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Tupelo Mar 2016
Faded white brick
Potted plants
Crooked door
Wonderful rain,
You bring life to this old body
Taking the noise out of my floorboards
Putting the meals back on my table,
So long it has been since life has
flourished under my roof,
So long it has been since this
rickety frame has felt loved.
The rain forced their faces back inside
To this place they claim to be a home,
I smile on as my colors peel with every grin,
Thank you for this.
Tupelo Feb 2016
Glory be to the morning
Amen to the rhythm in every breath
This life has gone and made music of my body
Faces come and go all carrying the same song
A hymn of forgiveness,
Sunday ran over into the rest of the week
I still hear gospel choirs on thursday afternoons,
What a world this is, what a life worth living,
I’m not one for prayer but the concept of god intrigues me,
Still asking the questions with answers I know will never come,
Still counting the days since the people I love have passed,
Praise to the children who are searching for their names
Praise to the ones who stared into the abyss
Praise to the wise
Praise to the poets who spoke words as great as myths
The ones who built cathedrals in the empty of their palms
And glory be to the night as she lulls the world to sleep
Awaiting the songs that we shall sing in the morning
Tupelo Feb 2016
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Tupelo Feb 2016
The lonely dock
The empty room
Vacant seats
The lights are dimmed
The doors are open
Waiting for someone,
Anyone to come inside.
I’m behind closed doors
Peaking out the window
Glass in hand,
Ready to serve
Tupelo Feb 2016
The waves feel so distant this winter
I remember the sweat on my back
The long summer days
July was a quiet unforgiving god
She burned the tips of my fingers
Taught me something about humility
Nowadays I feel like some back road
Caught in the middle of a snow day
Unsalted and forgotten
I hope this ice melts away soon
Tupelo Feb 2016
More than anything
I want to feel your touch
To taste your remembrance
This powder on my gums
I miss your simplicity
The tremor in my hands
The longing in my throat
Speaks only of you
I've sold my wanting
For a love that holds me dear
Remember my temptations
When the lights start begging to fade
And my heart starts to tremble
This ignition in my bones
Burns for the thought of you
And the love for her.
Tupelo Feb 2016
I will give you all my love
Every pint of blood
All the tracks in my veins
I’ll hold you like a prayer
My most holy of fears
This tremor in my bones
The knot in my mouth
All The insects in my gut
Take flight with the thought of you
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