Early in the morning,
Laying in bed,
light washing over me,
thoughts floating in my head.

Wondering what it’d be like,
Doubt seeps like morning glow.
What could I say to him?
What might he never know?

- Lost in Translation

Stomata seeded psyche,
nightly thoughts perspire;
ooze from my pores,
diffuse and transpire.

Green growth needs light,
but not in my head.
It seems it’s at night
ideas sprout and spread.

Boiling brewing,
brimming brink;
piping hot tea
to turn you pink.
Cream and sugar?
No need I think.
Scandal so sweet,
delicious to drink.

If there was a message in this bottle,
I'd sip until I could see.
Drinking dulcet dreams
of what I wish you'd say to me.

Eyes elicit
smiling, tease.
Playfully ponder,
fluently please.
Lofty, loquacious,
words a'weave,
what's the message
I am to recieve?

I have an idea,
A game we can play.
I’ll paint you a picture,
What does it say?

“Like charades?” you ask,
Yes, but with higher stakes.
I’m the riddle on the canvas,
Can you solve without mistakes?

⁃ Don’t Read Me Wrong

Sneaking, slithering,
creeping down;
snaking hands
prey they've found.
Wrapping, writhing,
closely wound;
warping warmth,
sleeping sound.

Once upon a wonder
You must’ve known me.
Unfamiliar familiarity,
Straight through me you see.
To you transparent,
My mind a sieve.
Surprisingly apparent
Reluctant for you to leave.

How lucky you love languages,
I speak a few too.
My favorite one you’re fluent in?
I’ll give you a clue.

A sweet speak in tongues,
I never tire to hear.
Words drip not in honey,
but your taste for it is clear.

⁃ Say It Again

Roses are beautiful,
but even more so dead;
weak and wilted,
not sad but misread.
Peeling petals,
reflective red,
sanguine silk,
a bittersweet bed.

Pursuing distraction
Within good hands
Focus a fraction
Unspoken, understands.
Thoughts weigh heavy,
Shake it off.
Eyes caught steady,
Take it off.

I don’t want to wake up,
I want to live my lucid dream.
Flushed with shades I’ve never seen,
You entwined in every color scheme.

A picture captures a moment,
Entrapping it for view.
If I reach into the frame
Clutch and claim,
Can I have that moment anew?

Silky strands,
Belie beware.
Framing my face,
Snake and ensnare.
Teasing and twirling,
Fingers in hair.
Begging to be pulled,
Mockingly dare.

Look I'm awake!
I used no alarm!
Not torpid, no despair,
Pill worked like a charm!

I've been mentally marinating,
In a cerebral stew.
Truly amazed by
This chemical brew.

-  Shoutout to Zoloft

Dark to dawn
ink blue bleed.
Spilling sky
morning seed.
Greedily growing
a clockwork ****.
Smothering slumber
with stealthy speed.

I used to think I was good at everything
But now I know it’s not true.
After trying & failing & yielding nothing
I realize I’m bad at letting go of you.

Hungry gaze,
Craving respite,
Satisfied seeing you,
Drinking in the sight.

Today is gray,
in lieu of blue.
Funny how I'm reduced to pigment,
when I start thinking of you.

Suffocating lull,
adulterated air,
dreary dull,
rescue is rare.
Taken aback,
snatched ensnare.
Curiosity caught
hard to bear.
Hesitantly hopeful,
delicately dare,
don't be fooled,
by a doe-eyed stare.

Honey colored gem,
a resin relic;
sweet suspension
of past to present.

Coyly capsulated,
Peel and pry;
Eager to unravel,
Encouraged to try.
Splitting skin,
Surgically apply;
Enigma extraction,
Sweetly sly.

Wiley whiskey,
drips and drains,
sip n' spills,
stings and stains.
Dilute the drink,
with time it wanes;
seeping spreading,
through my veins.

Arms wrapped tightly,
loving embrace;
every hug haunted,
laced with your trace.

I think I've caught a case of synesthesia,
because I'm feeling a hue.
Normally I only see in colors,
but today I'm feeling blue.

It tastes sad and salty.
I hope it's fleeting like the flu.
Maybe it's an allergy?
Or perhaps I'm just missing you.

Vowels vermillion,
bleeding ink,
dripping dialogue,
lingering link.
Looking inward,
tearful blink;
pour on paper,
soak and shrink.

Synapses crossing signs,
a mental ruse.
Where to draw the lines?
When senses mix cues?

Hearing sensations
Feeling hues
Tasting sounds
A sensory diffuse.

fluent flume
scribble and scrawl
ink stains slither
wriggle and crawl
Across the page
fluidly fall
mind spilling, scattered
no semblance at all.

Daylight dozing,
Half asleep.
Wispy wonders,
Crawling creep.
Inching upward,
Curiosity deep.
When I wake,
They spill and seep.

Twilight state,
hungry to keep.
Hope it’s not too late,
to see you in my sleep.

Sunny silhouettes dance
Midday debut
Shady embrace cast
Searching for a shadow of you.

Wandered a whiff,
trailing a breeze;
an inkling waft,
a tickling tease.
Faintly familiar...
Fragrant with ease.
Perfume of past,
present to please.

Usually I'm a forgetful one,
Unlucky this is no longer true;
Everything existing under the sun,
conveys a clue for you.

Teach me how to unknow what I've known
Learn me something new.
Ripping roots mentally sown,
Desperate to renew.

Sketching scripture,
a seductive scrawl.
Fingers tracing,
receptory recall.
Tapering with time;
a melancholy erase.
Reminiscing your writing,
healing hieroglyphic efface.

A second can be forever,
but forever is seconds with you.
Elapsing fast, rushing past,
over before I even knew.

Lofty fingers innocently lay,
my interest is piqued...
by what they might say?
dictating dialogue,
my mind astray,
wildly wondering,
how those hands might play...

Skeletal sanctuary within my head
No longer safe, haunted instead
Desperate for refuge, full of dread
Hiding from you, and what’s ahead.

Willow tree woeful tree,
leafy lament
sweetly sways
billowing and bent.
Tearful tresses
a crowning tent
weepy whispers
windy wishes sent.

Salty streams,
despairingly flow;
watery wisps,
glimmering glow.
Tumbling tears,
an iridescent code;
seeking a solution,
to this emotional erode.

Saccharine sounds,
Sugary speech.
Candy coated, profound,
Yet far from reach.

You know I have a sweet tooth,
How dare you tease?
Enticingly uncouth,
Taste to please.

If I were a clementine,
Would you unravel me in a single peel?
Strategically stripping,
With artful appeal?
Plying ploys,
A ring-like reel,
Meticulous membrane,
Devised reveal.