Category: Poetry
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Hearts and bones
I see you Staring back at me In the reflection Partially obstructed by Steam from my shower And these tears That seem to fall by the hour I whisper softly into the glass “I’m trying” Even as the very moment Is folding in And dyin’ I see you In the green eyes Of my child…
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Salty buckets
I threw a penny in the well Then the devil, he sent me down to hell But instead of flames The Sun was still shining Fat babies were still crying And the same silver tongued Jackals stood lying While telling me it wasn’t them It must be me And every single thing looked the same…
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Restoration incomplete
I know my heart still beats And my blood still pumps Thumps in my chest But coldness seeps so deep into my flesh through the blood and nestles into these tired bones makes a home where my soul should be what I once felt whole but has since crumbled like old autumn leaves turned from…
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Just meditate
I sit here in the silence Where I thought I wanted to be Unable to see Within or without me Feeling everything And nothing But the sheer stillness Of the air As my lungs constrict And my eyes burn My chest compresses And my heart yearns As the minutes tick And the seconds tock While…
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Good eggs
Humpty Dumpty And I are pals Little did I know What was gonna go down That morning When I left him Meditating upon that wall I just went to get coffee Before the great fall And now I look into the mirror And see all the cracks I wish upon wishes I could turn the…
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Of an eye
In a blink Every link To forever Is torn asunder Left us to wonder What the hell happened In a blink It went from Light to dark And back again Left us to wonder Was it truth or lies In a blink From hello to goodbyes Then redactions before Retractions Before everything spun Outta control…
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Protective instincts
I sit across from you Listening To all the little things The nothings And the significant See the beautiful caring In your equally beautiful eyes And my heart expands And my tigress instincts Stretch protective claws Wanting to fight your battles Right beside mine And for a moment It’s just Devine To know we’re not…
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Through my eyes
He sits and thinks About everything He coulda done better Said differently Been softer To the letter But from this angle All I see Is the infinite tries The shed….and unshed tears in his beautiful eyes The inward lies And outward sighs As he feel’s everything Around him And inside of his seeking soul Constantly…
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Nourishing my roots
I sit and stare First up into Endless blue skies Then down into the canyon Until the nervous flip flop Of my stomach Forces me to either Move away from the edge Or look up again Then I plant my size eights firmly On either side of the red rock I’m perched on Where I…
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Standing in the rain
All I feel is cold And then numbness With the deep gut ache Where once I could feel love Just like I don’t feel The warmth From the sun On these upturned cheeks Even when my thermometer Insists I should feel It seeping into my skin Where the salt stains Hide the rain