Do I miss you
Because
You're far?
Do I miss you
Because
It's been awhile?
Why do I miss
What do I miss
What what oh what
Is amiss?
Is it the absence
Of you?
The distance
Of you?
Am I night
Missing the moon
The twinkling of stars
All the strangers around me
Not bright enough
To lure me out of the dark
Corners that I hide; that I lurk in?
Or am I grass
Missing the sun
The warmth
The fiery burn
Motionless too long
Without a light breeze?
Or am I the shore
Still feeling
The splash
Of your farewell
Long after
You've waved
Goodbye?
APAD13 - 093 © okpoet

I hear
The hollow tipped
Words leave your lips
Lightly uttered
To another,
And I imagine them
Piercing my skull
Puncturing my heart,
Would I bleed
A torrential downpour
Of emotions
Or would I deflect?
I am uncertain
But I feel
As though
They've grazed me
A light scarring
Upon me
I inquire
How it is so
That such few words
Can lead
To great tribulation
Within my mind
And I realize
They were grenades
Fragmented ammo
To all within
Earshot and I,
Am a victim...
APAD13 - 092 © okpoet

You should
Trademark
The click
Of your heels;
How they step
Into the chamber
Of my mind
Through my ears
Up my spine,
The way you walk
Is like,
Tick - tock; tick - tock
On a whole
Different rhythm of time,
A pendulum of motion
The sultriest of metronome
That instills the notion
Your hips could sway armies;
Drown out like the lull of the ocean
All and any commotion
Most intoxicating sight,
In every stride
Subliminally demanding
My utmost devotion?
For you; yes I can
Be most addicted,
For in every click
All I hear
Is the ***;
And the why...
APAD13 - 091 © okpoet

I ran out of love
Ran out of love today
I woke devoid
I woke an abyss,
All grays and dark
All colors gone
Absence of warmth
From within my heart,
I heard a silence
In my mind
I heard flames go out
And felt ashes
At my fingertips,
My black suit was stained
A darker than dark
Shade of somber,
The sun a bright white
I turned away
Like a sunflower
Rejecting it,
Thinking nothing
But empty bubbles
Like bubble gum popped
Not a thing
Not a thought
Not a care
Not a smile,
I ran out of love today...
APAD13 - 090 © okpoet

Don't be a stranger
She said
As she walked away
Only looking back once
At least for the moment
Not making the last image
Burned into my mind
Just the back of her head,
But a stranger I will be
As I am unknown
Even to myself
I'd forget me
If I weren't in this
Transportation device
That is my body,
Dead weight
Subdued
By gravity,
I cannot
And will not
Hold on
Any longer
To her memory
As soon as she is
Out of my view
Out of sight
Out of mind
Godspeed
Bon voyage
Farewell;
So long
Goodbye..
APAD13 - 089 © okpoet

I'm still at the bottom
Of this fruit cup
Haven't been stirred
To rise to the top
Because how
Do you go up
When there are no rungs
You care to step on,
Unlike some who think
They'll come up
As if on an escalator
I'm sorry to let you know
It's broken
Now stairs
You must do the work
Yourself,
Step up
Step up
Reach forward
Push, pull
Yourself up
If the sky
Looks like infinity
It's because
Goals are endless
And you're not inside
A measuring cup
As time is only forward
And so you must too
Lurch, drag, march
Step, run, jump
In the same direction,
And let me know
How it goes...
APAD13 - 088 © okpoet

Maybe you saved me
Flame almost blown out
By the slightest cold breeze
The stone shoulders
That I brushed against
For so long before
Had finally
Left their mark on me
And I
A tall iced sculpture
Was shattered
Diamonds
On the ground
Melting away
To a puddle
To be stepped in
The wet
Temporary luster
Reflecting
Clear skies
But you,
You saw yourself in me
And I
Was no longer
A mirror
Upon a wall
That no one
Listened to,
How beautiful you are
The fairest
In all the land
To me...
APAD13 - 087 © okpoet