Tingling dread,
Hear her toothless gasps
Feel her creeping behind
Instinctively turn and embrace her
I love those dead eyes
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 1:07 AM UTC
At best I'm a mess
And at worst my brain's numb
I can never tell if I'm
Melodramatic or honest
I don't think it's just one
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 1:03 AM UTC
Stop tugging at my cheek muscles.
Did I ask you to?
We both know how every pull
Pulls more stakes over our heads.
Are they really there?
It's hard to look up to check
Since your eyes are down here
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:57 AM UTC
There won't be applause when it's all figured out
The scariest part
Happiness must come from within
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:54 AM UTC
A warm cup of self-fulfillment
Sipped without reservation
Tiny happy decisive droplets of unfiltered choice
Coffee so late is so good
It beckons inspiration,
The old psychic creature that wanders eagerly into empty bottles and evades the capture of contentment and discipline
One must exercise patience to glimpse it when the environment is brightly colored;
Joy is a camouflage to the unbroken
True,
I am unrelenting
The passing clouds give way to brilliant night,
The city beneath is a flattering mirror held to the possibility offered by the stars
And this vessel slides simply between
Though there will be a descent,
It will not be a free fall
If before there was fear of the vast expanse above and beneath,
Then I don't remember why.
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:50 AM UTC
The first few times we knew,
Honestly
There wouldn't be an exit.
At least, I knew.
There is a somber acceptance that comes with experience
I am already trapped,
Now the panic sets in as something illuminates in the distance;
The one thing we knew would be waiting
Smiling sympathetically.
I know I'll need it.
And now that I can see it,
I think I want it.
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:43 AM UTC
It's taking all my self control
Not to text you while you're forgetting me
Letting you know how beautiful you are
Nov 29, 2023
Nov 29, 2023 at 12:39 AM UTC
Last chance for revenge
First time spilling blood,
If only vicariously through the turn of wheels and the windshield's broken knuckles
If not for these fraught deliberations of unbridled rage
A tormented poet could be momentarily famous;
Artistic outlets can't pull a trigger.
Jul 25, 2021
Jul 25, 2021 at 4:14 AM UTC
She watches through the window
Terrifying premonition
Avoidable or irreversible,
Nameless intelligence stalks its target
At second glance evaporated
Hidden in mind
Gleam of unsolicited thought sinks a predator's claws deeper
Witness her briefly in ropes and knives
Constant awareness of an ageless virus
She's here now.
Sightless, breathless, eyeless, tongueless
She doesn't move or eat
Broken skin, observe freedom through the cuts
Her stillness offers forgiveness
No longer terrifying,
Premonition becomes option
I longingly reach for her
Jul 13, 2021
Jul 13, 2021 at 2:21 PM UTC
Jolly antlers
Curling happily like fingers do
Adornment of a stranger's imagination
Funny toothless braying
A beautiful accompaniment to the white rocks
"Ting ting"
The bell strung from your neck joyously speaks your odd truth
Tender plodding of new hooves,
The scabs of your retelling leave their own interpretation of your metamorphosis
You may be reconfigured
But you are complete
My little reindeer
Jul 8, 2021
Jul 8, 2021 at 12:26 AM UTC