Cheyenne Chenoa: Poems

5h · 24

Cheyenne Chenoa 5h

In a far gone place
Unbeknownst to me
A creature is still stirring
Behind the broken dying leaves

It’s perch is gone
The trees are long dead
Yet a soft glowing heartbeat
Still survives in the dread

1d · 51

The Parting Souls

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

The Parting Souls

I want to kiss your soul
And tell it sweet goodnight
For the scars we lay upon us
Fade fast in moving tide

What wandering did we do
From here to there till now
To schism our great bind
As we wish the rain goodbye

Do you hear the city streets
Ghastly echoes calling bright
The neon light facade
Drapes on an empty stage tonight

I feel a dwindling fire
I hold it close and dear
My blanket is torn from me
I’m unsafe and struck in fear

Where is my gentle net
My lighthouse in the vines
The phone booth sputters
As blood trickles from my eyes

Now my magician is only here
In dreams, visions,
And big signs in the sky
He is just barely keeping himself by

The moon lights up the stars tonight
The rocks, but also you and I
We gaze upon the same bright night
But from different seas of changing times

1d · 34

I Fear

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

I Fear

For may I fear
I sit in an empty room
A Monteverde Cloud to seek
Yet I remain still
Still I am
Till all time passes
Too frail to lift my spear
No extravagance I have
My clothing is sheep’s wool
I adorn my hands
With dark black gloves
Unscathed is the ground I walk
Silent the things I touch
An ocean before me
Yet never do I drink
My light barely burning
I starve it’s soul
I rip it’s roots
As in a fairytale long ago
Hear me not
See me not
For I fear
Forever I fear
This I have chosen
Many times before
Quelled is my voice
I remain unmoving
Still as a stone
Till it all fades to none
For I fear
I
Fear

1d · 33

J.B.

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

J.B.

I want to swim in your voice
It’s pillowy velvet
No harmony I could poise
Could ever compeer to
Your gentle spring noise
I want to drink
The air you were breathing
To make that sound
That soothed my hearing
How are you
Such running water
Such easing sunlight
Such mother, father

1d · 28

Wedding Of Dichotomy

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

Wedding Of Dichotomy

Wed among many,
Scowl among one.
Trammeling, unbinding…
Ropes frey,
Unraveling,
Until the last strand is cut.
Trivial as sand,
Unions once held.
Thumping, Beating…
Hearts tripped
to run.
Precious is
The last dawn’s beginning.
Renewal, breath…
Hold dear
Blue waters,
Heaven’s closer
Than it is not.

1d · 159

Her Prayer

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

Her Prayer

Old ragged woman
‘Fraid and thin
Whispers quietly
A prayer to heaven
As she lies in her sin

Protect my mother
Keep my father strong
May my daughter be obedient
Knowing right from wrong

Her hands clasp gently
Wood worn beneath her knees
A scarper from desires within
A surrender unto peace

Lord, far have I wandered
Mountains I could not climb
The depths of the sea
Fought to swallow me

In her pain a soft voice came
Gently and gleefully
Whispered; I am yours
And with you I shall be

1d · 31

How Much I Love You

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

How Much I Love You

I love you more than the sunset loves the horizon,
More than the fish love the sea,
More than the cold morning loves the sweet songs of birds.
More than the sunlight loves peeking through the leaves of the trees.
If you could count my love,
Give it a number,
A digit,
A quantity:
It'd be every grain of sand on the beaches,
7 fold,
10 fold,
30 fold,
And a million times anew.
I'd run my fingers through your hair,
And kiss your skin,
More than the sun kisses the sky.
I'd love you longer
Than the world could survive.

1d · 28

Three Freckles

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

Three Freckles

There are three freckles
On Daddy’s tummy
And Mommy likes kissing them

She says they’re like a constellation
Like spots on a dalmatian
She says Daddy is speckled

Like when he checkled
From her silly little dances
And the songs she thought up

Or the way her nose scrunched
When Daddy got sick
And when he coughed up

To me, Daddy’s freckles
Were just itty bitty features
But to Mommy they were Northern Stars
On her beautiful, beautiful creature

1d · 26

Secret Society

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

Secret Society

Outright truths
Must hide

A bullet will land in your head
Masses never persist
Towards unadorned statements
Invite their curiosity
Adventurous spirits along

Compel to decode

Truth

Hidden

Between a weave
Of tangled thorny roses

1d · 27

Lesson Of A Necklace

Cheyenne Chenoa 1d

Lesson Of A Necklace

A delicate shimmering charm
Wearing the weight of my confidence
Draped around my neck
Like a medallion of the finest gold or silver
Wielding a misapprehension for a right of pride

A dazzling diamond
Or rubies, or pearls
Conceit laced in every chain link
Laying over my heart

Yet in the vulnerability of the night,
When the glimmering moon
And sparkling stars
Are the only lights illuminating my form
I unclasp the alluring rivière
Leaving me with just my own skin

I lie it delicately
In the shadows of my darkened room,
The cold hard surface of my vanity

When I glance in the reflective glass
Lined with an intricate gold frame
Then do I understand
The meaning of my necklace,
My little delicate chain

While I may consume my mind in pride
For the materialistic riches I drown in
I will always return
To my simple skin and bones
My thumping heart
My fortitudinous soul

Forever am I in admiration
With the lesson of a simple chain, clasp and stone
My riches may be beautiful
They may shine like the sun
Or glimmer like a fire in the cold night
But they define nothing within me
For in the end I am my soul
Not a ephemeral symbol
Or a fragile chain, clasp and stone

— The End —