as light is cast on your cheekbones,
i realize the light is not coming from the window,
or from between the curtains,
or even from the sun itself, no,
it comes from within.
your heart is aflutter with love, and i can see it in your
Eyes.
when you look at her,
you feel free,
and light reflects,
bounces off me,
i can touch the rays that come from your skin.
when you leave, the light will leave with you,
and darkness will once again seep into my space,
and maybe, just maybe, the stars will have a chance to shine again.
but without the sun, how will they learn how to fight?
again i fall, from heights unknown.
Maybe, someday, I will let go.
Apr 23, 2019
Apr 23, 2019 at 1:01 PM UTC
in simple words,
i really like birds!
and all of the ways they sing.
sometimes i wish
i was a bird,
making my voice howl and ring.
theyre so triumphant
with their little voices,
something i can only dream to be.
but in a while,
ill shout with a smile;
ill scream a song, for all to see.
Mar 12, 2019
Mar 12, 2019 at 10:27 AM UTC
they didnt tell us
but you could see the remnants
on the toilet back;
how many times had i wiped it clean?
everyone smokes.
everyone smokes,
and a cigarette **** is not far from the parking lot
(or the front door).
my manager does *******
and the other one drinks
and the other one smokes cigarettes
and the other one takes diet pills;
the owner says i’d be a great manager
but i think
i will have
to decline.
Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 1:13 PM UTC
a song i haven’t heard since october
plays merrily in my ears
and sends my heart racing
she sang it with soft subtleties
that danced round my head;
she was a really good singer
within those white, blue, green walls
i hear her voice
serenading in the shower
running water drowns out the melody
and i try to listen;
it is the only good in this place
the day i left was the day i broke ties with her voice
i wasn’t meant to fall in love with it
so i quickly fell out
today i heard the song in a foreign octave
not music to my ears, no;
it sent me into a panic
i never want to hear it again.
Feb 27, 2019
Feb 27, 2019 at 1:12 PM UTC
thoughts like a train;
faster, faster, faster
despite the rain
they never cease.
each thought is a landslide
to different ideas, imagination
flourishing with vengeance
and repeating, repeating
over and over and over
we run rampant
along the tracks
glistening goals just out of reach
and the stars call out
Run,
because soon they will catch up to you
and everything will fall apart.
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 1:08 PM UTC
the flowers i see in gardens i’m not allowed to be in
the trees on the sides of highways that breathe
the pulse in my chest that screams hello
the cats, the fish, the snail, the rat
the people, the people
the moon
the sun
me.
Jan 24, 2019
Jan 24, 2019 at 10:44 AM UTC
sun spits rays through the clouds
beaming bright between ashen shroud
dripping white across tepid skies
seeping into the eyes of passerby
crawling, scathing claws of rain
skid along the world again
the water cycle never ends.
Jan 18, 2019
Jan 18, 2019 at 1:27 PM UTC
i keep buying journals in hopes that i will keep track of my days
but it's so hard when every day is the same
every day is wide awake
nightmares, but open eyes
i live in a fantasy
and i wish i could stop imagining.
Dec 28, 2018
Dec 28, 2018 at 3:10 PM UTC
******* *******
as pigeons unfurl their wings to take flight in a blue, blue sky,
a ricochet of dandelion seeds soar with them,
creating a matrimony of silent parade
that is kissed by the suns rays.
they sleep soundly;
do not wake them.
Dec 28, 2018
Dec 28, 2018 at 3:05 PM UTC
i didn't know what love was until your
honey voice dripped onto the concrete
spilling sticky words into my head that
stuck and have still not gone away
i try (and try) to get rid of them every day
but like a fly trapped in honey
they stay
Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018 at 6:11 PM UTC