Inner Child

August 19, 2022August 21, 2022 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ 2 Comments

Running my fingers over the scars, I close my eyes.

Nighttime Haunts the Muscles

February 23, 2022February 24, 2022 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ Leave a comment

Don’t store the detritus in your body. It will mire down your feet.

Where Is Nowhere?

September 4, 2021January 20, 2022 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ 3 Comments

Where is nowhere? On the edge of sanity, where all the color and magic resides?

“We Are Your Revelation”

June 3, 2021 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ Leave a comment

Sexual abuse, trauma; Leaves physical scars Too deep to ever leave.

I Am

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ Leave a comment

I am a poetess a prowess, a lioness ripping through emotions a shark in an ocean of sadness and incapable expression.

When Sorrow Comes Home

January 22, 2021 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ Leave a comment

So much they don’t know, like: How I do numeric license plate Reduction to get through traffic; How I count my breaths In grocery store lines to Stay in control of an Agoraphobic mind, or How my ear buzzes when Sound is too loud, and I cannot hear my own volume So my voice elevates … Continue reading When Sorrow Comes Home

2.0.1.9 Outro

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ 1 Comment

I have dissected new sections of pain which remain in the hidden spaces of my brain.

With Un-Shattered Mind

June 24, 2019February 4, 2022 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ 1 Comment

With Un-Shattered Minds We Will Rewind

Do You Want To Know Why I Won’t Let You Get Close? Circa 2005

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 ~ Vennie Kocsis ~ Leave a comment

I spent the last couple of evenings sifting through CDs of writing going back almost 15 years. This poem was written in 2005. It really took me back to the cusp of my pain. In those days when I felt deeply haunted, poetry was my soul's literary life saver. Do You Want To Know Why … Continue reading Do You Want To Know Why I Won’t Let You Get Close? Circa 2005