These past few monthsI’ve been wanderingThrough a dark forestNo ideaWhich path to take.There have been nightsI’ve shuddered in the coldShelteredFrom stormy gales .There have been daysI’ve seen the sunShining through the leaves.I’ve found gladesTo see the skySometimes blue and brightSometimes full of stars.These past few daysThe forest has grown darkerAnd there have been timesI’ve onlyContinue reading “Poem: Dark Forest”
Author Archives: Devin Hogg
Poem: Going To Be Alright
I’ve been runningOh so long.There’s a stitchIn my sideAnd my bodyIs screaming for relief.I’ve been fightingOh so long.Bodies of my foesAre piled high.I’m coatedIn blood and sweat and tears.I’ve been carryingThis weightOh so long.Pain fills my bodyGrief fills my soul.I’ve lost so much.It’s going to be alrightIt’s going to be okay.The pain will keep comingTheContinue reading “Poem: Going To Be Alright”
Poem: Heartbreak And Betrayal
I am walkingA lonely road.My heartIs clenchedFull of painOf ashesOf despair.Gut is clenchedTied in knotsHeartbreak and betrayalLoss of lifeWorld turned upside down.This has beenMy lot of lateI long for exileMy greatest wishIs to return home.If onlyI could lay downThis weary load.Yet I knowI can’t.Despite the darknessClosing inDespite evilMade manifestMy inner lightRefuses to go out.I holdContinue reading “Poem: Heartbreak And Betrayal”
Poem: Of Umbrellas And Choices
“Where’s your umbrella?”You say smiling to me.It’s often like thatA question layered with assumptions.I want to tell youMany things.Like every umbrellaI have ever hadHas been torn apartBy wind and rainFor whichI can only faultMy weak grip.Or perhapsI shall explainThat when your incomeIs mere ODSPYou make choices.And I tend to chooseSimple pleasuresLike food and musicFilm, television,Continue reading “Poem: Of Umbrellas And Choices”
Poem: Becoming A Cynic
Another person stumblesAnother person falls.I cry out to the LordIn despair and ragePain and weariness“Is no one safe?Does no on standFor what claim?”I knowMentors have a wayOf letting us down.Role models fall shortDevelop blemishes as we grow.I used to wonderWhy so many people became cynicsNow I wonderWhy we’re not all cynicsBy the time we’re doneContinue reading “Poem: Becoming A Cynic”
Poem: Held
I walk through the nightMind dark and cloudedGuts roilingIn pain and confusion.I scream and I cryI rage and I plead .All I can do is walkNo ordered thoughtNo solid musingJust walk.I bring all to the LordExhaust what I have to sayFeel drainedWearyReady to rest .All I can thinkIs this:Loving someoneEnough to let them goMay beContinue reading “Poem: Held”
"I Wish I Were A Woman": On Gender, Destiny, and Allyship
I was watching the Oscars this past Sunday night and had just finished cheering on the Best Actress recipient when Jimmy Kimmel said a line, easily missed, but which caught my attention: “I wish I were a woman”. This line caught my attention because at various points in my life I have wrestled with thisContinue reading “"I Wish I Were A Woman": On Gender, Destiny, and Allyship”
Poem: Bathroom Woes
They say you should love your bodySometimes it’s easier than others.Since I was bornHad a weak stomachWeak bladder too.Traitorous insidesWeren’t made strong enoughTo resist the weightOf anxiety and depression.Constantly rushingTo make it on time.Each trip to the bathroomExplosive and radioactiveAs a nuclear bomb.Worsens when workingYet somehow I’m the villainWhen I don’t see every spot.I’d loveContinue reading “Poem: Bathroom Woes”
Poem: What It Is To Be Me
You don’t knowWhat it is to be me.To be at war with oneselfEvery momentWaking or sleeping.You can’t imagineThe pain I holdAlways in my heart.You don’t understandHow I can struggle so muchWhile shining so bright.Let me tell youMy dearThe brightest of starsCasts the longest of shadows.If I couldI would let you feelEven for a momentWhat itContinue reading “Poem: What It Is To Be Me”
Poem: I Don’t Know
You ask me: what will happen?How will I survive?You tell me that I mustOvercome my challengesSomehowSomeway.All I can answerAll I can sayI don’t know.I can’t see my end.All I can doIs focus on one stepOne moment at a time.Yet I don’t needTo know it all.All I need to doIs practiceLove and hopeFaith and honor.More thanContinue reading “Poem: I Don’t Know”
The Dreamers' Corner 