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A rousing
endorsement
for
marriage ....

good luck
I can feel you

     Wish I couldn't

I know

      You feel me too

Here
There

Everywhere
Jul 2015 · 269
no
no
apologies**


what's mine is mine
Jul 2015 · 355
bullseye
point
shoot
score
...starting to feel sorry for you
Jul 2015 · 311
wind song
I hear the dainty strain of a flute

     It is the sound of my heart

leaping

     bursting with joy

Dancing on the edge

     and pouring forth
cascades of love

one would not think the gentle melody could be so powerful.....
Jul 2015 · 393
On becoming satisfied
My thirst is
quenched,
for the moment
your heartbreak
-a balm-
on the wounds
wrought by you,
the burns of
your malice
swollen, all these years,
softening
with the knowing
of your heartbreak
Your loss, your pain, my analgesia
Jun 2015 · 344
A day at the beach
The perfect blend
sun
sand
laughter
Tipsy with love
Surrounded by mine
Ever connected
Today is a great day!
Your
Precious
Stolen
Moments
Spent
Elsewhere
Now
With
Empty
Pockets
Hungry
Destined
To
Starve
Jun 2015 · 442
Cusp
She's been a
lady in waiting

great expectations
          and
delivered treasure
     glistens
     glows
fills a void
she never knew

Man becoming
Happy birthday my first boy
Jun 2015 · 486
(Barf)ly
Only empty shells
     on either side of the Formica

gracing the stool
     you stoop
a level lower

Bottom of the barrel
     The bottle
           The banal

I rose above the facade of romance
      clinging to the stale smoke residue

True
I've moved on from your carelessness. Your lies. Your insidious invasion.
May 2015 · 294
finding some perspective
you
don't have to see things my way
but*
I will never see them yours
Apr 2015 · 340
A lyric worth repeating
"I stood in the doorway
half into the room waiting there
for something more than
what I've known before
She said that the girl you came to see
is now the girl I used to be
She doesn't live here any more
so won't you close the door"

Strangers...definitely
and your fingers play my rhythm still
a rip off from my days of youth
Apr 2015 · 271
The magic of 44
middle
ages
or maybe less
half gone
under duress
I take back
only what's stolen from me
Love
Time
Identity
eternity will never claim my truth, life, integrity
Apr 2015 · 265
lullaby in the key of A
sweet angel
oh how you've grown
the stars in your eyes remind me
that beauty still lives in this world
happy birthday angel of mine
Apr 2015 · 2.8k
pretending
a daily occurrence
like breathing
love
blooming
two plants
completely separate origins
10 blossoms
capture the eastern warmth
one plant a directed gift
symbolic of death
the other a random discount store deal
they are nurtured
with my sorrow and love
and give back to me
life and time
stolen
Apr 2015 · 371
I know you got my back
I can feel each and every blade you inserted

sharp
honed
serrated
surgical precision
sloppy
desperate
careless
Easy to be certain about some things
Mar 2015 · 456
Grate Expectations
So hard to come home on time
Keep your word
Leave your beloved beverage behind

*so easy to keep being you
I know
I know

                   occasionally

I need a reminder

           You too?
Mar 2015 · 303
nick of time
you say I saved you
brought you back to life
you, my awakening
I would like to appear flirtatious without meaning any disrespect....I am so very envious of your wife. Happy life.
Mar 2015 · 662
Modes of transportation
The aroma of curry
The taste of Thai
those lingering feasts of shrimp pad as you tasted me with your eyes
Perhaps a clove
Black as night
******* you could always do it right
Any song with a driving beat
your rhythms never failed to turn up the heat
The hot hot sun
Splashing cool water following a dive in your lake
my nails on your  back leaving marks as I rake
Green eyes (like emeralds) that twinkle and shine
and a vigorous........laugh
after your breathless plea...be mine
Face time phone time
Endless texting away
keeping me posted every single day
The distinct  scent of pine
Wafting up from my gin
that so-very-determined set of your chin
Gum chewing-oh that can take me so far
Always a pack of spearmint in the car
never stopped you from tasting me so deep and so hard

Seems as though I stay on the yellow brick road
Aching for Oz
But I've lost my way, my map, my carpet that flies
Still taking my trips
Behind the lids of my eyes
Travel is limitless without the confines of reality
Feb 2015 · 337
The daily grind
take a breath
and jump right in

over and over

            it never ends

give and give
then give some more
                                             nothing left
except the door
a barely detectable blush
bleeds
slowly
permeating through my pores
inflamed by powerful
memory
imagery
smolders
turning my mind
doesn't quench the burning heat
you no longer engulf me
yet I am
branded
for eternity
Feb 2015 · 492
Faux Devotion
A luminous glow
                from
screens    fire        candle light
     allows the      masquerade
to continue
well           past midnight
        every
night
complacent
     the red chair
you
over                                          there
ton­gue(mine)silent
         belies the storm
                    raging
                              in­side
so easy to forget
for those who do not
feel deeply
for those who cannot
extract empathy
for those who are so
self absorbed
for those stuck
in infancy
for those wielding all the
sharp objects
for those delivering
every stab
so easy to remember
with the constant reminders
open wounds
bandages
scars
and that shiny blade
sliding in and out
I will press on and try to view the world as a safe place through the eyes of my beautiful and amazing children.
Jan 2015 · 293
hover craft
oh how you do what you do
without even touching me
just the memory can transport
Jan 2015 · 304
'Ss'okay
yea, it's alright
if you leave tonight
after we tumble through our own time
I'll shake your bones
and you'll melt mine
I'd rather be alone anyway
and I'd much prefer
your nothing to say
my quiet soothes your storms
your fire triggers my alarms
don't worry 'bout it
s'all good
no sweat
definitely better for me if you don't cast your net
Jan 2015 · 643
wary of the weeping donkey
there
is a common
cliche about crocodile
tears a way to bend the truth
but beware the perfidious
manipulation of those
fake insipid masks
the ***** of the
world they
cry to ****
and to
steal
Jan 2015 · 319
Visits from the graces
Part 1

The other night
finally
a visit
the closest one of the four
a year since my last hug
trying to
disprove
that when your dad dies
you are alone.

Part 2**

A realization today
that I finally successfully
severed
because I forgot for four whole days
when your potential to come
into my world
occurred.
Remember to forget
Forget to remember
My heart knows the right time
Jan 2015 · 462
Hungry eyes
Pierced
the gaze burns through me
I feel the smolder
from across the room
Your stare
thickens the air
as I try to breathe
vapors
of wanting
suffocate
Jan 2015 · 268
life
mercy

mercy

merci
Jan 2015 · 239
thank you for the end
no reason to yearn
for the past
gone

hoping for better
in the time yet to come

Live strong
Live fast
Live hard

and let go
is there ever "the end"
Dec 2014 · 741
Your stolen moments
A marker for you
A sort of IOU

Unpaid debt grows
An unmanageable monster
A tumor of sorts
Pockets turned inside-out
Only ever empty
Barren and brazen
You, always hungry for more
Me, starving for your cause

Wanting
Wanton
Watching
Waiting

Too many a thieves in the night

Stealing
Stalking
Skulking
Snatching

I'm paid in full
*Too bad I lost my *** on a scam (or two)
Nov 2014 · 323
Buh-bye
Your absence
makes
my heart
grow fonder
:-)  thank you
Nov 2014 · 310
the best part of my day
baby blues

(3 pairs)

and oblivion
Nov 2014 · 445
old friend
as I returned from the grocery store
tonight
I thought I saw you
that impossible to miss enormous ***
treading downhill
with a man's haircut
happily
or not
I was mistaken
I love the idea of certain people left out in the cold.....where they belong. I'm sure it has come to feel like home.
Nov 2014 · 764
Coffin nails
Lid secured
Every edge and surface pierced with the
iron spikes of varying gauges-

car
bed
home
town
old
towns
forest lake
host
every bar and grill
(within a 300 mile radius)
work
tents and air beds
split rock
otter tails
snow trails
Tobie's town
mini apples
silver ware
white gold Möbius strip
wedding presence
and presents
that long stretch of highway you still travel
everyday
brothers
friends (perhaps)
music
words in verse from your fingers
and spoken (broken)
Time lost to your treasures that revealed themselves to be
trash

-now rusting in place
cradling the remains of what never should have been
Nov 2014 · 472
Head scratcher
You came to me an empty shell. Or so you said. Your mask, your fake, your facade insidious with disregard. Take me take me take my broken spirit.....such an easy target....Kitchen Radio providing the soundtrack for the beginning of the end.  The end of chances to be the center of someone's universe. Mr. Kirby and Ralph can attest: I was just a target....a country to be conquered.  No war torn ruins for you to lord over. The only kingdom you rule is regret.  Shine on with your patina of tarnished deeds. Let your isolation feed your lonliness..... so desperately sad that no heart is safe from your wrath. Blow upon blow-your words and silence each a fist for your fix. Your love a poison without cure......like Midas with no use for gold.
Nov 2014 · 525
Fierce pleasure flash pain
I heard ya
            when ya said
I like it like that.

Over
Under
All around

I ache for
               your words
hold breath for
               your sound
it's not hard to do
when
your entire deck
is
comprised
of
the same card
just
different suits
this one's just for me
You just can't stop can ya?
Leave it alone...?
I know.....
the truth
is
hard to deny.
just keep peering in.....you're welcome
Nov 2014 · 724
A sad state of affairs
The irony is not lost on me.
No wonder there are so many
soul-less
selfish
sadistic
evil
****** up
liars
in this world...
Look at the media we worship.
Movies about horrible bosses
abuse
******
corruption.
Songs about
killing
destroying
leaving and
being left.
Reality TV
trading spouses
prison life
keeping up with the Joneses.
Pain and suffering are worshipped
by your
neighbor
coworker
friend
husband
wife
lover.
There is no safety net.
No one is immune to the
Dis-ease.
Rise above. I have found an anti-venom and will outlast them all. I soak it up like a sponge all day every day and wring myself out as I leave and bring only my integrity home with me.
Nov 2014 · 334
"Husband of the Year"
Have yet to meet one

An elusive title
The expectations rightfully steep
Few can ascend that peak

I have yet to meet one
Tho I do know a few to compare ....who haven't made the cut
Oct 2014 · 302
10-31-91
22" of snow couldn't keep
our stars from
crossing

First kiss
took me by surprise
Oct 2014 · 278
3-24-95
Neither
Time
Nor
Heartbreak
Fate
Or
Luck
Could
Save
Me
From
You
Oct 2014 · 271
Thought for the day....
Your presence makes me sad
absence....fonder
First thought "I wonder...?"
almost pulls me under
Tidal
Crash
Breathless

.......heartless
things that make you go "hmmmm..."
Oct 2014 · 323
second chances
don't exist
live it now and live it right....
Oct 2014 · 300
quiet restlessness
my bones ache
supported by the pillows
of dust and air
lids flutter open
and close
memories play like kittens
occasionally
the fun turns ugly
lines crossed
mentally I shake it off
Coming and going
as the weavers work their magic
Forth and back
words hollow promises empty
through the ages and stages
My era began and ended
bloated with disasters
of the less than forgettable kind
I am defined by the stillness inside
I came from and put forth
love
The unmentionables  try to devour me
I continue
until.....
Oct 2014 · 307
Most lucid cluelessness
Take your journey
I'll take mine

I pour my energy into ignoring

You, yours into denial
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