i'm a hard worker
sensible
persistent
i've been a hard worker
almost all my life
i get good grades
and i get rewarded
but i feel as i advance
my hard work
will not pay off
and my hard work
will not be enough
Jul 15, 2018
Jul 15, 2018 at 1:42 PM UTC
the gulls
flying by
their wings
shrouded in the morning mist
or silhouetted against a bleeding sun
Jul 4, 2018
Jul 4, 2018 at 7:21 PM UTC
chimneys and cobbles
from a long time ago
decorating this city
the place that we know
like the back of our hands
traced with blue lines
matching the transportation
the stops drooping with vines
plants rich with rainwater
that drips from the sky
a sky gray like concrete
dotted with birds that fly by
looking for a warmer vacation
with a sun that can shine
strong enough for imposing clouds
they're looking, but i've found mine
Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 9:54 PM UTC
tangerine and cerulean
cool beneath our feet
in a spiraling mosaic
while we rest and eat
olives from the groves
salty as the sea below
lapping on the shores to touch
fields marvelously aglow
with the shimmer of the fireflies
as they perform their dance
a lilting, evanescent display
that leaves us in a trance
we amble back to the villa
as the setting sun paints the air
a dazzling vermillion
that reminds me why i'm there
Jun 24, 2018
Jun 24, 2018 at 6:38 PM UTC
while i endured
your winter love
of icicle words
and frosty lips
piercing my heart
and freezing my mind
i prayed for summer
to break me from your hold
and it soon arrived
in the form of someone else:
a beautiful golden angel
who carried me away
in tender, forgiving arms
who kissed me softly
and filled me with light
i flourished
in their summer love
of flower words
and sun-dappled lips
nurturing my heart
and warming my mind
Jun 22, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 at 3:53 PM UTC
there will always be
someone who picks up
a cigarette
after eight years of hiding them
locked up in the bottom drawer
there will always be
someone who uncaps
a beer
after four months of listening
to the words of their daughter
there will always be
someone who goes back
to a lover
after a time they thought was an eternity
of forgetting them, moving on from them,
when really nothing has changed
and the progress they thought they had made
was nothing
Jun 22, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 at 3:32 PM UTC
just when i thought
that i'd have a day
when i could just sit
where i am and stay
stay placid and cool
without a single worry
but now i am caught up
with words in a hurry
they pour out of me
like bees from a hive
only to land and get hurt
and not stay alive
for i can write
only so fast
the rate these words are going
only few can last
they're words about everything
from last week and last year
they have so much to tell
to those who can hear
but i am tired of this
and choose not to aid
these words who want to get out
i choose to stop this parade
maybe another time
i will allow them to dance
but of course when i sit down
nothing will advance!
Jun 22, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 at 1:58 AM UTC
as you walk through this forest
you duck under branches and boughs
that are the gnarled fingers of a witch
as she stirs her dark and glassy potion
resembling a puddle you peer into
and gasp when the reflection there isn't you
Jun 22, 2018
Jun 22, 2018 at 1:53 AM UTC
the ocean is so idolized
she's what everyone wants to be
she can be patient and thinking
sitting still like a mirror
reflecting the great blue sky
she can be strange and esoteric
lurking like the creatures beneath
hiding dark and obscure wonders
she can be turbulent and rioting
frothing with intense emotion
howling in distress about her pains
the ocean's variety of personalities
can be seen in all the world's people
maybe that's why we like her so much
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 7:01 PM UTC
i'm glad that now you're just a memory
and not forever my reality
Jun 21, 2018
Jun 21, 2018 at 6:42 PM UTC