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 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
Home Is
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
home is--
maternal hands
upon young cheeks
warm and soft

home is--
picture framed
memories, with
white fencing

--

home is--
not this place
it is nowhere
i have been

home is--
a fallacy
engulfed by a
raging fire
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
Moon Hymn
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
you howl at the moon
and call it a sun
a star-like diamond
on fire from within

you grovel for its warmth
but curse at it's embrace

and when dawn does break
your heavy knees do bend
planting themselves like seed
asking to start over again

you beg for acceptance
but dig at your own grave

and when night comes to fall
you weep for the sun
longing for a moon hymn
that's never even been sung
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
Starcrossed
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
sharpen your teeth on these
heroic ribs, on these bone-like thorns that twist
around the aching beat of my simple heart; a
rhythm only you could ever truly know
put your lover's tongue in my darkest corners, ones
even i don't know of--every kiss, a promise that you'll
never leave me; that these eyes will always be your home
'ever afters' aren't for us, no; we're born from tragedy and
destined to become these starcrossed lover constellations
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
Untitled
 Jan 2014 Megan James
KE
a breath of sighs
births within thee
and paints a galaxy
of stars within me
I'm looking at you through the glass.
The spectrum is changing; fading.
You're skin, as beautiful as porcelain. The very features that make up your being; chiseled as if by a sculptor. The beauty that once was, and still is, is fading. Not as if to disappear, but enough to morph the simple idea of the person you once were. The glass is the mirror into which  I am staring. I am you. You are me. I am noticing the beginning signs of losing myself. Once more. I can't stop it this time.
I died on a Sunday
A day of blessings,
peace. Eternal sleep
was interrupted by medicine.

It happens

When I woke,
I was surrounded by strange people
White suits and blue masks.
Needles in my arms
Sensors on my chest.

That must have done wonders for your anxiety

My...heart...simply...stopped.

As if it no longer wished to fill the pain
of a life half lived. Loves almost won

You can't "win" love

Fights never finished. Things never said.

What did you do?

I quit my job. I told the woman that I like
my feelings for her. Changed Apartments.

What did you really do?

I began living.

Freely

Then next time I die. I will not have regrets.
Yea... I really died a couple weeks ago. Had an anxiety attack so severe my heart stopped. It's funny how death can change your whole perspective on life.

© September 27th, 2013 by Timothy Brown. All rights reserved.
Curiosity.
Life changing at a rapid velocity.
The hypocrisy of an unjust philosophy
called democracy.

A nation reaching for the stars.
Finding life on mars.
Leaving the earth scarred
as if it's an old girlfriend
crying in her car while
he drives to the bar with the
new woman he's destined to mar.

It's pitiful
The common man is treated criminal
Speaking the truth gets you clinical
trials.  In the age of digital,
the biblical is still considered the
pivotal, principle foundation.

**This is an Idol-me-nation
© September 30th, 2013 by Timothy Brown. All rights reserved.
Stuck in a rut
of fear.
Guck, through I cut,
now clear.
Shuck, here's a nut;
no beer.
Pluck until ****
then jeer.
Struck at the glut.
New sheers
Meanings are relative.
© October 4th, 2013 by Timothy Brown. All rights reserved
Every connection I make
I eventually break.
It's the fear of being inadequate
to someone's taste that causes me to
shiver and shake like ******-doo
I'm not the one that leaves, I make you.
It's really not your fault I want you to shoo
I really don't but I have an abandonment issue.
Its why I live alone and don't pursue romantic
interests. I sit around frantic as if the Atlantic
and Pacific, to be specific, were going to flood
the exact spot I sit in.
© October 4th, 2013 by Timothy Brown. All rights reserved
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