you will go your way
despite my protests
no use lamenting
what was never promised
the sun rides low the horizon
soon it will not clear the treetops
storms gather in the northern sea
needled wind to scattered seed
hoary frost on yellowed grass
dark leaves in mirrored puddles
a suspended death
crystalline and indeterminate
there is no fire hot enough
to stave off the first chill
of a careless winter
the numb hibernating sleep
soft gray melting days
the desperate wish
to regain summer
Oct 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016 at 1:51 AM UTC
*the hardest
part of
letting someone
you love
go is
making yourself
stay away*
Oct 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016 at 1:49 AM UTC
I was never the type
of child that obeyed
much of anything;
not even the many
times I was told
not to stare into
the evening sun
when I felt
alone.
Oct 23, 2016
Oct 23, 2016 at 1:49 AM UTC
*the pieces fall into place
&
sometimes
the place falls into pieces*
Jul 9, 2016
Jul 9, 2016 at 1:36 PM UTC
Sleep
Hanging in the eyes
They struggle to open
But are tightly glued shut
I wonder then,
When the dream began and ended
And if I was ever awake
At all
Jun 6, 2016
Jun 6, 2016 at 12:35 AM UTC
.
*If I were a poem
I’d ask you to fold me up
and put me in your pocket,
then at the end of the week,
toss me in the wash
with the rest of the clothes
And when you find me later,
smudged and smeared,
ripped and tattered into
little unrecognizable pieces,
don’t worry about it,
I was already like that*
Jun 6, 2016
Jun 6, 2016 at 12:34 AM UTC
this poem
is not about you
even though
your spirit is in every word
your voice sounds strong
in the halls of my mind
telling me things
I am now sure
I want to know
this poem is
about me
trying to understand
you
Jun 6, 2016
Jun 6, 2016 at 12:34 AM UTC
Blossoms are the
Hopes and dreams
Attached to the thorny
Stems of life
We all have to climb
To smell the roses
Apr 18, 2016
Apr 18, 2016 at 12:41 AM UTC
she sleeps with
her knees pulled up
and her shoulders lifting
back arched toward the
top
Apr 5, 2016
Apr 5, 2016 at 1:15 AM UTC
did you know- it's our anniversary
of when you told me about her?
i reacted in shock but tried not to show it
and expressed only delight at your
prospective relationship
it fell apart quickly
but not before we did
now, a year later,
do you remember?
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016 at 1:16 PM UTC