Christa Elise Cannon

Christa Elise Cannon Feb 2014

****** *******.

Verily, thou art.

If thine own charms woulds't not deliquesce my pow'rs,
       mayhaps my quill
woulds't obey my

commands...

Yet ~ evermore ~ am I slave

to thy smirks

and provocations

...both vexations to me.

I turn 'round,
but come back

                       time again.

(Provoking my ire.)

Thou

                   knave.

    Rogue.

(****** *******.)

Thou've been a naughty swain.
Get thee to my rooms.

Christa Elise Cannon Jan 2014

for the birds.

Have you put a spell on me?
Am I tips?

Yours
?

Drubk texting is for the bus.

Bird s.

Good lord.

Yeah. Foxy.

Are. Foxy, nor dodgy.

Ahhh,

G'night! Not focus!

Foxy

OH MY GOD.

Christa Elise Cannon Aug 2013

no lie in her fire

the fire the burns the scraping away
the meat the pink the bruises
you
the coals the blood the artery
the pulsing the rhythm the dirt
are
the hallucinations the strangling the hold
the unbearable the rust the nails
not
the ***** the pulling the heat
the pumping the stretching the lips
what
the ******* the magic the death
the waste the freak the wild
you
the wings the mess the struggle
the danger the light the nobility
wish
the limits the explorer the calm
the unruly the time the definition
to
the ****** the pain the cutting
the lie the tremble the sweet
be
the words the smoke the eyes
the grasping the want the now
.

So many people, so many moments, so many memories. Or maybe it's all my imagination. Or something I once heard...a story somebody once told me...

Christa Elise Cannon Apr 2013

i awaken.

my morning blush, which fathers a star, brings the childlike ghost of

need.

Christa Elise Cannon Mar 2013

Remembrance as Punishment, Evermore

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I'd been thinking about writing this poem for a while, and when the media was so concerned over the rapists' future and not the victim (Steubenville), I decided I should stop jotting down random thoughts and actually write it. We keep hearing the term "**** culture." Here's a victim's viewpoint...and remember that this victim could be your mother, your sister, your grandmother, your best friend, your girlfriend, your wife, your child.

I'm pleased with it, but am frustrated that I couldn't get all the NOs to be perfectly aligned! Ah, well.

P.S. The subject is hidden (not too well) in the title.

Christa Elise Cannon Mar 2013

The Wall.

I have spent

So.

Many.

Years.

hiding my tears from everyone.

I discovered today that

                                           even when alone

(not a human soul in sight)

                                i hide from myself.

(i cover my face

          and turn away)

Realizations. Discoveries. Trying to stay Happy and Strong for too long.

P.S. I was crying over my dog. I had made the decision to say goodbye. A poem will eventually come about her and me and us...but I have a tough time really digging into my soul, so that may be a long time in coming.

Christa Elise Cannon Mar 2013

(a timid girl speaks up)

You want to know what I want?

      A proper date.
    Flowers. Not always. Once every few months is fine.
  To be wooed, courted a bit.
Gooooooood ***. Bodies drenched and flushed.
A **** Fine Kiss. (Suddenly gathered in someone's arms in the middle of the street.
The kind that leaves you breathless, panting, and needing more.)
    A good cuddle on the sofa during THE WALKING DEAD.
       Hours of intellectual conversation as foreplay.

You want to know what I get?*

Hanging out with friends.
    Pictures of flowers sent to my Facebook inbox.
      Someone letting me know they're quite keen on me, but only until I show an interest back.
        Half-hearted whatever-the-hell that's supposed to be.
           Lazy kisses where the mind wanders.
        Forcing my dog to cuddle during walker attacks.
     Having to explain what "Beware the Ides of March" means. Among too many other things.
   Mind games.
And secret messages so their wives don't see.

I get creepsters
and/or
married men
and/or
people from out of town/state/country who fancy me.

That last one's not bad, mind you. Just not very possible.*

So if you're keen...
ask yourself...

...which one of those categories do you fall under?

Feeling ****** today. It happens. I just don't usually voice it...certainly not in public.