Ben Palomino

Ben Palomino Nov 2023

I watch
As she
Descends

Her light reaching out
Trying to hold on
Till the very end

But as I watch
I know
I’m not alone

In my peripheral
There is a man
Looking out
Sitting on stones

Ben Palomino Oct 2023

Confession

Do I confess
To the night

Love so cold
I looked for
Warmth in you

Whisper to the stars
Of this life

From
Despair
Renewed

Playing
Under the cloak
Of daylight

Ben Palomino Oct 2023

Of skin and bark

I sank one day
Deep into
A tree
Becoming
One with
The nurtured
Roots
I wished to be

Ben Palomino Sep 2023

Granite eyes

Into gently placed
Granite eyes
I waited for my heart to beat
But got nothing back in surprise

Ben Palomino Sep 2023

Hidden from the sun

I lay here in my own arms
Cradled by an absence
Petrified in obsidian