Through avenues
And boulevards
My toll road
Has had
All the forks
I could handle
Crossroads plenty
Sometimes off-road
Sometimes freeways
Dead ends more
Than expected,
But I'm still driving
Dreams my gas
And love my map,
Never lost
Because
I'm always in the middle
Of everywhere and nowhere,
Interstates and highways
In my veins
Smoking and drinking
The only tuneup
To grease the gears
In my head,
Always grinding
And slipping
But never missing
A mile,
As my odometer
Just keeps turning
Each day another
Street I get lost in...
APAD13 - 059 © okpoet

It's been awhile now
Time has passed; I don't know how,
I've risen and fallen
With all these thoughts I'm haulin'
Memories that won't fade
For they were very very well made,
And no matter how much I look
In every alley crack and nook,
There is no other
Like you, why bother?
Every kilobyte I inquire
I regretfully set on fire,
For they are all smoke
You are the straw that on the camel's back broke,
More than you I'll never love
Not puppies nor rainbows from above,
Tying all my loose ends
Strings that together a rope mends,
Noose for my weary heart
Beating slower the longer we're apart,
It's been known time heals all
But since last Fall,
I've picked at this scab
Bittersweet pain I keep adding to my tab,
Sometimes I burst
At times laughter but when tears; those are the worst,
Mixed grab bag
Between emotions the most surreal lag,
Echoes of you will always be with me
And in every fresh new day your smile I will see...
© okpoet

Stop thief!
I cried after you,
Until in the face I was blue
The moment brief,
I had glanced
Upon your façade
So beautiful he made you; God,
Took my breath away
And on my knees I lay
As images of you danced
Around my head
And I bled
But from where?
You had not touched but a hair
Stop, come back!
I uttered once more
Each minute past
The more energy I lacked
Feeling cold to my core
You were ever so fast,
Yet there in a red pool
I realized faintly aware
You had stolen my heart
The whole of my soul
Oh what a fool!
But I would again stare
Even if I had known this ending from the start
Upon your heavenly guise; pricey toll...
© okpoet

Bomb shell
She is hard to quell,
Lost in her eyes
You will find dark skies,
Raining on you
Answers few,
Who would have known
Your heart would have flown
So high so far
Bottle her in a jar,
Like the sweetest of jellies
Peanut butter on breaded bellies,
Find no harm
In her sultry charm;
Glossy lips
Hypnotizing hips,
**** temptation
Make us all rise as a nation,
Amazing overtures
Praise her curvatures,
Such is this flora in a faraway Terra;
For her you'd cross any Sahara....
© okpoet

There they sit  
In silence
Tension building  
Difficult pretense
Not to tear  
One another apart
Clothes off  
Becoming one heart
Beating wildly  
Instincts attacking
Passion not withholding  
Like a hacker hacking
Past the firewalls  
Broken down
From the feelings strong  
Cannot drown them  
With none other than fiery moans
Embracing their souls  
In the night not drones
Of life's monotonous  
Day in day out
Blazing a heat trail  
Love's route
They'll soon  
Envelop their desires
Feed this kindling  
In their bodies bonfires
At the shores of their  
Seemingly hidden intent
Once they let themselves  
Go find if it was meant
To be or not to be,  
Friends to the world
But lovers behind  
Their doors, herald
To the truth of what  
Cannot be denied  
In the midst of this  
Urban jungle defied...
© okpoet

Have you ever thought
That maybe;  
I wanted to get caught,
Wanted to  
Break your heart
You certainly  
Played your part,
Followed your intuition
But I wasn't  
Practicing inhibition,
Staying out  
Till the morning,
Coming home  
To you sitting  
There mourning,
The loss of  
Our once upon a time
Fairy tale start  
Turned **** like a lime,
Shattered looking glass;
Can't bring it back,  
Listen to the jazz
Playing softly  
In the background
Do you really think  
I want to go another round?
Made the exit crystal clear
For you to leave my dear,
I had left the building already
Fire exit  
I set off all the alarms  
But you chose  
To ignore it all
Like one dismisses  
A blocked ID call,
I'm immune to your charms;
Just leave me be,  
I'm no longer your teddy...
© okpoet

She's got  
Too many strings
Tangled, cannot tell  
Where they lead
She's pulled  
This way and that way
Some play the puppeteer
Controlling her emotions
Decisions; her fears and desires;
She reached out  
For something to cut with,
I caught her hand  
And she grabbed a hold,
But her baggage  
Was heavy with many things,
She couldn't  
Get a foot hold to be freed,
What she hid away  
I cannot say
As I tried  
To get behind the dark veneer
Hiding her past;  
Limiting my options
Trying to sort through  
The signals and wires
Revealing only more  
A mystery more a myth
Like an investigator  
Following a lead gone cold;
My grip slipping  
I questioned my resolve
To let go  
Or give her time to evolve
From a defenseless bloom;
To a thorned rose  
Out of the gloom
Destined to be  
Her own operator
Clamping the brakes  
On her free falling elevator...
© okpoet