*
You, with words of beauty,
speak in softer tones
where volume is not required
because vibrations
bring to light the meaning
Even if remaining quiet
calms the fears
drifting along your heart
Feelings still shout
in actions shown,
leaving only words unsaid
to speak the true meaning
of the silence*
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 8:58 PM UTC
I suggested leaning but they chose to jump. Never once looking to see what waited for them at the bottom. Still I called in a voice of heroic fashion, though slightly chapped from the lack of judgment shown. I stood listening for an echo or anything resembling a voice from the depths, but heard only waves, crashing against the rocks lining this coast of last chances. Gulls swooped and sang midnight songs while the moon snickered in its own lunar way. I found the darkness to be threatening as I peered over the edge, seeking but a plaid shirt, a pair of jeans or a chrome button dangling from an exposed root to no avail. It had happened and poetry was the thief. Stolen in our prime, wading in shallow waters, watching ripples of time count minutes as our thoughts began to swim. It was no use, it beckoned and only one remained to answer the never ending call. So I dove head first into the phrases and verses that would spell my doom, sentenced for life, writing graphic details of those things my heart had held and my eyes had witnessed, knowing this was it, the end of my life as I knew it, lost forever in the abyss, the drowning point of creativity, poetic imprisonment and me without a swimsuit.
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 7:50 PM UTC
I tasted the piece that
smoothed the way,
submerged, as a single leaf
floated unknowing
Salted sweetness
on folded fables,
turned pages rapidly
between parted indexes
As eyes pierced,
interlaced of cotton fibers
Laying fears aside,
wrapped in yesterdays worries
While lounging on the side of caution
in plastic sheaves
protecting the existence
of unwanted realizations
Still the moments that fell
atop motions fed my soul,
inserted into the warmth
of streams flowing deeper
And up to my knees wading
brought sighs of satisfaction
when dreams came and went,
but still remain everlasting
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 6:42 PM UTC
Now in the shade
A lonely figure
Of interlaced thoughts
Draws a shape
In the soft earth
Because the bark
Has since overgrown
The one he carved above
In a previous life
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 11:59 AM UTC
Playlists of broken thoughts
Cobwebs and keys
Slanted in uniformed dissatisfaction
Notes smeared on fingertips
Melancholy mu-sick
Vibrato virtuoso
Bending strings and pushing pedals
Smashing baby grands
Into bite sized pieces
Feedback flashbacks
And the band played on
While the pianist was shot
Between the eyes
In an off key massacre
To a standing ovation
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016 at 8:34 AM UTC
*
When silence forms
in morning simplicity,
tracing tracks
beyond traffic jam coffee
and softer tones
to a new address
where afternoons are easier
and smiles come
from blurred windows
and online dreams,
remember to reach out,
someone misses you*
Oct 29, 2016
Oct 29, 2016 at 7:08 PM UTC
~
So you know,
I put on a brave face too
Mar 28, 2016
Mar 28, 2016 at 7:15 PM UTC
-
I tried to count the minutes
but I ran out of time
So I’ll just write this poem,
forcing out a rhyme
When will it start to happen
just like I’ve heard them say
Will it begin tomorrow
or several months away
The emptiness keeps growing,
this pain within my heart
I can’t believe the ending,
remembering the start
I just can’t stop the crying,
my face now drenched in tears
Staring at a future
filled with lonely years
How does it become easy
when all I want to do
Is wake up every morning,
a sunny day with you
But now my days are cloudy,
the rain keeps falling down
Where once I wore a smile,
holds nothing but a frown
Every day is different,
though all are just the same
I stare off to the distance
calling out your name
They say it will get easier,
just wait and you will see
I don’t want to see anything
if you’re not here with me
Life now has no meaning,
darkness comes to call
Weakness is my shadow
on my knees I fall
I tried, but I can’t say that
my broken heart is fine
So I’ll just write this poem
forcing out a rhyme
Mar 13, 2016
Mar 13, 2016 at 6:02 PM UTC
~
*Only because
she touches my heart
in a way it has never been
touched before
Only because
she makes me smile
and I could never
ask for more
Only because
my life is filled
with all the love she
brings to me
Only because
she gives me strength
to be the man that
I can be
Only because
my every dream
of perfect love has
now come true
Only because
she looks in here
did I post this saying,
I love you*
Feb 5, 2016
Feb 5, 2016 at 1:38 PM UTC
~
*I had never met love
until I met you
My world breathes
in your essence
and I know
I am alive
My heart beats
to the tempo
of your smile
Singing of
your beauty
for I know
without you
I am nothing
I will never be
anything more than
in love with you
and I would
have it no
other way*
Jan 29, 2016
Jan 29, 2016 at 10:01 PM UTC