David Nelson: Favorites

Apr 2013 David Nelson

The dust of their coming and going
Sifts down through the years,
Their gravity once knotted fabric to flesh;
Even though they're near,
Just the ashes, are all can impress.

Since time snapped in two between their fingers,
They haven't aged much, except to uncoil,
Unwind branching strands;
Under satin recoil
Beneath brass sheaths, the body banal.

We walk upon the faces of kings, and sleep
High, on the ruined backs of strangers;
All unknowing, how the dust gets laid,
Unaware of the danger-
Every generation becomes the new day.

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Together

Apr 2013 David Nelson

st64

Together

1.
I used to bathe in the light of your love....
It suffused me with buoyancy.
It taught me to be gentle and kind.
You showed me how to be soft-hearted and giving.
I learnt unselfishness and endurance from you, through our trials against the world.

2.
I rode high
Aloft, on winds
On winds
Of your indulgence in me
Oh, and how we rode.
Together.

3.
We were in poverty.....yet we shared everything
Together.

We were harassed by forces.... yet we stood our ground
Together.

We were inexperienced in life....yet bent with humility
Together.

We were dreamers, you and I......and we strove
Together.

We were dealt untimely blows....but we faced them
Together.

We lost some big stuff along the way....and we cried, babe
Together.

We were blessed with wings....and we flew far (away)
Together.

We were roofless once...yet we took shelter from the cold
Together.

We shared triumphs and buffeted storms of adversity.
Together.

4.
We ate together.
We drank together.
We bathed together.

We shared everything!
Together.

We slept
Together.

We loved each other...
Oh, how we loved each other!

We ...... b-r-e-a-t-h-e-d .....
Together.

(Like now ..... in our garden)

S T, 03-04-2013

What can I say...lol
Said it all :)

Together...
To-get-her.

He he

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Please no, let me go

Apr 2013 David Nelson

little Bird

Please no, let me go

Take it slow
Take it slow
I’ve never lovingly been
Where this will inevitably go.
Softly, slowly
Softly, slowly
You gently touch my arm, my hair, my face
I whisper about my past
Things I have to tell you
Before you can begin to break through
Flashback
Flashback
Tears rolling down my cheek
I can only see his hollow eyes
Please no
Let me go
Body freezes, it’s just begun
Stare at the ceiling till it’s done
Please no
let me go
Just let me go

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Invisible Thread

Apr 2013 David Nelson

luci sunbird

Invisible Thread

These secrets I keep,
Are hidden behind an invisible thread
That I've woven around me

This thread,
Tightly securing
All that I hold deep

The world may creep up on me,
Cast out shadows
That ordinarily...would cause a girl to scream

But, I'm not afraid of the dark
I'm not afraid of much of anything
Other than, letting him see the real me

My *****, gritty insides
The scars that never healed

The decomposing lies
The dust that flickers past my eyes
The ghosts that haunt my mind

It's dark, it's morbid
Maybe too frightening for anyone to see

For once,
I want to rip the thread to shreds
Let the darkness seep out of me,
Like blood in the morgue

I want to bury my fear,
In a deep grave

Lock it up in a tomb,
Bar the doors so I can't look back

I want to show him who I am
Through unfiltered means
Without fear,
Of what could be.

I like this one, a lot.

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Luminosity

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Ayaba Babe

Luminosity

Your skin
On
My skin.
The luminosity of curiosity twinkling within.
When you touch me,
Do you feel me?
You could heal me
Of
My sins.
An
Angel
-from every angle-
Are you able
To shed skin?
I will shed you
Of the evils
You harbor within.
I will harbor
Your
Sins
I will harbor the DNA you shed on my skin,
I will anchor on the harbors of your depths deep within
-you could heal me.
Tell me again;
When you touch me,
Do you feel me?

#freestyle

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Dreaming

Apr 2013 David Nelson

Emma Sawyer

Dreaming

I'll keep dreaming,
while you keep believing.
But that's okay.
As long as I'm with you,
I'll keep dreaming.

Mar 2013 David Nelson

The heart is such a shallow grave

Mar 2013 David Nelson

Patti Masterman-Heterodynemind

The heart is such a shallow grave

Earth-shine in your loved one's eyes
Is all you have for memories;
Moonlight died beneath their lids,
When death did his deliveries.

And now the world's a colder place,
Though sun still shines above it,
And moon comes too, and looks upon
The graves, were made with loving.

And though the years will pass the same;
Though weeds and grass obscure it,
Their names on trembling lips will live-
As long as we endure it.