to breach. I can sense the other side. My heart feels it. Yet I am unable to touch. Unable to grasp. Yet love somehow filters through the smooth cold concrete. Many blessings…