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 Mar 2015 Wanderer
SG Holter
Torch
 Mar 2015 Wanderer
SG Holter
Politeness. Common decency.
Giving more than two *****
About how others may
Feel.

Some carry a torch until their
Hands blister scolded in
Futility.
Most of us pull our pants

Down laughing and
Put it out. But above the sink,
Between magic marker genitalia
And profanities,

Someone has written
Something that might just
Fuel a fire
That's dying today.

*You don't need
A mirror;
You are
Beautiful.
 Mar 2015 Wanderer
SG Holter
Sober weekends last
Longer.

We go to bed early
To read.

She's lit a scented candle
On her bedside table.

Shadows dance on print.
I lean without moving,

Against her tempered softness.
All is *pillow.
~Christi Michaels~January 2015~

Always too Much
Followed by too Little
Flawed in my ability
To understand
how to balance the two

Always too Much
Followed by too Little
Left with not knowing what to do.

Since the day of my birth
Till the day of today
My own nemesis
Every step of the way

As if the wrong download
was set into place
Incongruent with my gentle beauty
My comfortable face
Always too Much
Followed by too Little

I am flawed in my ability
Born without the understanding
Of how to balance the two
Always too Much
Followed by too Little
Left with not knowing what to do


Copyright © 2014 Christi Michaels.
All Rights Reserved.
 Mar 2015 Wanderer
SG Holter
I put my hands in the air
And surrender all my money
To a heart that
Begs with one hand
And robs with the other.

I don't judge you, little girl.
I just want you to know
That there are more comfortable
Ways to
Joy.

Change is healthy. Change can be
Growth. A smile is like a kiss; it feels
Good to both.
So here, take all my
Change.

There is no way of getting
Out of here. So we
May as well enjoy
The act of
Staying.
 Mar 2015 Wanderer
JM
Day blooms; morning fog
Dreams die, fading to shadows
Cold nights, forgotten.
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