The Thin Line of Hope
Trigger warning - Today I write about suicidal thoughts. I have the ability to feel emotions that I choose to feel or explore. Especially...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Apr 25
- 1 min
Whole Cloth
To everyone struggling with their LGBT+ identity Whole Cloth The threads of my love Were woven with confusion On spools of shame And the...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Apr 22
- 1 min
A day like today
There are still days when I panic wondering what have I done Days when I desperately miss you And wrestle with self doubt and guilt A day...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Mar 7
- 1 min
Last
I didn’t know that would be the last touch The last dance The last laugh The last kiss The last glance The last embrace The last mile The...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Jan 21
- 2 min
Merry Merry Christmas
Merry merry Christmas To the ones that I love Safe and secure at home tonight The home in my rear window sight With its memories still...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Jan 4
- 2 min
In The Quiet Moments
My heart longs to be with your heart To be in the home that we built together Nuzzled with lazy snoring dogs In the oasis we made...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Conception
bestowing a cold cold curse
cutting deep
and repeatedly
as to shrink all i thought i could be
into a pearl
so small
that it took fifty
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steve (beselfevident)
- Nov 23, 2022
- 1 min
My Thanksgiving
In the summer of my desert journey I filled my soul with living oasis waters Thinking only of my arid crackling parched voice Wondrous...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Nov 17, 2022
- 1 min
12:14am love standby
she waited on her love’s reply on her apple smart phone-i with heavy droopy sleepy eye waiting for me, myself, and I to syllabify words...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
Semper Find The Cost of Freedom
This poem has an interesting provenance. Someone reached out to me. She is a sergeant in the Marines. And her Marine husband died...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Heartbook
This was the 3rd or 4th poem that I wrote. I posted it on my Facebook page. The people on your social media are real people (well unless...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
I was an imposter for 25 years
First, my bona-fides: I learned to code when I was 13, became an independent programmer/consultant at 19. Started a consulting company in...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Oct 29, 2022
- 5 min
Every Good Boy Does Fine Always
This one was hard. And I cried the whole time I wrote it. I have an ability to put myself into time and place and feeling -- and drive...
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steve (beselfevident)
- Oct 27, 2022
- 1 min
I was an only child
A hallmark of men who come out late in life is dearth of genuine friends. You can't get real with people if you are hiding something or...
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