Let you go
Let you go
That's what I'll do
You've let me go
And now I must
Do the same,
That's the game,
Rain into dust
Dreams I cannot sow
Leave it all behind in blue
Let you go
Let you go
I must forget you now
Even if I don't know how,
The fork in our road
Has only time borrowed
That we must fade
Like mud in the Everglade,
The grass will grow over
All our tracks, nothing left to savor,
Gum gone bland
Like dry dry sand,
Let you go
Let you go
My mind may forget
But my heart won't let
The ache get better
I'll never need a dredger...
© okpoet

On a laughing spree
I endeavor with glee,
Ripped up shirt
Your short short skirt,
Appeals
To any penguin running from seals,
Clubbing
And tape side B dubbing,
Will deplete
Through wet concrete
The tempo
Of the gloomiest of death row
Inmate
That I can't relate,
Sedate the defense
With all but my pretense,
Dense and foggy
The towel is soggy,
Wet and damp
I've set up camp,
To see this to its end
Let's pretend,
You know what I'm thinking
Even if my signals aren't blinking...
© okpoet

Breathed you in
Light of my eyes,
Pulsing rhythm
Of my heart,
See you behind
The red of my mind,
Know my part
And my hopes bid them
A piece of the skies
For you I'd sin,
If minute after hour
I'm in the highest tower,
I'll be just watching
No star catching,
Merely here
Gatekeeper of your fear,
My love on the ground
Hear the crackling sound,
I'll be everywhere
Even if there,
Is farther than
I could toss a can,
So send for me
Maybe?
© okpoet

I need to want you
Less;
Take away
All the pain
Stress,
Love want not vise,
No gain
My mind
Otherwise
None the wiser,
Heart blind
Deaf
Dumb,
For you of sweetness miser
My thoughts high
Clef
Numb,
This blood
Almost dry
In my veins
Runs
Slow like mud
In your colour,
This pulse
Is in your
Rhythm,
Cocked guns
The reins
And I can't
Rid them;
Like thick velour
A sandy beach
With dots
Of seagulls
Yet I am
Devoid of
As if bleach
You,
But not these
Thoughts,
Fill me
Please...
© okpoet

Can I be
A nice mistake
You made once?
Not really looking
Just through a window
Saw something
That made you smile
And I was caught
In the tractor beam,
Opposing polarities
Couldn't separate us,
But you weren't exactly
An open embrace,
Burrs on a sock,
Lint in a pocket,
I wanted to be
But like one dusts off,
I was to be exiting
This bus ride,
Leave the taxi a tip,
Thanks for the trip,
Like free coffee
A sort of meh,
Nothing to like
Or not, I don't have
To be special to you,
Though you are to me,
If you remember;
Then address, if not
I'm postage for another letter...
© okpoet

I hear your pain
And feel it even louder,
I wish to shield you
But I know,
What you really need
Is a sword,
And the courage
To vanquish
What you fear,
That which steals
The sleep
From your nights,
And stands over
And between
You and the world,
Mitigating your
Successes,
Hampering your
Day to day,
Making your
Sunrise and sunsets
Bittersweet,
Unable to connect
To the world around you,
I will help you wield
The spear you need
To sink into and gut
The darkness,
Make light of all
Your troubles,
Line all your clouds
With silver,
And bring about
Your golden smile...
© okpoet

Hi hello hola
My buttercup,
How I've missed your eyes
I've been waiting to embrace
You with mine,
I'd take a picture
But it wouldn't
Do you any justice,
Nothing like the real thing
See how my fingers quiver
I'm itching to trace
Every feature of your face,
Beautiful in every light
Even more so in the dark
Find your silhouette
Beckoning,
Overshadow
Your own shadow,
Outshine
That big ball in the sky
With that smile
I've yearned for
Make you laugh
It's the sound
I wish silence
Was made of...
© okpoet