Anthony Jarell Alexander
Poetry isn't written it is created. Writing it is only one form of it's expression. Poetry can stem from anything, a look, a hug, a picture, a touch, a kiss everything. Poetry is not heard it is felt. The words in a poem are not nearly as important as the emotion or thought that is conveyed. If a poem doesn't make you feel then it makes you think, and if it so happens it does neither of those... then its not poetry.
This is my oasis in the fog.
I was baptized in these waters
and I don't even believe in God.
But now;
my sanctuary is tainted barely
The skies are clear, between these ears.
Days turn to minutes, while months turn to years.
I'm set in stone,
how are you still molding your clay?
Music turned up louder than our ears can even hear.
Slurping and gulping down elixers of courage.
Brave as we want to be dancing furiously,
but more so fearlessly.
The one you came to hear is me,
Alas my friend,
we meet again
as seemingly meaningful
butterfly kisses and dangerous pillow talk
turn to candle lit confessions
I don't think a lot,
but I do a lot of thinking.
I don't drink a lot,
but I do a lot of drinking.
Digging through dreams,
to unearth confessions.
Can't you see the difference
between deception and discretion?
Or are you distracted by the cracks in the perfection?
Can you explain the destruction?
No?
So it doesn't mean that much then?
Why do you try so hard to be a liar?
Can you hear me?
Of course you cant...
You're too busy...
trying to breathe life into my screaming lungs.
