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Their thunder mutters darkly and their lightning stings the ground,
as each Cloud curtly drops the rain that falls, relieved,
to kiss the safe ground far below...
til Wind, the sentry, rises high
and drives them on their blind and probing way.
They wander, searching for the sea.
On finding it, they'll feast again,
regain their towering strength...
Return to cross the Land once more — their ageless obstacle.
KJR
i remember
you said when you first met somebody you looked at their teeth
& you said you liked my teeth
& for some strange reason after that
we were friends
you told me a joke
as our first conversation
the one about T.G.I.F. (thank god it's friday)
& S.H.I.T (sorry honey it's thursday)
& for some strange reason after that
we were friends

once we were friends
we sat next to each other in art class
joking that we were no michelangelo
we went camping
you called me just to talk
& we talked for hours
you would just draw me random pictures
& for my birthday
you were the only one who gave me a present
when you drew me a picture of a pterodactyl
on a piece of notebook paper
it stayed in my locker
& made me smile every morning
you told me that if you layed down on the floor
& laughed
it made you laugh harder
& it worked

but now
we are only accquaintances
and sometimes you smile at me in the hall
but all that i see is your teeth
& that's the only thing that involves your mouth
nowadays
no words

& i feel sad
Cat sits behind cage
Bored
Man comes in
Cat leaps up
Tries to catch his coattails
Snags his heart instead

Cat sleeps on couch
Content
Man comes in
Cat wakes up
Swats away his gentle hand
Signing it in red

Cat hunts in field
Brave
Man comes out
Cat pounces down
Returns to comfort of house
Victim having fled
For the lion cub who snagged my heart.
 Jul 2010 Awkward Moments
Pen Lux
Everything’s become so tasteless as I realize
My whole life’s been wasted
I want to fold upon myself
Put my pieces on a shelf.
All my worries spill and scatter,
Just in time for my heart to shatter.
I feel on my finger tips what my eyes will never taste
The throbbing in my head moves to the traces of our last embrace.
I know that some day  I will die,
But until then my life is a helpless sigh.
It's been awhile since we last spoke,
we ended on a somber note,
my life is empty,
it has no meaning,
my mind, still echoes your screaming.

I had taken you for granted,
to the point you could no longer stand it,

almost two years we made it,
though much of it we debated.

My eyes were closed,
and you, my rose...

Out in the desert, all alone,
you cried, lying by the phone,

hoping I would call,
when you should have been at the mall,
I took it all.

From seven thousand miles away,
you were there waiting, every day.

I had excuses galore,
your tears continued to pour,
until the day you couldn't take it anymore.

You called a quits,
but couldn't go through with it.

A couple weeks, back at home,
the two of us, at last alone.

I began to see clear,
our end was near.

I went back to the sand,
Praying, you wouldn't find another man.

I tried my hardest to please you,
but only managed to deceive you.

Life for me was hard, I had a lot of anger,
Slowly, I saw you transform into a stranger.

Feelings began to surface, from the likes of which I'd never seen,
Jealousy, it consumed me.

I envied you, with your perfect life,
in time it proved, I wasn't right.

When you finally got out,
all you left me was self-doubt

Two years later,
I still wonder,
what could have been,
if you and me,
had only made it past,
my tyranny...

I'm no longer angry, I wish you the best,
Hoping that one day, to let go of my regrets.

At my best was when I was with you,
Elizabeth, I'll never forget you.




"how could i?" 26 july 7:45
I wrote this about a girl I used to date, our relationship ended while I was deployed to Iraq.
LJ
he surely makes an awful din
but nobody likes the awful noise
so he learns to compensate
by moaning,
and groaning,
and complaining,
and cursing,
and nay-saying,
and bragging
and SCREAMING!

until everybody knows his name,
and he's made his name poisoned
and nobody likes the awful noise

and he stands alone
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