Dear Alessia 010221

Day two of the new yearAnd the morning run felt amazingDon’t be defeated in these daysDon’t be afraid to speak outTo use your voiceThe truth is coming like a tidal waveLike a freight trainAnd everybody knows that There will be an attempt to thwart itTo keep you afraidTo keep your focus on death and dyingBut […]

Dear Alessia 123121

Last day of 2021And we made itStrangest year of my life so farThe best and the worstA lot was lost but more was gainedEvery morning the lights in your eyesIlluminates the futureAnd we rebuke the demons Dancing around our house Everyday a new dayTo try a new approachThe new year coming inTo help us be […]

Dear Alessia 123021

The challenges of this life can wear you downBut don’t give up the faithThere will be times when you can’t see a wayAnd everything seems hopeless Those are the days to lean into prayerTo walk by faithAnd do something to elevate your spiritThose are the daysYou don’t give upBut find a thread of inspiration and […]

Dear Alessia 122921

Two days to 2022 and let’s take stock of the worldOf me and your mama and youWe walked through brooklynYesterday in the grey afternoon The hint of rain in the airWas a threat that never cameAnd we ordered a giant pizza from table 187Brick oven styleWith the thin crustYour mama wanted sausage and peppersSo that’s […]

Dear Alessia 122821

The new year fast approachesAnd so the reflection of coming resolutionsSpins in nostalgia’s rear viewAs life moves on And further down the futures forgotten tracksI look forward to fasting and reclaiming a rock solid health regimeWe’ve been eating ice cream and watching NetflixUnwinding and letting go for a bitBut voiding discipline only works so longBefore […]

Dear Alessia 122721

Part 3 (down a street of shattered glass) Henry and PepperFound an apartment in Cobble HillDown a street of shattered glassThe cars had been broken into the night before Smash and grabsFive or six of themShattered passenger sides of else black glass in the drivers seatCareful Henry said as Pepper walked through What looked like […]

Dear Alessia 122521

Pepper the mouse walked in the kitchenAnd glanced over the table saltThe lights were on But all the humans were sleeping It was Christmas morning And the low hum from the fridgeWas talking with its cryptic tongue to the birds Just outside the windowOf the brooklyn DawnHenry walked up to pepper and held her eyes […]

Dear Alessia 122821

The new year fast approachesAnd so the reflection of coming resolutionsSpins in nostalgia’s rear viewAs life moves on And further down the futures forgotten tracksI look forward to fasting and reclaiming a rock solid health regimeWe’ve been eating ice cream and watching NetflixUnwinding and letting go for a bitBut voiding discipline only works so longBefore […]

Dear Alessia 122321

Enjoy every sandwich Enjoy every danceEnjoy every smileEnjoy every chanceEnjoy every recordEnjoy every loveEnjoy every night falland the Dawn’s homeward doveEnjoy every candleEnjoy every flameEnjoy every strangerLearn every nameEnjoy every jokesterEnjoy every laughEnjoy getting dirtyEnjoy every bathThe moon is a fountainOf light pouring downThe sun is a gut punchFrom way undergroundSpace is a vortexOf God’s […]

Dear Alessia 122221

Life has those momentsWhich can be yearsOr even lifetimesWhen the stress piles upAnd inspiration is a shadow puppet of your former selfIn a dilapidated wall burning downIt’s like you’re being attacked by a street gang called worry half the timeAnd the other gang in the neighborhood The competing factionCalled regret You reach for things that […]