There is the Naked viewThe one of you, that you do not show the world The real you, that inner you, that only your dog or cat truly sees others avoid You keep it from your hubbie, because he is an ass You kept it from your siblings, because they were in the past You … Continue reading The Naked You →

Unexpected, the slow wakening from slumber so deep, That moment, when you do not hear the world, fear not the world, see not the horrors, Just that moment, when your dreams have slowly withdrawn their fingernails and your waking has not been assaulted with the screeches of mankind. A Moment cradled with no worries, no … Continue reading A Moment With Peace →

Introductionby Jake Willardauthor and surgeon Hello Reader Underground publishing, has unique advantages for someone like me since I am now serving double life sentences in what we call the CTC or Colorado Territorial Correctional facility. The CTC is a prison, like any other lock-up, giving people like me a Doctorate in Crime, while making you … Continue reading A Surgeon for Society →

He was a funny looking kid, no doubt. Tommie's brown hair stood like a scrub brush, pointing to all of the cardinal directions. He wore clothes that always had patches.When he walked, his thin legs appeared to pull his ematicated body along as if they controlled him. The other kids loved to make fun of … Continue reading Insults →

I just crossed over a very short time ago. Don't worry! No creepy tunnel for me. No light to guide me. No old grams and grand dads to welcome me! Nope! First came real pain, and then fear. You know? The kind of fear where you truly wanted your mamma? The fear, just like a … Continue reading Oh My, Heaven? Nothing? →

The stillness of the night gives way slyly to the reddish hues of the birthing sun. Silence is pregnantly full now while goose bumps flow on my arms. Still to be heard are the birds and squirrels as they too, are still.I wonder if the soul is not like a bubble lying deep in the … Continue reading A Soul Filled Morning →

The Night, Once my friend, Turned away from me, leaving me alone and naked waiting only for the light of day.   Was all truly lost, to me? All hope gone as snow in the rape of the Sun? Why should I try to find love, to find life, to breathe? Yet, I stand alone … Continue reading ALONE WITH THE NIGHT →

A lifetime of struggle I spent Pushing the rope and the boat Sometimes the winds helped me, Oft times not Still, I pushed off to sea everyday when the tide let out And, I tried to come in as when the tide helped me Drag my net, I did, as much as it let me … Continue reading THE SEA AFTER I DIE →