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Oct 2020 · 115
Creature of the Night
Brett Oct 2020
The hour draws near
As the clock strikes midnight
Demons begin to converse with fear
Drenched in candlelight
This pen becomes a mirror
A conduit for insight
Inking endless tears
My creatures of the night
May you never disappear
Oct 2020 · 68
Look Up
Brett Oct 2020
Do we ever notice
How clouds of light
Vale the stars
From human sight

Do we ever notice
How the light from the moon
Illuminates our path
As the oceans turn black from blue

Do we ever notice
The warmth of a touch
Until hands become ashes
From dust to dust

So, let’s notice the world
Come and sit for a while
It’s ok to grow old
With the heart of a child
Oct 2020 · 139
Coastline
Brett Oct 2020
There is a place I dream of
That truly frees my mind
It often smells like peace
And tastes of salty brine

The hours never wither
On these sands of time
Where the sun can always kiss her
And faces age like wine

The night is deafly quiet
Bright stars adorn the sky
The moon floats behind it
And I never say goodbye
Oct 2020 · 57
Window Pain
Brett Oct 2020
He peers through fogged glass
As it begins to rain
Gazing past the flash
Of lightning on his brain
Slowly watching time pass
His thoughts cannot refrain
From searching for the last
Heart which left a stain
On the soul that he had smashed
On the most rugged of terrain
He is trapped in the past
And that’s his window pain
Oct 2020 · 115
Dark of Night
Brett Oct 2020
Sometimes the dark of night
Gets the best of us
Faded promises
Glued on top of broken trust
Swimming in your addiction
Drowning on lust
Sailing on this stream of consciousness
Knowing the sun
May never come up
Following the stars
Not guided by much
Just wandering the universe
Reaching out for a feeling
That these hands never could touch
Oct 2020 · 55
ICU
Brett Oct 2020
ICU
Sometimes there is nothing that needs to be written
You are the poetry
You are what we wish to see when we doze off to sleep, close our eyes and start to dream.
The flash of lightning that ignites the rain
The light in darkness
The remedy to all the pain

Sometimes there is nothing that needs to be written
You are the words
You are what occurs when an angel falls to Earth
The spark in the dark of a lonely heart
The ice that flows through your veins
The fire that burns deep within all the same

Sometimes there is nothing that needs to be written
You are a beauty which defies description
You are the heart of a lion
The shelter from the storm
A burning sunset in its finest form
The Autumn sunflower blooming all alone

Sometimes there seems to be something different
You are all the words I have sat down and written
In other words………. everything this world is missin’
Oct 2020 · 65
A Wish
Brett Oct 2020
I wish memories were crystal clear
Like motion pictures
Or double-sided mirrors
To the one looking outside in to all your fears

I wish love could light the fires
Wayward embers that ignite desire
Just a spark
To bring light to a corrupted heart

I wish we could live freely
Give us time to reconcile that life’s not easy
Without the rain
Where would the trees be

I wish for peace
But I can settle for hope
Only so many strands
We have left on this weathered rope
Oct 2020 · 68
Broken-Hearted Man
Brett Oct 2020
I’m not broken
I’m just a broken-hearted man
This cracked hourglass
Is running low on sand
Staring at the shores
Feeling miles away from land
Just crazy enough to follow
Grabbing darkness by her hand
Slipping in and out of sorrow
Never meeting my own demands
See, I’m not broken
But I’m hanging from a strand.
Oct 2020 · 196
Petals of Love
Brett Oct 2020
If our love was a flower
Would it be wilted and dead?

If our love was a flower
Could morning rains breath life again?

If our love was a flower
I am the bee
Giving you what you want
Taking what I need

If our love was a flower
What color would you see?
I would see you
As beautiful as could be

If our love was flower
Would we be picked for a vase?
Or would we grow wild like the meadows on the plains?

If our love was a flower
I would water you right

If our love was a flower
You would be by my windowsill at night
So that at mornings birth you could be kissed by my sunlight
Oct 2020 · 191
One Less
Brett Oct 2020
Whether sunrise or sunset
Autumn leaves or sundress
The party always seems like one less

Whether rain falls or snow rests
Your beauty escapes no breath
The party always seems like one less

Whether dark days bring deep stress
Your loves what keeps this pen wet
The party always seems like one less

Whether hearts break or re-mesh
Your soul is my weakness
This party just isn’t the same without your sweetness
Oct 2020 · 49
Relics
Brett Oct 2020
Isn’t it strange
From getting to know each other
To watching the sun
Turn to rain
Balancing on a razors edge
On the verge of going insane
Maddening thoughts leave eternal stains
Like footprints on the brain
Digging for pleasure
Through the tombs of pain
Relics of what was lost
Someone’s treasure to be gained
Oct 2020 · 76
Chills of Winter
Brett Oct 2020
Winds of winter
Freeze the seeds of change
Barren fields show greys of pain
Growth hibernates
To awake for rain
For darkness patrols this frozen domain
Oct 2020 · 63
Echo
Brett Oct 2020
I can hear an echo
That begs to be followed
Roaming the halls
Of a soul turned hollow

I can hear an echo
Of all the pride never swallowed
Chained between the walls
Of the past and the promise of tomorrow

I can hear an echo
From the teardrops kept bottled
The sea of sirens call
Clocks run out on time once borrowed

I can hear an echo
That begs to be followed
Roaming the halls
Of a soul turned hollow
Jul 2020 · 58
Brett vs. The Volcano
Brett Jul 2020
Who would I choose?
Everyone in the universe
Or you
Would give the air in my lungs
Just to sit with you and stare at the sun
Always thought my actions spoke loud
A million people
Only see you in the crowd
Hold your hand out and look at that finger
The moment I saw you I had a feeling
Allowed it to linger
Each time I stared in your eyes
I saw the storm crashing inside
Could of ran in to hide
But I bottled the lighting
To your surprise
I really wasn’t just another one of those guys
If only you knew that you were my pride
My joy in a world full of lies
Finally, I could take off the mask
Shed the disguise
The only woman too truly ever stare in my eyes
So, you or the volcano?
If life was a game
Then you are the prize
The volcano could erupt
Spread its ash to the sky
You say only one of us survives
I would spend my last seconds
To kiss you goodbye
Before I jumped in and died
With no worries for you
See you’re an angel
And angels can fly.
Jul 2020 · 67
All
Brett Jul 2020
All
These thoughts have been sprinting through my mind
As I sit and watch the sun sink beyond the line
Of trees adorned with fragrant pine
The clocks cease to relay the time
And I wonder if peace exist beyond this life of mine
Is there anything truly so divine
That would make sense of my spirit dying.

Can my sense of self escape such a fate
Am I not more than the mask that hides my face
Will my voice linger once I’ve left this place
The moon smiles and lights the lake
He tells me the search for heaven is a flawed mistake
Life is more give and take
You give your all
And your all it takes
Jul 2020 · 62
Dancing in the Rain
Brett Jul 2020
Life is just your story told
Paved with torture and triumphs
More often than gold
Carried like waves on the wind
Every victor has a victim
Every sinner has a win
They say it’s the journey
For we end where we begin
Just hoping for those moments
That spread our smile from cheek to chin
Avoiding those turmoil’s
That we bury deep within
Silence could drive you insane
But there is beauty hidden behind the pain
Life is learning to dance
Even when it rains

— The End —