Aging
Getting close to the age where having enough toilet paper, no actually needing toilet paper is the highlight of the day and our conversations have shifted from frontal movements (sex) to bowel movements. We...
Author: S. J. Tavakoli
Why?!
Why do kids have to sit in the back of the car until they’re like 13 years old? 13, exactly the age when they don’t want to be seen with us anymore. Wouldn’t it...
Confessions Of An Extrovert
As an extrovert, as someone who shares his soul more than most, there are still so many things about me that people don’t know. That funny meme or smile on my face does not...
Mother
An act of love, passion, desire, an Intimate moment between two, but Oh if the stars all align properly, perhaps For a second or two, a Tiny dot, an embryo is formed A miracle...
Today
You don’t know what power is, unless you’ve experienced weakness, or what light is until you’ve been in darkness. Sometimes, only after we hit bottom we learn how to climb back up again. Like...
Life Resolutions
Eat less, taste more Less whine, more wine Less sensitive, more sensible Talk more, text less Talk less, listen more Ask more, assume less Walk more, sit less Exercise more, TV less More social,...
Thanksgiving
Thankful for every breath Every sunrise and sunset I witness Every bite, every drink that I can taste Despite all the challenges I have faced Grateful to have a roof above our heads To...
Bullied
Bullied, called names, threatened, physically harmed Discriminated against, ridiculed, shamed, cast aside Girly, sissy, queer, homo, fag, butch, dyke Sinners, perverse, doomed for hell Effeminate, promiscuous, unnatural, it ain’t right Your book says only...
Alex – Doesn’t Recognize Us
My poem about my father-in-law who doesn’t recognize us anymore… Alex Sitting on a wheelchair hunched down, hands tremble Family 30 yards away but you’re so unaware A blank stare says I’m sorry but...
Hey God
The saying goes ‘you have to be positive to survive’ that’s the key At what point can I stop saying ‘thanks God’ and ask why always me? Hey God this rare disease you’ve...