Missed her
Like a detour
And I'm coming around
Again,
Slower than the first
Like a second sweep
Through the airport terminal
Looking for her face
Like how I remember her last
As I'm flying low
Smile wide
As the sun is warm,
Trying to single her out
Precious needle
Amongst the haystack people,
There's a glimmer
She's spotted me
Before I do,
And then it's like
The light
At the end of a tunnel,
I've arrived
Ship to port;
I've found my anchor...

APAD13 - 126 © okpoet

Would that I be
My limbs extending from me
Like trees rooted deeply and stretching
To the skies above,
Would that you be
The winds swaying through me
In gusts and sweeping breeze
Like through a cracked window
Into a smoldering room,
Your love within me
Settling dust on shelves
In the streaking sun,
Would that we be
Fragmented asteroids
Crashing into each others
Atmosphere only flashings of lights
And we wish on these
Broken pieces burning up
As they land like pennies
On hot pavement
That we cannot dig out,
Oh I would; so be
As you would want to be too,
And together we'd be
As these and those
Things ought to do; to be...

APAD13 - 125 © okpoet

You don't know
Emptiness
Until you have
Everything
And yet you have
Nothing,
When what you want
Really really want
Cannot be had
For any price
Or at any time,
No amount of strength
No amount of patience
Will subdue your desires
And it kills you from within
Unable to replace it,
Right in the middle of
Tangible and not,
An endless fire
A breath that never comes,
An is that never was
And never will be,
Reality is never more
Colder or more surreal...

APAD13 - 124 © okpoet

When did you
Become the sun?
So warm and inviting at first
And then when I went
To hold you close
So that I would never again
Feel the cold in my bones,
I found out you were
93 million miles away,
But you still burned through me
Melting my defenses
SPF 90 couldn't block you out,
And I could see
Your reflection even at night,
Teasing me,
Tried to squish you out with my thumb
And I slept
Thinking you would never come
But you do again,
Just as intense
As the day before,
Though clouds get in the way
And I'm deprived again
I don't dare lose hope
For your absence
Will be short
Lest I die frozen abandoned
But I would never know...

APAD13 -123 © okpoet

When the sun rises
As a brand new day
And you're not there,
I wish for the sky to cloud
And for the dark to come again
So I can curl back up
A ball in the corner,
To ride out
The empty days,
When a happy thought
Makes it's way
Into my head
I feel guilty
And ashamed,
You're not there
To share it with me
And I wish to make it go away
Because I don't want to be glad
Without you,
When I turn any corner
And you're not there
I wish to walk backwards
And never turn the page
On this story
That seems to have ended
Long ago,
But somehow I know
There is yet more to be written...

APAD13 - 122 © okpoet

How can I be?
I ponder
How I exist
Am I really here?
Are these
My arms
My legs?
Or am I imagining
Phantom limbs?
Without you
My chest is hollow
My heart
Just a fig newton
Of my imagination,
Where is me?
Where am I?
Where; under the sky
On this earth
Is my place?
Maybe I'm just
A last lone
Lingering thought
Of yours,
And soon
I'll cease
To be...

APAD13 - 121 © okpoet

Simply stunning
You were,
A glint of sun
Radiant ray,
From your
Sapphire smile
And diamond eyes
I was blinded
Blind sided,
As a  fiery ball
Just beneath the visor
A lingering sunset
The shape of you,
That pierced
My windshield
As I sped down
Not taking my eyes off
The view,
And would I crash
Still entranced
By your intense
Focused tractor beam,
Interrupted only
By the words
That I couldn't hear
And all I could do
Was nod and smile
And nurse
My wounds,
Soon to be
Further scarred
By the likes of you...

APAD13 - 120 © okpoet

I feel the cold whispers
Upon my ear
Of your laughter
Faded long ago,
Every tear
That falls
Is an ocean
Of regret,
That cannot drown
Out the quietest
Of echoes of you
From within my heart,
Your happy eyes
That linger
Behind shattered mirrors
That I try so hard
Not to look into
Reflecting me
Alone and broken
As if my very soul
Were no longer
Within my bones,
And my body
Is just a bag
Of spilled guts
Festering under the sun
Dead to the world
Without you...
APAD13 - 119 © okpoet

I didn't notice
When your hand went cold
I didn't notice
When your heart broke
I didn't notice
When your smile faded,
And for this I suffer
Knowing I could have
Done something
But now it's too late
And you're dead as can be
Because no longer
Do my hands hold yours
No longer
Does your heart beat
For me,
No longer
Will I hear your laughter,
Because you're far away
By someone else's side,
And I just have your ghost
Impostor by my side
A shadow of a time
When I thought
You and I
Were forever
And I couldn't
Ever lose you...
APAD13 - 118 © okpoet

3000 miles ago
I shut off the radio
Thinking of you,
Plenty of bumps on this road
To jostle memories
Of when you used to sit
In the seat next to me
Skipping through songs
Until you found the one
That would make you sing
Like a free bird
Canary in the wind;
Spirited butterfly
In the rear view mirror,
And now
Even in the silence
I hear the echoes
Of all the chorus
Of all your laughter,
If I close my eyes
I can still see
Your hair shifting
In the hurried breeze
And I wish I could
Reset the odometer
In my head
Switch out the alternator
In my heart...
APAD13 - 117 © okpoet

I thought
You were so pretty
Once,
But I looked again
And looked closely
Shoddy makeup
And insecure eyes
Hiding what?
I couldn't tell
Until now,
Notice how you
Can't make eye contact
With me,
And all I can do
Is look down on you,
Thinking back to when
I would have laid down
A red carpet for you,
And now even dead rose petals
Don't deserve to fall before you,
Only ashes will linger
Like dust in the sunlight
Through the shutters
As I burn all that you ever meant...
APAD13 - 116 © okpoet

I still remember
When I toiled the earth
From morning to sundown
Sweat on my brow
Boiling in my veins,
I'd wipe away the blood
And catch my breath
Looking upon her
The dirt that lived
That supported my every step,
Every breath that escaped me
Was a sigh for her,
And now I lie
Tired and weary
Not wanting to toil again
Given up
For I could not grow
What she wouldn't yield,
Barren death
Cold frosted land
Wicked weeds of doubt,
I loved her
Through the tears
And even then
No seed would bare
What I yearned from her...
APAD13 - 115 © okpoet

No te conozco
Como quisiera
Extranjera Hermosa,
Pero en mi vida
Como te extraño;
Como un sueño
Que uno acaba de tener
Pero a los minutos se huye
De los pensamientos,
Estos sentimientos
Me queman
A pesar
De ser solo cenizas,
Tu rostro
Me invade
Detrás de las cortinas
De mis ojos,
En noches
Como esta,
Pienso en tu fantasma
Como si fuese
La mismísima sabana
Que me resguarda,
Pienso en ti
Bella extraña,
Y se me hace tan extraño
Que te recuerde
Con tan solo haberte
Conocido unos pocos minutos
Como granos en un desierto
Pero cómo quedan
En los zapatos sin querer…
APAD13 – 114 © okpoet

Oh that I would
Have more hands
To touch you with,
Oh that I could
Have more legs
To run to you,
Oh that I should
Have more eyes
Have more ears
Have more lips,
To see more
To listen more
To say more
All the things
Of you
By you
About you,
Because I feel
That one of me
Is not enough,
One of me
Can only do so much,
And I don't want you to tire
To grow dull and bored
To walk away
From me,
When all I am
Everything you see
Everything you feel
From me,
Is all that I am
Just for you...
APAD13 - 113  © okpoet

You want to
Mend my heart;
With what? Staples?
It's more than
Ten sheets thick
I don't care
How industrial you go,
And I laugh
At your staple gun
And even your nail gun,
Put away the duct tape
It'll just slide right off,
Oh; I see,
You brought plenty
Of Krazy glue,
Are you kidding me?
You might as well
Use fly paper,
None of this will do,
No siree, Bob
You can't fix my heart
And you sure as hell
Can't build me a new one,
No one with a hardhat
Nor white coats or stethoscopes
Can undo what she broke,
Only she is the remedy
Only she is the cure,
And my local drugstore
Doesn't carry her
Not even in generic,
So as far as I can tell
I'm stuck with this malady
Most inconvenient tragedy...
APAD13 - 112 © okpoet

Maybe I do miss
Hearing my name
Dive off her lips
Plummeting
Into my heart
From the heights
Of her voice;
Parasailing
To my ears
The sweetest breeze
Like the lightest kiss
On my dreary brow,
The allure of her
Like the glow
Of jewels
And trinkets,
But that she
Could procure
From such
A simple gesture
So much
Yearning
Was the red flag
That made me flee
And once I caught my breath
I spilled my guts
A catharsis of emotions
I couldn't imagine sinking into
A quick sanded trap
I barely escaped and I sigh...
APAD13 - 111 © okpoet

Will you please
Come with me;
Will you please
Follow me,
Stand here
And stay
Ever so still
My dear,
Under this overpass
While I cross it
To get over you?
The tears I've spilt
May be to you
Like water
Under this bridge,
But it's still flowing
And I can't change that
Unless I find a way
To forget
And move on
Though I may still carry
A torch,
I hope a new breeze
May come
From someone
Else's eyes aflutter
To blow out this flame
From whence it came...
APAD13 - 110 © okpoet

I want to look
But
She's making me nervous,
In my infinite
Peripherals
She roams,
I the gazelle
And she
The lioness
Hidden
In the tall brush,
But as she nears
I am hunter
Hiding my fear,
But one lone bead
Escapes me,
And I know I'm prey
In her clutches
Talons that can dig
Into me
Tearing me up
Like a measly mouse,
But she merely asks
For the time of day
And as she walks away
I recede back into my tower
At the ready if she beckons
To chime out the next hour...
APAD13 - 109 © 2013

I liked you
Yesterday,
I'll like you
Tomorrow,
I like you
Today,
I'll like you
Day after day
Even after every
Sundae,
I'll like you
From every
New year
Through
Every leap year,
From time
To time
I'll keep
Liking you,
Because hey,
What's not to like
About you?
I like you
Even if you don't
Like yourself,
I like you
Even if you don't
Like me,
But I really really
Love you...
APAD13 - 108 © okpoet

Tell me
What you would say
If you just had
A few breaths left
Within your chest,
Tell me
What you would say
If you just had
A few beats left
Within your heart,
Tell me
All the things
You never said
When your pulse
Beat solid
And your lungs
Ran full tilt,
Tell me
Not
What I want
To hear,
But what
You wished
You could
Tell me
But didn't
Out of fear,
Tell me...
APAD13 - 107 © okpoet

I've never run
During a rainstorm,
Savoring every drop
Like Maxwell's
Has parted from the skies,
If I could
I'd add honey
And sip
A cup of tea,
Feeling
Every heavenly tear
Raining on me,
This is my bubble bath
My hot tub time machine,
The ocean coming to me
When I can't come to it,
Every puddle
A lake,
Every splash
A wave,
A greeting of the impending sun
A goodbye from the clouds
That will no longer shadow over me,
Every pitter patter
Like a rhythmic drummer
Lullaby to my heart...
APAD13 - 106 © okpoet

Con besos
Te inundare
Como el mar
Satura la tierra
Sal de mis lágrimas
Sudor de mi pasión
Por todo tu cuerpo;
Los peces serán testigos
De mi amor por ti,
Con besos
Te tatuare
Como la tinta
De todos los lapiceros
Llenan las páginas
De todos los libros
Letras de mi mente
Palabras de mi corazón;
Las tablas de contenido
Serán testigos
De mi devoción a ti,
Con besos
Te envolveré
Como las brisas
Sacuden tu pelo
Aire de mis suspiros
Dióxido de carbono
De mis pulmones;
Por todo el horizonte
Por todos los hemisferios
De la tierra al sol,
El mundo será testigo
De nuestro amor...
APAD13 – 105 © okpoet

I gave you
My heart
Like I gave you
My jacket
On a cold day
When all was gray,
And you thanked me
Like one thanks
The person
Behind the counter
With the loose change
They just gave you,
But I figured
You'd leave me
Something of yours
Like one loses
Their umbrella
On a rainy day
That clears up sunny,
But you kept my jacket
And my heart
And now I'm cold
And empty
And you left me
Out in the storm,
But all I care
Is that you're warm and dry
As I patiently wait for the sun...
APAD13 - 104 © okpoet

I believe
The sun
Burst into flames
At the first sight of you
And hasn't stopped since,
I believe
The ocean
Waves crashed
At the first sight of you
And haven't stopped since,
I believe
That time
Took it's first step
At the first sight of you
And hasn't stopped since,
And all the things
That are perpetual
Are so because of you,
How your beauty never fades;
Your smile
Jump starts dead hearts;
And your love
Is the eternal
Changing of the seasons
Witnessed by all,
And as I bask in your sunshine
And listen to the waves
Time is the last thing
Going through my mind
Replaced by you eternal...
APAD13 - 103 © okpoet

I wished
You had
Sent cookies
I wished
You had
Sent drugs,
I wished
You had
Sent anything
And everything
Else but your love,
Because,
I can eat the cookies
I can consume the drugs
I can go through anything
And everything,
Leaving not a trace
Stuff my face
And pass out
Forget all about
What has just transpired
Wake up tired
And groggy
My mind a little bit foggy,
Happy to be alive,
But you sent your love
And like a freed dove
It flew out at me
And though it filled me with glee
I'm left emptier
And like a drunk less friendlier
Missing you, wanting you
Needing you; and now I'm blue...
APAD13 -102 © okpoet

Can you hear
The stars creaking shut
As the sun slams into view?
And after the day
Shutters through its hours
The night shivers anew,
Imagine all the lovers
Under the tattooed moon
As the waves rustle
And the trees gush forth
Nature breathing
Coughing up it's splendor
Constant wonder,
Awoken from it's slumber
As laughter emanates
And echoes
Throwing back
On ember evenings
Happy hearts
Downing margaritas
Under a salt rimmed sun,
The clouds
Lazily strolling by
Captivated
By what they
Overshadow below,
You and I
Yearning for sun
After all the rain
The awnings of our eyes
Wet after the downpour
Draw out the shine under
The lackluster light;
A flash of déjà vu
To brighten our
Dimly lit future...
APA13 - 101 © okpoet

Maybe your bones
Are funny
And I'm ticklish,
Afraid to
Start a war
Where you'll beat me
By finding
My weak spot,
Where I'll break
By the slightest touch of you,
Laughing until tears
And crying until
I'm breathless,
And as we lie
There between
The sheets
And the pillows,
We'll know
These are the moments
We'll never forget
The memories
We'll never regret,
No matter what
May happen
After we've settled down
And we're serious
Pretending
Nothing ever happened,
But inside we're
Giddy and silly
And dizzy
And happy...
APAD13 - 100 © okpoet

I remember
The first time
I learned to lie
"It doesn't hurt" I cried
As tears spilled from my defiant eyes
And the beatings continued,
I remember
The first time
I learned to play
Make believe,
"I have plenty of friends"
I answered to anyone who'd inquire,
And now I'm a chronic liar
Are you ok?
Yes I'm fine,
Are you sad?
No, I'm pretty happy,
How's life?
Just peachy thank you,
Just trying
To get through the day
Pretending to be glad
Rushing out the door
Knowing no one
Waits for me
At the place I call home
Looking for my knife
I recede from the outside lies
I cut deep,
And as I watch the blood seep;
Through the fabric of my parting skin
I relish the pain, the rush and the thrill of this sin
The only truth I know;
Before I cry myself to sleep...
APAD13 - 099 © okpoet

He may not notice
The subtle
Fading of your smile
But I must be cursed
If I must flinch
At all
The fleeting
Changes
Of you,
Like astronomers
Study
The stars
And catalog
All their movements,
And unlike
The weatherman
Who predicts
Through all
His charts
And graphs,
I know;
Down to the smallest degree
All your emotions,
But I'm only
A foreign observer
Who can't change the channel...
APAD13 - 098 © okpoet

I'd kiss
The red off your lips
Until they were
Just glossy pink,
And what would
Transpire
Between the sheets
Would make anyone
Perspire,
Between
My passion
And devotion
Lies only you,
As my fingers
Comb your hair
Like my words
Brush your thoughts,
And my lips
Utter all the musings
Of your body,
How all your curves
Give way under my
Calloused hands,
Like my mind
Gives way
Only to you...
APAD13 - 097 © okpoet

I wish
You'd stay a bit
And linger,
Instead of
Walking away
While I bite my finger,
Afraid to ask
For you to say
One more word,
Hoping you'll
Look at me
One more minute,
Wishing you would
Graze my hand
Accidentally;
Incidentally;
Casually
Sparking
Another fire
In my heart
Already
Phoenixed
Twice over
In a minute,
While on the surface
I sit back
Nonchalantly
Keeping my hands
Steady,
Holding back
From wanting to
Find any excuse
To grab your hand
And ask
Do you really have to go?
To laugh with you
And share
Another moment,
How dreadful
The time in between
Your visits,
But you'll never know...
APAD13 - 096 © okpoet

I feel the flow of my words
Like I'm donating blood;
But never do I know
When enough is enough,
And I drain myself
Down to the white
Sheet of me;
Just within an inch
Of death,
Having placed
An IV drip
From my veins
Into my pen
And I can't stop;
Writing all the thoughts
That stream
Through my mind
Twenty four / seven
Coverage
Of the weather
In my heart,
How it rains
How it thunders
How it shines;
How the breeze
Blows throughout
When you're in my thoughts
And when you're in my dreams
Which is where you always seem to be;
So, that's where I'll be too, with you forever...
APAD13 - 095 © okpoet

I pushed
And pushed
All the while
Really wanting to pull,
I pushed
Too far
And away
It went,
Away from me
And there I stood
Regretting,
Wishing
The wishes
I had been wishing
Before
Not having listened
To my heart,
Instead
Reasoning
With my logic
That I couldn't
Lose what I never had,
And there I sat
In the pit
Of my despair
Done in
By my own hand,
Alone to be...
APAD13 - 094 © okpoet

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

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

I want to run
Through a field,
Embrace the sun
With open arms,
Laugh until
My cheeks hurt,
And hold you
Until you won't
Let me go,
But the fields
Are withering dry
And the sun
Has receded,
My arms are tired
And sadness
Fills my eyes,
And you,
You are
Nowhere near,
I'm leaking
Sunshine,
And I can't
Direct these rays
Into your corner
Of this vast world,
Cloudy skies
Blanket me in grey,
I've said
All I can say,
Wondering
If you're in
Michigan
Because
I miss you again...
© okpoet

One tear
For you my dear
Floodgates open
For your love
Or at least
The idea of it
Like light
From a candle lit
I put up a fight
But like a sun
Setting in the east
An empty gun
Won't **** a fleeting dove
Now and again
The sadness in my heart
Eclipses my yearning
To be a part
Of the light burning
In your soul
One and only coal
Spark in a fire's forest
I angst to give to you my best...
© okpoet

My heart escaped
Out of my chest
Lies flapping
On the ground
Gasping for love,
It's slippery
And I can't catch it
Try and place it back
In the empty bowl
In my chest,
Like an echo
That will never
Answer back,
Your memory
Will be the only
Record repeating
In my head,
I forget not to
And remember
Every moment
Comes back
And I'm drowning
Once more,
Cold water
In my nose
Hurting
Flashbacks,
Maybe you must
Stay away,
So I can continue
To love you,
Like this forever...
© okpoet