I use to like
The shiny things
The gold the silver
Anything nice
Expensive and loud,
I adored the envy
Yearned for the jealousy;
I saw how the others
Tried to have
What I had,
But those shiny things
Couldn't keep me
Warm at night,
They couldn't protect me,
Listen or be my friends;
They were lifeless
Heartless and emptiness,
And then I met you;
You were shiny too
But it was a whole
Different bling and shine;
It came from inside
Radiated from you
And lit up
From your eyes;
This was not
Fool's gold,
This was a
Lover's soul,
Showing me
What was
Real treasure...
APAD13 - 034 © okpoet

I'm bleeding
On the outside
While scarring
On the inside,
Calloused heart
Like the hands of a farmer
No longer
Finding blisters
From the need,
Every encounter
That left me
Nursing wounds
A defenseless soul
In a harsh urban world,
Trying to love
Without blowback,
But a back draft
Always waited
Behind doors
That burned
With desires
On short fuses,
A shower of sparks;
Short lived fireworks
Of temporary emotions,
To which I could only relate to
In words,
Words that couldn't hold their own
Against the fires
Of the ******
Lonely spirits
In this crowded world...

APAD13 - 151 © okpoet

She can feel
The thought
Blooming within her
Flowering mind
That will never wilt,
Dew of life
On her
Crown of petals
Hiding the thorns
Within her soul,
She'll spill nectar
Hungry hummingbirds
Static watchers
Of this beauty,
Releasing sweet
Her aroma
Upon the breeze,
But careful you
Lest her truth be
She's a Venus flytrap
Ready to ensnare you,
Handle with care...
© okpoet

Where have you been?
Have you been there
Right in front of me,
In the thin of the blue unseen
Like a blonde hair
Floating on the sea?
Have you been around?
Like change in the back seat
Chips under the sofa
That rattling sound
Like a faraway sheep's bleat,
White curtains in the wind toga
Loose on the clotheslines
Flapping in the wind,
Have you been there all along?
My sadness and wonder
Walked hand in hand
Never did it rescind,
Even if bottle after bottle
The wines
Made me fonder
Of you and your memories a land
Only found song after song,
From the pain
And teary rain
My heart I could not coddle,
Were you there?
Did we share
All along the same breath,
So close will we be until our death?
Did I brush past you?
And the only clue
Was the tingle in the air
And never did I dare
Turn around
At the sound
Of a whisper
Familiar, was it her?
I'd asked many a time
And I failed to find the rhyme,
Like one does to purple,
Were you there in the shimmer
Of a whirlpool?
Like my thoughts a glimmer
To your lingering shadows homage
In the fading summer's mirage...
© okpoet

Maybe your bones
Are funny
And I'm ticklish,
Afraid to
Start a war
Where you'll beat me
By finding
My weak spot,
Where I'll break
By the slightest touch of you,
Laughing until tears
And crying until
I'm breathless,
And as we lie
There between
The sheets
And the pillows,
We'll know
These are the moments
We'll never forget
The memories
We'll never regret,
No matter what
May happen
After we've settled down
And we're serious
Pretending
Nothing ever happened,
But inside we're
Giddy and silly
And dizzy
And happy...
APAD13 - 100 © okpoet

In between me and you
There are volumes untold
We the bookends
Kept the stories within,
Pop up books
And color by numbers,
There's still crayon splatters
Across the pages,
Folded corners
And still wet edges,
Wilted bookmarks
And underlined sentences,
Highlighted passages  
And crossed out paragraphs,
Pressed in between some layers
Are dry roses and leaves,
Memories that left the letters smeared,
And though our stories may finish
And remain unpublished,
I just want to tell you
Our love was volumes
With no bookends...  
© okpoet

I tossed her as high
And as far as I could;
So she could find her wings
And soar away from me,
I stopped holding on to her
She was not my kite,
I just let go,
She couldn't keep walking
By my side on this earth,
Because she was
Always meant to fly,
And I was always
Meant to tread
Alone,
But somehow
All roads away from her
Just led me right back,
Boomerang,
I wasn't supposed to let go
Of her
I was supposed to let go
Of me,
So I could float
Up and glide along with her...
© okpoet

I miss you a little
I miss you a lot,
Somewhere
In the middle
I lost my way
I went for a stroll
And never came back
I didn't mean to leave
I didn't mean to walk away;
It was just that I
Went a little too far
And I lost track
Of time and distance,
Didn't know how
To come back
Where back was;
By your side,
The light was dim
And the darkness
Swallowed my path,
The bread crumbs
Didn't last and I
Found myself
Hoping for a light
That never came;
I can only hope
The day comes
I find you again...
© okpoet

Oh no
It's wearing off
The high
From yesterday
Is draining away
Rain gutters clean
No longer hold it in,
Need another
Larger dose,
Need to up
The rations
Increase
The morphine drip,
Refill my prescription;
Doctor says
An overdose
Would actually
Do me well,
So what do you say?
Break me off
A bigger rock next time?
Ease my trembling hands...
©okpoet

Will you please
Come with me;
Will you please
Follow me,
Stand here
And stay
Ever so still
My dear,
Under this overpass
While I cross it
To get over you?
The tears I've spilt
May be to you
Like water
Under this bridge,
But it's still flowing
And I can't change that
Unless I find a way
To forget
And move on
Though I may still carry
A torch,
I hope a new breeze
May come
From someone
Else's eyes aflutter
To blow out this flame
From whence it came...
APAD13 - 110 © okpoet

You can burn all you please,
Decimate, obliterate;
But I won't even warm,
Already burning hot
From the inside out,
I was always here,
Made to handle your demons,
I cannot be fazed by the darkness,
Fire starter you may be;
But I'm flint for your kindle,
Fuel for your perseverance,
But once you are fully lit
You will never be put out,
And so I'll secede,
For all may stick like burs
But I'm no Velcro;
Volcano on an island;
You'll see my trail in the ashes
All around you fiery torch
And to who will you pass?
I will not know, but hope
That fortunate soul can handle your fire...
© okpoet

Rocks below
Sky above; hello
I say upon a breeze
Hoping it'll get to you; and you won't sneeze
At it; and if you do
Will it have tickled you
Like a feather?
How's the weather?
I hope that this
Upon your time does not diss,
This note like tumbleweed
On gusts of thoughts I took heed,
Always on my mind
You are, impossible I find
Not to think
About whilst I take a drink
From the murky pool
Beneath me, a fool
Maybe; I may just be
If signs are not obvious to me,
Stubborn until infinity
Even if I cherish anonymity,
But there's only one of you
In all the universe and like Bloo,
A friend like you even if made up
Still exists in my heart forevermore; buttercup...
© okpoet

Square one
We're back,
Lost track
Full circle,
Like everything
That goes up
Must come down,
This clown
Is going to cry again,
High like a hot air balloon
And just as deflated
The ego that rose
Thorns punctured
Let it all out,
Ground rush
Break in the fall
Cold leaves
And in comes the pain,
I've done it again
Didn't learn now
Nor then,
Committed to the cake...

APAD15 - 005 © okpoet

She's looking
For her Cali King
The one to endure
To hold her
In comfort
To support her
Meet every need,
The one to lean on
To stand by her
And grow
Through the hard times,
And the good
The thick
And thin,
By her side
Through
The sweet
And bitter
Sturdy
And dependable
No matter
What the spill
Each and every
Tear and thrill
Always and forever
Till either is laid
To rest,
Maybe she'll just settle
For a couple pillows
And this mattress...

APAD16 - 024 © okpoet

Who told you
All the words
I needed;
I wanted to hear?
Like coloring in
By the numbers
This ugly is to the bone,
I'm caught up
In your barbed wire
And as the lies cut deep
I'm struggling
To be free,
Seems I just can't
Get away,
And these scars
Are bleeding  all over
Wished my heart
Were as calloused
As my hands,
But the blisters are
Just beginning;
And what hurts worst
Is I know this isn't
The last or the first...

APAD13 - 128 © okpoet

I can chalk on a sidewalk
The most beautiful mosaic
I can whittle a tree
Into an intricate clock
I can paint a most
Serene scene
I can draw
A moving image
I can mold
The most exquisite vase,
But when it comes
To the canvas
Of your body
I don't know
What else
I could possibly do
To make
You any more beautiful,
With curves
Challenging nature
I've never lost my cool
At seeing such shapes
Not like how they fit on you,
Your beauty is unsettling
Were I a toddler sorting
Different shaped rods
Your eyes for stars
All your curves for spheres
I could keep going but you must understand
We fit together
Better than K'nex and Duplo,
In body heart and mind...
APAD13 -077 © okpoet

I personally
Love food comas;
And cookie periods,
And gumbo
Exclamation marks!
The're the best!
And semicolon pies,
Oh man...
And peach cobbler
Parenthesis,
They're perfect
With scoops
Of delicious vanilla
Question marks
With a drizzle
Of caramel
Quotation marks,
Oh no!
I'm going
Into an
Anaphylactic shock
From the forward slash
And back slash
Layered lasagna,  
I'm going comatose!
Quick! make me some alphabet soup!
© okpoet

I still do
Find a smile
When you come around,
Not real like physically
Being there next to me,
But the kind of
Coming around
In my head,
Like there's a carousel
In my skull
And somehow
I'm standing
There
In one of my eye sockets
Watching it turn
Sometimes so fast
It's all blurry
But the colors
And the lights
Amuse me to no end,
But I'm just serious
Observing
And then it slows
Just enough
That I can see you
A different outfit
A different thought
And I laugh...
APAD13 - 056 © okpoet

I'm trapped in her memory
Like a hamster
Still spinning the wheel,
Every step
Digging into my feet
Like every second
Consumes time
Oxygen In a fire
Slowly being depleted,
But I'm still going
Thinking I'll escape somehow
But the familiar squeak
At every full turn
Snaps me back
A misfired rubber band
And the sting
Startles me awake
Like I'm still on the same bus
And I'm never going to arrive
At my destination,
Every instance I catch my breath
I release my will
To be freed,
Her love like a carrot
Just within reach
Eternally...

APAD13 - 144  © okpoet

Carry me;
From my nightmares
To your dreams,
From my sorrows
To your joys,
Carry me,
Away from here
To your side,
Because without you;
I'm a spent shell
From a gun shot
Long ago,
A bullet that has lost
It's momentum,
Without you;
I'm a stagnant pool
Of water without a flow,
Carry me;
Make me a river
Rushing into you
My ocean;
Carry me;
Let me join you
Side by side
We will be
Wings on a butterfly;
Fluttering,
Carried on the winds
Of our hopes;
Together we'll fly...
© okpoet

Have you ever thought
That maybe;  
I wanted to get caught,
Wanted to  
Break your heart
You certainly  
Played your part,
Followed your intuition
But I wasn't  
Practicing inhibition,
Staying out  
Till the morning,
Coming home  
To you sitting  
There mourning,
The loss of  
Our once upon a time
Fairy tale start  
Turned **** like a lime,
Shattered looking glass;
Can't bring it back,  
Listen to the jazz
Playing softly  
In the background
Do you really think  
I want to go another round?
Made the exit crystal clear
For you to leave my dear,
I had left the building already
Fire exit  
I set off all the alarms  
But you chose  
To ignore it all
Like one dismisses  
A blocked ID call,
I'm immune to your charms;
Just leave me be,  
I'm no longer your teddy...
© okpoet

She's heard it all
Like extras at casting call,
She's drenched in flowers
And champagne showers,
You can hear the snaps of necks
The splashes off balcony decks,
The beating hearts
And crashing golf carts,
Whilst all she does is smile
While all the while
The stampede's drone
Can be felt jarring to the bone,
They all fall upon themselves
To be for this queen, kings of elves,
Lay a crown upon this jewel
But for those suitors she is no fool,
Because she's seen it all
Like every other weathered leaf in the fall,
She's a snowflake
The one who takes the cake,
But you can have her and eat it too,
Unless you can't be just as spectacular to her too...
© okpoet

Her eyes
Say more
Than her lips
Ever could,
Deeply she loves
And just as thirsty
She drinks
In to quench
That which she lacks
And yearns for
When silence falls
Upon her shoulders
And she wishes
A surrender of love
Even if brief,
But for a moment
So she can cherish it
Forever even after
The reciprocation
Has left her...

APAD15 - 011 © okpoet

In the chestnut
Of your eyes
I feel like a child
Sitting feeling
Around in the muddy,
Rich and warm
Brown of your soul,
A playground
For my spirit free,
Loose on plaid fields
Dark plains a mystery,
I feel the veneer of you
Like sleek mahogany,
And still I have been
But just in the rings
Of your intriguing orbs  
Glossed in the sunsets
Bronzed sunrises awaiting
For a cheerful welcome,
I'm interrupted by your smile...
© okpoet

She sits there
And writes
Her heart out,
True emotion
In her pen
Leaking
In the ink,
Like the blood
She bleeds
When she cuts
Deep into the pain,
Adrenaline rushing
Sudden and longing
Like her love
For him,
Burning beneath
Her seemingly
Calm exterior
The boiling point
Is reaching critical,
It cannot be contained
Under long sleeves
And turtlenecks,
Welcome the breeze
Sweet embrace
Pen in her mouth
Imagination
Molding clay dreams
Into her reality,
Her eyes beckon
His lips to hers
Melding into one
Interlocking souls;
Ditch the key...
© okpoet

You should
Trademark
The click
Of your heels;
How they step
Into the chamber
Of my mind
Through my ears
Up my spine,
The way you walk
Is like,
Tick - tock; tick - tock
On a whole
Different rhythm of time,
A pendulum of motion
The sultriest of metronome
That instills the notion
Your hips could sway armies;
Drown out like the lull of the ocean
All and any commotion
Most intoxicating sight,
In every stride
Subliminally demanding
My utmost devotion?
For you; yes I can
Be most addicted,
For in every click
All I hear
Is the ***;
And the why...
APAD13 - 091 © okpoet

The clouds grey
Ask me,
Do you miss the sun?
Do you fear the dark?
But I see the silver
Below the sun
I await the rainbow
After the storm,
And I have an umbrella
To weather it all,
I am anxious
For the beating dripping drops
To play like drums
Upon my roof,
I am waiting
For the lightning
And the thunder
Loud fireworks
That put on
A show,
The clouds grey
Will leave,
And I will see
The gold; after
The silver lining
Has run out...
APAD13 - 048 © okpoet

She was once a spirited soul
Trekking along all alone,
Many she crossed paths with;
Some left an impression on her
Some good some bad;
But no one stayed for long
But one friend or two,
Yet none of those that came and went
That walked away; crawled away
Or were kicked away,
Left without a searing pain in their body,
They felt the suffering of her loss
They would never forget this regret,
One day she found another
Who could not be chained down;
Who felt the ties but fought them;
Until even he fell but only on one knee,
He would walk alongside but not with her,
Because under her strong independence
Laid within a submissive acquiescence,
A heart longing to belong; and there was one
Who had the only key to her beating love,
And as she surrendered herself to him
The collector had finally been collected...
© okpoet

Parting curtains
I look out upon the world
Outside and foreign
Though familiar
After years,
It's always grey
Or gray
To me,
As I gather myself
To walk out the door,
I'm smiling
Because you're out there
I know,
And I'll see you
The only color
In all the black and white,
And maybe together
We'll paint
The earth
Bright...

APAD15 - 009 © okpoet

I gave her
My mind
To fill
I gave her
My heart
To drain,
I gave her
My love
To take take take,
And she took took took,
It was an
All she could take
Buffet
And I let her
As I gave gave gave
Never questioning
Never expecting
Never tabulating
A bill,
Even if she'll never
Ask for the check,
I'll never kick her out
I'll let her
Have her fill
Over and over
Maybe maybe
She'll find it all
Too delicious
And she'll sit there
Comatose
Never finishing her dessert
And she'll never walk out...
APAD13 - 066 © okpoet

You're a mad rapper
I'm a mad hatter
Ideas in my head always bleeding
So lyrics you won't be needing
You spit them
I write them
You rap them
I rhyme them
Lines we be exchanging
Like I'd be interchanging
The lanes fast on the freeway
Paving the roads leading away
From the ghetto
Like Pinocchio was to Geppetto
We be each others woodwork
Combined we be the spork
Together in our minds
Like buns on girls behinds
We ain't getting lost
Whatever the cost
We'll stay in the light
Never fly stay and fight
Cause we be the illest
Cough Cough we infect the rest
Wanting to be part of the fuss
They try and copy 'r' us
But they will never ever
Be as swift or as clever...
© okpoet

We're two Halley's comets collided;
Awesome burst created our own universe,
Together across this great expanse we traverse;
Finally real after all that we've pretended,
Not just dreamers; we take action
Seize the moment; never caught in inaction,
God made the stars; but we make them shine,
We've hooked the bait line after line
And now after weathering the storm
We're always catching the worm,
We've been shunned;
We've been gunned-
Down by the jealous and the lost;
Who know not their purpose only can accost-
Us wanting to know where we're headed,
And to think once we fretted dreaded
Their accusing eyes,
But they live only lies
Wanting our secrets; envy our success
Always wonder how we excel under duress,
But they'll never know how we trump-
All their expectations; how no speed bump-
Can slow us down; nothing can hold us,
In a magnificent clusterfuck they all lay
Debris caught trailing our orbit; all ruckus,
We're headed warp speed dead ahead; come what may...
© okpoet

She bled tears
And cried blood
A cold mixture
Of fears
Like black mud,
Her sad face
A fixture
In my mind
That I could not remove
Without a trace,
And in its spot
Left nothing but unkind
Thoughts and a
Fading will to move
Beyond and afar
My comfort zone at play
On this big blue dot,
She haunts me
Like a distant star
As I look out over the sea...

APAD15 - 012 © okpoet

Ever wish you could
Walk away
Just after
That first great impression,
Know when to stop
After you've told
The perfect punch line,
Realize when is
The ideal moment
To lean into a kiss,
When to go all in
On the hand
You've been played?
Ever wish you could
Time things just right,
For once be in control
Of falling in love,
Know for sure
Hands down
You've found
The right one,
Know for a fact
That when the chips are down
Things will look up soon,
Lie back in certainty
That the tide
Will come back in,
And you'll ride out proud
On all that you've accomplished?
Some say it's just confidence
Totally feasible and plausible,
But what about the rest of us?
APAD13 - 062 © okpoet

I like to pretend
That I'm in control
Of all the strings and strands
Sometimes clips and rubber bands,
How they pull
And where they lead,
Where can I cut
Where do I add a knot,
100 miles per hour says the speedometer
And I'm pushing
Thinking that I will
Steer clear
Of a sudden wall
Or will I ram?
Which is easier
If I'm clearly
Not the pilot
Of my life,
What is this
A false sense of?
Do I lie
To make myself believe,
Or do find truth
In the mirage?

APAD16 - 009 © okpoet

I apologize
If my first instinct
When I come upon you
Is to stare; dropped my cookie
And look you up and down
Every inch begging
For an exploratory
Discovery,
That is; until you speak
And I am drawn
To your siren's song
Orchestra from your voice
And the depth of intelligence
Spilling from your mind
I want to swim
By you
In your pool of thoughts
I want to sit
By you
In your Café of ideas
I want to lie
By you
In your bed of beauty,
Letting me gaze upon you
And imagining
All your beautiful bones
Beneath the splendor
Of your smile
Spell you've cast
Upon my eyes;
Slowly rooting
From within my heart...
APAD13 - 082 © okpoet

Corazón, Corazón,
Te pido perdón,
Por cada vez que miro,
En su dirección y suspiro,
Me dan ansias sus ojos,
Por no tenerla me da enojos,
Mi amiga de por sí,
Pero más que fuera por mí,
Soy tonto por hacerte sufrir,
Por apariencias me hago reír,
Corazón, Corazón,
Quisiera tener el don,
De saber cuándo parar,
Es tan difícil como al taladrar,
Te entregaría a ella sin pensar,
Siento mi amor tan fácil de dar,
Pero mis gritos de sufrimiento,
No tienen respuesta ni eco,
Por ella daría cualquier cosa,
Espero no me arrepienta,
Corazón, Corazón,
Al ritmo de su amor es mi son…*
© okpoet

Her blood flows
In bloom rosy
A plume of bright color
Against her fair skin,
She savors the pain
Alert she feels alive
For the duration
Of this ****** spectacle
Crimson tides
Undulating on a white beach
She's entranced
Amused at her own treachery,
Sinking further
Into the show,
A fiery spill
On snow,
Not fun
For her,
But spectators
Offer no words...

APAD15 - 014 © okpoet

It might be that we
Started off on the right
Or the wrong or the left
Foot, or beneath the bed
I don't know just don't know
What I shouldn't have
Or what I could have said,
But the past is dead
And the future is crowning
This wilting present
Cannot withstand will not stand
The glaring brazen sun,
And we're standing around
Like strangers in a Starbucks line
Looking over our shoulders
Like we're hiking among
Prowling tigers and venomous
Snakes waiting lurking to strike,
Can't make eye contact
Like we're glancing into a
Flashlight revealing who
We really are, but naked even
We try and run away to hide
What we bare with ease
To a random stranger
In the night lost; forgotten
Like a blown into tissue
You save to use again,
Where do we begin anew?
Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you; I'm...

APAD13 - 043 © okpoet

I realized,
There were not enough
Hours in the day;
On the one I met you,
On that fateful date
Time became
Sentient; aware; alive,
Became
The devil I cursed
When you were not around,
Drugged me when you were
So I couldn't savor every minute,
And when you were away
All the cuckoo birds
Sang their piercing
Tune; echoes of which
Lingered in my head,
Magnifying every plop
Of every grain of sand
From the hourglass,
Ticking little enemies
Marching in unison
Against the beating
Of my lonely heart...
APAD13 009 - © okpoet

I don't know karate
But I'm choppin' ham
Into itty bitty pieces *****
So much sodium
Making dead bodies twitch
Dance to the pandemonium
Pizza in the toaster
Why you always hatin'
You don't even use a coaster
All that cheese ain't even permeatin'
If I'm gonna give chase
Gonna need red bull by the case,
Outta breath
But not out of bread,
Caesar dressing
Soda can pressing
Coat drumettes in blue cheese
Leave crumbs at their knees,
This meal is too rich like valet
But I got that entrance fee
Call it a Warren Buffet
Mmm mmm gawd ****...

Dance with me
Dance with you
Dance carefree
Regardless
Of all who see
Endless
Night to dance
To dance it
Madly all away,
Dance with
And dance
Without
The music,
For the real melody
Comes from
Within our hearts,
Beating endlessly
Drums of our desires
Snares of passion
And desire,
Feel it in our moves
And if we step
On each other's toes,
It's all the more
The melding
Of our hearts together...

APAD13 - 025 © okpoet

If I was snow
Would you be my angel?
Leaving your imprint
Indentation upon my heart,
Footprints on the beaches
Of my mind
All your memories
Beckoning me
Like my own
Dark city,
I the constructor
Of my own reality,
You my shell beach
Inaccessible dream,
Or would you fly away?
Mistaking the white of me
For a cold barren world,
Though even in the depths
Of any wasteland
There is life
You cannot see,
Just waiting
For the warm sun to rise,
And as such I await you,
Frozen in a place
Time forgot,
My soul on ice
As you skate on by,
Maybe we'll meet
When the winter thaws
And the rivers flow
Life anew with you once more...

APAD13 - 147  © okpoet

If I can't dream
It does seem,
I'm constantly
And inadvertently,
Searching
Lurching,
For the difference
Preference,
Between the day
And it's decay,
The night
And it's dark flight,
Towards the sun
Flaming bullets of a gun,
Scathing the premise
Of my demise,
Unable to surrender
The greatest pretender,
Left to grieve
Though alive, bereave,
The ballad of steps
No longer visible in sand nor steppes,
At my side, curbside, seaside
Yet I can't run and hide,
Only thing I know is to fight
Another day another night,
And though the reasons
Be unknown, they'll come like seasons,
Once again; though I know not when,
But by then, I hope I'll have a pen...
© okpoet

Her beauty
Is spilt
Across a canvas
Of hurt,
She wears pain
Like blush
Sometimes heavy
And it smears
Through the tears
A pitter patter
Of suffering,
No one understands
Yet they're all beneath her,
A shooting star
Streaking across
Their otherwise plain sky
Her soul ablaze
Everyone wishes,
As the darkness surrenders
To her fiery light...

APAD15 - 017 © okpoet

And it comes
A moment in time,
You realize there is something
Deep hidden within you,
A dark strength
It can consume your soul
Drive you to the brink
Of euphoria
Toxic aphrodisiac,
This moment
It looks you in the eyes
Through those of an enemy,
Life in your hands
It's end; a simple slice; a shot away,
And you do
Without a pause,
Relieve this life of it's cross
See it's spirit escape into nothing,
You savor this feeling
Raw real and empowering,
As you feel the warmth of the blood;
Turn cold around you,
You know what you are;
A force to be reckoned with...
© okpoet

The wheels are turning
Rubber burning,
The lines are blending into one
Night is slipping into the sun,
Been driving on the highway
All through the dark lost my way,
My GPS is broken
Fido has just awoken,
We're going nowhere
But I really don't care,
At least we're far
Tuned-up my car,
For the long trip
Shift **** in my grip;
Feel the engine rumble
Change the station static jumble;
Blaring I find the perfect song
It won't be long
Before I'll need to fill my tank
My lucky stars I've go to thank,
I'm heading down this trail
Looking for my holy grail,
Left behind a world of pretension
Seeking to blaze my own constellation,
As long as I've got with me my best friend
I'll never hit a dead end...
© okpoet

Love you lots,
Despite the pain
Despite the rain
From my eyes
Under blue sunlit skies,
In spite
Waking up
Restless in the night
Were I
An abandoned pup
I cannot lie,
I miss you
Night and day
And I have no clue
What else to say,
My mind in knots
I cannot undo
As I think of you,
Minor relief
Knowing you're alive
But that disbelief
Still lingers
Nine to Five;
Dead ringers
All the pictures
Permanent fixtures
In my head
That I cannot
Dislocate
Until I'm dead,
And for that I wait
Patiently
Fervently,
Though a race
This is not,
It is a surer bet
Than to ever see your face
Again; which I will never forget...

APAD13 - 146 © okpoet

Can you hear
The stars creaking shut
As the sun slams into view?
And after the day
Shutters through its hours
The night shivers anew,
Imagine all the lovers
Under the tattooed moon
As the waves rustle
And the trees gush forth
Nature breathing
Coughing up it's splendor
Constant wonder,
Awoken from it's slumber
As laughter emanates
And echoes
Throwing back
On ember evenings
Happy hearts
Downing margaritas
Under a salt rimmed sun,
The clouds
Lazily strolling by
Captivated
By what they
Overshadow below,
You and I
Yearning for sun
After all the rain
The awnings of our eyes
Wet after the downpour
Draw out the shine under
The lackluster light;
A flash of déjà vu
To brighten our
Dimly lit future...
APA13 - 101 © okpoet

When did you
Become the sun?
So warm and inviting at first
And then when I went
To hold you close
So that I would never again
Feel the cold in my bones,
I found out you were
93 million miles away,
But you still burned through me
Melting my defenses
SPF 90 couldn't block you out,
And I could see
Your reflection even at night,
Teasing me,
Tried to squish you out with my thumb
And I slept
Thinking you would never come
But you do again,
Just as intense
As the day before,
Though clouds get in the way
And I'm deprived again
I don't dare lose hope
For your absence
Will be short
Lest I die frozen abandoned
But I would never know...

APAD13 -123 © okpoet