In the light of early dawn she sat;
As no sleep could bring peace to her,
Restless mind; littered thoughts of that;
Which haunted her every moment after,
From minute to minute her nightmares;
Were her living hell and there by her side,
He knelt; held her hand and ignored the stares;
Of those all around who couldn't understand,
How he couldn't leave her side; they couldn't stand;
To see this outspoken love he wouldn't hide,
Even though she was broken sitting there;
Unable to love him back; but he didn't care,
Because his love was for that memory he held;
Deep within his heart and the promise he upheld,
His vow to her from the moment they met;
That he would always never this feeling forget,
What she meant to him the light she brought;
Made him stand again and how for her love he fought,
Because she was that purpose he had been missing;
All his life, and though he slowly lost her to her demons,
Past, he never would abandon this flower no longer blooming;
For within her lost mind he knew she remembered him and,
So he'd be there to welcome her no matter;
What the cost no regretting the coming latter,
Even if the toll of time would his bones turn to sand...
© okpoet

It wants of drink
But it cannot quench it's thirst,
It wants of food
But no buffet can appease,
This heart's appetite
It's want for love cannot;
Be satiated by any external thing,
But love itself and it lies
Nonreciprocating
Bouncing back and forth
Against cold glass
In a mirrored room
Without a window to look out,
At the world so bright
Filled with this feeling
It's missing,
Holding out for that one
She of daydreams
Of fake memories,
Whom this heart pleaded
For on bent knee;
To many a shooting star...
© okpoet

If my love
Falls on broken wings
That cannot fly,
Would it mean
My heart
Will never soar
And the stars
Will never
Graze my hands?
Would it be like
Grasping clouds
While falling through
Morning fog?
Shattered sentiments
Upon the ground
Devotion spilt
As blood on concrete,
Desires that lack
Pulse and mesh
And dreams that will never
Become as real
As the warmth of your flesh...
APAD13 022 - © 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

Imaging turning to
A face that smiles
When they see you,
Acknowledges
Your presence
And lives for you,
Ears for your
Every word,
Eyes for your
Every movement,
Heart for your
Every living breath,
Imagine that!
Next to you
At every step;
Unconditional
Unwavering
Loyal and devoted,
Imagine that
Welcome embrace
Every day
Knowing you're
Never one word
One call; one touch
Away from a kindred
Soul born just for you;
Never alone again,
Imagine that...
© okpoet

Did today happen?
Did it really happen?
You sprang forth
Like a groundhog
From your cave
In the thick
Of summer's eve,
Seeking the sun
To cast your shadow;
So as to retreat
Once more;
But your cold
Fingertips warmed
And a slight red
Rosy on your cheeks
Glowed with a smile,
Laughter erupting
From the depths
Of your belly empty
Hibernation's toll,
And while the breeze
Still blew chilly,
Our eyes rekindled
Happy at the sight
Of one another,
And for once
In a long spell
You braided
Your golden trestle
Let down
From your towering
Steeple up high;
I the guest
At your behest,
Delayed
Was my frayed
Goodbye,
But knowing
That waiting
For the next time
To come around again
Is but a memory from now until then...
©okpoet

No matter
How many battles
Are waged
Between
My heart and mind
No matter
How many
Thoughts are cut short
And feelings felled
Before they're expressed,
There seems to be
No clear winner,
My mind tries tactics
To block my heart
Rockets
And my heart
Strategizes subliminal
Torpedoes
Of impulses
One step backward
One step forward
Sometimes sideways
The only one moving
On the dance floor
To an internal song
Of conflict
Love and hate
About what I feel
For the likes of you
Never ending war...
APAD13 - 079 © okpoet

Picked clean
Until the bone did gleam,
Taken apart
Part by part,
Where to go
No one will know,
When all is underground
Doesn't matter what you found,
Driven into
Kneaded and spread,
All that is dirt
Returns,
And all the rest
It burns,
One turn more
One push less,
Push and pull
Toss and catch,
Why not return?
Stay out of the urn,
Free to drift
Alive to sift,
By and bye
What is truth
But a shiny hollow tooth,
Hold on
And never let go,
If you can;
Because if they come
The vultures won't leave
Until you're nothing
But white on white out...
© okpoet

I can’t sleep
The time ticks
My mind is racing

I can’t make a peep
Headphones on playing Hendrix
I can’t stop pacing

I hear a knock
I open the door
There is no one there

I close and lock
I’m cold to the core
I’m losing my hair

I can’t rest
I can’t stop
I’ve got 3 more hours

Until the day's quest
When I can skip and hop
While I pick some flowers

And I will see her
My sunrise
In the morning

It’s cold; brrrr
To sleep would be wise
But I know I’ll be tossing and turning…
© okpoet

I'm a collector
A hoarder
A keeper
Of all sorts
Tangible or not,
Anything stays;
People come
People go,
But they've never
Stayed by me,
I have memories
Gifts and scraps
From years
And years ago,
I'm buried
In everything I have;
Though I have nothing
To show for it,
It's all just stuff
But one thing
Is for sure;
If I could
I'd give it all away;
Just to have kept you...
© okpoet

I trailed a walk
And sat upon a bench,
A stranger sits next to me
And whispers
'You've got to let her know'
Watching me closely
Her eyes prodding
Inquisitive and alert,
I'm taken aback
Confused
I wonder what she knows;
'You've really got to let her know!'
She says louder,
Enthusiastic
And I stand
Commence to gap
A distance between us
I'm not sure what's going on,
'You really have got to let
This girl know you love her so much!'
She just shrieks,
And now I know
She's found my letters,
Like they've come to haunt me
Through this spectator,
How did she make out
The blurry ink
On crumpled paper?
Oh how I died each time
I wrote one,
Through the scotch and the tears
They came to be
Physical regrets of the words
I never said to her...
APAD13 004 - © okpoet

It's her most precious possession
Bordering on obsession,
It fills her with pride
As she walks she seems to glide
As if on a bed of sunrise
It goes with her every guise,
A bare essential
It causes her joy exponential,
And with a snap of her fingers
You'd think a flash mob of singers
Would appear to convey
How this is her way,
The little things that make her
Like a tiger is known for its fur
But it may as well be her lure;
Example of what she could procure
From the very nothing of blue
A flower; a necklace; a shoe,
Extraordinary trimmings
Assortment of playthings
To make wonder and inquisition of her,
But you should know for sure
You'll never be for her this,
A thing of cool; a thing of bliss...
© okpoet

I went blind
At the sight of you
I couldn't believe anything else I saw,
I went crazy
At the thought of you
I never wanted to be sane again,
I bowled with the moon
Alongside of you
Straight down the lanes
With you
It was par every time,
Strike after strike
All the fires lit
Could never be put out
As long as you were around,
I will never see
I will never think
I will never live
The same,
Without you...

APAD15 - 020 © okpoet

I'm getting high
On the stars
Downing the moon
Like a pill
Hard to swallow
Need a bigger
Glass of milk
Because
The Swiss cheese
Is too hollow,
Skimming along
The ocean blue;
The water is cool
Find the lighthouse
By the ocean's shore,
As I sink into this coma,
Carry me deep
Into your slumber
And wrap your arms
My sweetest drug,
In the dark of night
Sleep come
Before the sunrise
Be it late than never...
© okpoet

She looks good
In my peripherals
For reals,
She likes to wear Prada
But she can rock nada,
That's her best designer
None finer
So imagine when
I look at her
Head on
It's like an oncoming semi
I'm crushed
A little weak in the knees
Her beauty
An onslaught
A myriad
Of unbelievable,
It can't just be me
I see the ocean of eyes
Locked on her,
Fortunate am I
If she only sees me
I'm but a peasant
To her my queen...

APAD16 - 010 © okpoet

The night dwindled like the flutter of butterflies;
As a fire ignited in my soul cinders like fireflies,
Overjoyed was I in the glow of your charm;
My heart beating rapidly such alarm,
What was this feeling being next to you?
To be far away would make me so blue,
A simpler beauty I could not know;
Any accessories would be too much even a bow,
The song of your laughter my lullaby;
A look; a smile to miss this I would cry,
And if ever anyone would ask of me;
What it is that describes you to the T,
I would not have enough words;
My thoughts would scatter like the twitter of birds,
To put it all in just one sentence;
I could not stand the pretense,
You are too intricate;
Impossible to replicate,
This is you a wonderful dream;
To wake from it impossible it would seem,
As this night would have been bliss;
Had it been sealed with a kiss...
© okpoet

Carry me;
From my nightmares
To your dreams,
From my sorrows
To your joys,
Carry me,
Away from here
To your side,
Because without you;
I'm a spent shell
From a gun shot
Long ago,
A bullet that has lost
It's momentum,
Without you;
I'm a stagnant pool
Of water without a flow,
Carry me;
Make me a river
Rushing into you
My ocean;
Carry me;
Let me join you
Side by side
We will be
Wings on a butterfly;
Fluttering,
Carried on the winds
Of our hopes;
Together we'll fly...
© okpoet

Her beauty
Is spilt
Across a canvas
Of hurt,
She wears pain
Like blush
Sometimes heavy
And it smears
Through the tears
A pitter patter
Of suffering,
No one understands
Yet they're all beneath her,
A shooting star
Streaking across
Their otherwise plain sky
Her soul ablaze
Everyone wishes,
As the darkness surrenders
To her fiery light...

APAD15 - 017 © okpoet

I love you,
Like my instinct
To live another day
Though every night,
I want to die
Asking why
You're so far
Asking why
You're not here,
Why you're everything
That I hold dear,
Yet I'm clutching
At nothing,
But my heart
From the pain
And yet
There is no gain
Whatsoever,
And if ever
I may find
Relief
For this
My ever present
Grief,
It scares me
That I want so badly
To stay alive
Because of you...

APAD13 - 138 © okpoet

It's all a flurry
All I see is blurry,
The lights are streaming
Sparkles in her eyes are gleaming,
The music is pulsating
Through my skin,
Deep within my soul
I feel it overpowering,
I have no control
Who does?
Not I
I'm teetering on the brink,
I'm going to fall
From the rhythm,
This beat is sick
It makes my heart tick
She laughs; I smile
This is going to be a hit,
I jump
My heart is lit
What is my next move?
I am feeling this groove
She dances close to me
I will seize this moment, I will not flee...
© okpoet

You're not hard to love
But not easy to forget,
Moments here and there
Minutes and hours everywhere,
The dust of you will gather
When you step away,
And for once I won't clean
I'll remember everything,
Let the cobwebs gather
Let the rot eat through,
And as I fade away
I'll regret this one,
Heart of my soul
Spirit of my flesh,
The one that was simply
You and only you,
Will be the last
To occupy my life,
Run don't walk
So I don't think
Too ******* your linger
The sooner I can lie
To myself that you were
Only magic of my mind
A trick of my eyes
Deception of myself,
It cannot be broken
That which I already did,
Left the pieces for me
To follow back,
Before you ever came
So that I could,
Make believe
I don't remember,
The details of your face
As I say goodbye to your shadow,
Sweet friend of yesterday
Bitter enemy of tomorrow...
© okpoet

Illusion illusion
My dreams end in disillusion,
Confusion confusion
My thoughts are jumbled fusion,
Nightmares and dreams
Bust and blend at the seams,
Never do I know where they start
Where they will at any minute come apart,
This is your doing my undoing
Creeping up on me I feel the sting,
Of reality the apprehension
Can't break the icy tension,
Though you are just within reach
You're like a security field I can't breach,
But it's just I with my heart in a lie
That without you I would die,
But that is my roadblock
As the time paces I watch the clock,
Awaiting the next time I'll be with you
Just an hour; a minute; a moment long overdue...
© okpoet

Upon your smile
I came running
Wanting to get closer
And closer
And soon I did
As close as I could get
So near
I ended up
On the other side
Of you,
I wanted to be
Creamer
To your coffee,
But I was more oil
To your water,
And so I float
Like clouds
Across the land,
I see you
And I fall upon you
Gladly,
Into your gutters....

APAD15 - 008 © okpoet

I saw her once I remember;
On the back of a milk carton one December,
Eyes like saucers filled with innocence;
I wondered who was crying over her absence,
It angered me to think who would steal her away;
From her home; her life; her routine of everyday,
Who would steal this child from her parents arms;
Deprive them of her bright little smile her charms,
And I kept on pondering and thinking;
My thoughts kept getting darker and sinking,
Deep into a dark dark corner of my mind;
A vengeful place fueled by hate raging blind,
But then I looked again at her angelic face;
And I thought that for a minute I could erase,
Those hateful feelings; for they wouldn't bring;
Her back to her loves ones under their wing,
Away from whatever place she was now;
So I told myself that someway somehow,
This beautiful child would not stay lost;
And I prayed that at whatever cost,
This milk carton soul would soon be found;
And her captors be impaled into the ground...
© okpoet

Who could have thought
Who could have known,
Those simple little words
Could do so much harm,
Ate away at her
Like worms in an apple core,
The thoughts crumbling
Away in her mind,
Until no thought was left,
Other than to walk away,
Walk away is all she did
Not a word, not a note
Not one intent to hesitate,
How could I expect
Anything more,
Those little words
Cannot be unsaid
Cannot be unheard,
A seal on her heart
Broken,
Can't be put back together
If she won't give me a chance,
No thoughts are left
For me or of me,
But mine linger magnetic
And will forever haunt me...
© okpoet

Promises are nothing
But lies
That haven't come true,
But with you
Promises are nothing
But what ifs
That became the truth,
Without you
I do not notice the stars,
But with you
They twinkle just a little brighter
And the mystery is there
In every little thing
Because of you,
Haven't held your hand
But you have my heart,
And I'll stand by you
Even if you walk faster
And I trail
Ever loyal,
Doubts settle
To the bottom
Of my mind,
If you at least smile
Every once
In a clear starlit night...

APAD17 - 002

I had a little dream
That slowly grew
Until one day
It was all but real,
I thought
It would be grand
If I could be
Loved by her,
And so I set my ways
To be for her
The very best
I could be,
Worked hard
Ambition driving me
To dress her in the very best
To house her in the very safest,
But I forgot
Just one
Little thing
The most important,
I forgot to love her
And so here
Surrounded in her dresses
Under the grandest roof,
I weep for her;
For it did not matter
How much I gave her
For she wanted very little,
My embrace
To clothe her
My love
To shelter her,
But I didn't know
And now she's gone
In the arms of another
And now I dream again...

APAD13 - 148 © okpoet

Where have you been?
Have you been there
Right in front of me,
In the thin of the blue unseen
Like a blonde hair
Floating on the sea?
Have you been around?
Like change in the back seat
Chips under the sofa
That rattling sound
Like a faraway sheep's bleat,
White curtains in the wind toga
Loose on the clotheslines
Flapping in the wind,
Have you been there all along?
My sadness and wonder
Walked hand in hand
Never did it rescind,
Even if bottle after bottle
The wines
Made me fonder
Of you and your memories a land
Only found song after song,
From the pain
And teary rain
My heart I could not coddle,
Were you there?
Did we share
All along the same breath,
So close will we be until our death?
Did I brush past you?
And the only clue
Was the tingle in the air
And never did I dare
Turn around
At the sound
Of a whisper
Familiar, was it her?
I'd asked many a time
And I failed to find the rhyme,
Like one does to purple,
Were you there in the shimmer
Of a whirlpool?
Like my thoughts a glimmer
To your lingering shadows homage
In the fading summer's mirage...
© okpoet

I thought she let him go;
But I was wrong long ago,
I thought she would forget him;
But this was not a whim,
Her heart belongs to that man;
Only he can satisfy her like no one can,
She is not whole without his soul;
Her love yearns for him like a burning coal,
Never will she let this hope die;
I thought I convinced her with my last cry,
But this is not possible after all;
How could I break her fall?
She loves him so;
And this is her curse my foe,
She thinks I know not;
But she gives it away like an ink blot,
I have lost the fight;
I can only pray he turns into Mr. Right,
For her life's sake;
Because from this dream she will never wake,
As she drowns in the throes of his passion;
For reason and logic her mind has shun...
© okpoet

Everywhere she goes
There I want to be,
Nowhere at all
Is where I would be
If she had never
Crossed my path,
When she arrives
I know where I am,
When she leaves
I wander,
Not lost
But not waiting to be found,
Until she's near once again
Metal to her magnetic,
I'm coming along
For a ride,
Everywhere is an open road
With the breeze in our hair
And all smiles without a care,
Doesn't matter where is here nor there...

APAD15 - 015 © 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

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

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

Every once in a while
When life's not so senile,
Beauty hits us like an impact
Leaving all but our eyes intact,
To see what others miss
The slightest flutter of bliss,
Passing us by like fleeting wind
And from this moment we can't rescind,
What it does to our senses
Void of all pretenses,
We acknowledge this gift
What time and God left us to sift
Through; of all that exists
That's just what life insists,
To admire the exquisite miracle
Of the human form; its pinnacle
Achievement; this is woman;
Distraction to and destruction of man,
And it can't be denied
Though we've all tried and tried,
She'll always makes us surrender
To her touch loving and tender,
And as we admit to our defeat
Just to be with her; is a triumphant feat…
© okpoet

Don't go;
Not yet
Not now
It's not even Christmas,
I jest;
Too many words
Not yet said
Not enough memories,
I've bled red
And bruised blue
Before there was ever you,
In my mind in my days
There was a blank slate
But you made me create
Another reality,
And that is the insanity
It consumes,
You exhume
My hidden thoughts
How they lingered
Long ago;
And now they go
Before I've had a chance
To put pen to paper
And you run away now like in a caper,
Shall I stop you perchance?
© okpoet

I wished
That we were like waves
Not knowing
Where you ended
And I began,
That we were melded
Like clouds
And cotton candy,
Woven together
Easy to separate
But just as easy
To mesh as a whole,
A little bit of you
In me,
A little bit of me
In you,
We can be as one
Without the other,
But we're so much better
Together...

APAD15 - 019 © okpoet

Fell in love one day,
Fell in love with a woman,
Beautiful she was,
Sweet her disposition,
Heavenly face,
Devilish body,
She smiled seductively,
She smiled innocently,
She caught me in a trap,
She led me into a place;
Full of wonderful smells,
Full of wonderful feelings,
But this was all a dream,
This was all a misconception,
For underneath that smile;
Was a heart rotten through,
She had no feelings, no moral,
She had tricked me; evil woman,
She took me for all I was worth,
But worst she took my heart,
Fell in love one day,
Fell in love with a devil woman...
© okpoet

It's there;
Around the bend,
In the air; around the corner;
Night and day,
This country or yours;
From family to strangers,
It's here;
You can't be naive,
Deny that it can happen;
To the happy and the rude,
It does not discriminate;
Build yourself up,
Impervious to it's effect;
Be a train and don't derail,
No reason to stop and ponder;
Why or how,
Always expect it;
And you'll never be mad,
Never give it a second thought;
For it is a fact of life,
Rejection; if it happens;
Just keep on walking...
© okpoet

I engineered
And I constructed
Towers majestic
Rising above all
The clouds shrouded
Like steps to the heavens,
And on the highest
Of pedestals
I placed her,
Thought her a queen
But that crown
Was not golden,
Oh how she has fallen
Bruised and broken
A landing that shook
All the foundations,
But I can rebuild
Quickly I can cobble together
A wall to hold and hide within
The truth that has been revealed,
No one the wiser
Least of all her,
Shambles and ruins
Cloak her as she shivers
A cold she cannot shake,
Where she aimed
I do not know,
A moving bulls eye
Perhaps,
I'll still kneel before her...

APAD16 - 003 © okpoet

She comes and goes as she pleases
Does what she will; and she teases,
She’ll stay and have a word and laugh
All the while she makes me feel half and half,
Overjoyed to know her acquaintance
Overwhelmed at my unacceptance,
Her silhouette burned into my memory
She pilfers my thoughts like a thief in a treasury,
How can I forget her face; her smile
Her laugh I can hear through a crowd; all the while,
She’ll never leave me be
She’ll always make me see,
What I’m missing in this life
A friend; a lover; a wife,
She’ll always remind me what it is
To seek someone like her; buried bliss,
I can’t ignore what she stirs in my soul
To yearn for what she means; a goal,
And so as the time passes by
I know; but I won’t ask why,
We all need someone in our life’s circus;
To give strength and our lives purpose…
© okpoet

When she rushes
Into you
Like a crashing wave
Like a gust of wind
Like a summer's day breeze
Like a happy pup,
This is her love
Washing over you
Drowning you
Embracing you
Adoring you,
Her arms
Her smile
Her laughter
Her joy
Extensions
Of her heart
Her mind blinded
At the sight of you,
All for you
Whether friend
Or lover,
Don't ever;
Never ever let go...
APAD13 - 083 © okpoet

I saw her once I remember;
On the back of a milk carton one December,
Eyes like saucers filled with innocence;
I wondered who was crying over her absence,
It angered me to think who would steal her away;
From her home; her life; her routine of everyday,
Who would steal this child from her parents arms;
Deprive them of her bright little smile her charms,
And I kept on pondering and thinking;
My thoughts kept getting darker and sinking,
Deep into a dark dark corner of my mind;
A vengeful place fueled by hate raging blind,
But then I looked again at her angelic face;
And I thought that for a minute I could erase,
Those hateful feelings; for they wouldn't bring;
Her back to her loves ones under their wing,
Away from whatever place she was now;
So I told myself that some way somehow,
This beautiful soul would not stay lost;
And I prayed that at whatever cost,
This milk carton child would soon be found;
And her captors be impaled into the ground...
© okpoet

I've captured this day
It's in my head ready to play,
At any given moment
Relieving my life's torment,
It's started and about to end
And one thing I've come to comprehend,
I've made today a memory
My greatest reverie,
And I shall come back
Time and time permitting,
To this dawn; to this dusk
And I'll savor what it is,
But a safe place to lie
From the haste of everyday,
The challenges of living
Because life is unforgiving,
If we don't stop to play
Once in a while; lose the tie,
And remember what it is we miss
That which is within the husk,
Of our monotonous routine whittling
Away at our knack to kick back,
And recharge to keep surviving
As each new day keeps arriving...
© okpoet

Beat; beat
Mix; spin
Spin; Mix
Rinse
And Repeat,
Feel the beat
Pulse
And the heat,
Bodies moving
Grooving,
Measure
The tempo,
Sample the rhythm,
Let it seep
Into you,
Let it sweat
Out your pores,
DJ hold it steady
The music
Thumping
Out the speakers,
Soldier to the beat,
Lay waste
To the dance floor...
© okpoet

He comes
Under the stealth of night
Dark as darkness
In the absence of light,
As she dons
Nothing
The beast within
Unveils herself,
A want
Not unlike a thirst
Is it soul against soul
Or a moth burning
To her light?
What does he take
If she has but one thing to give,
Is this what
Is this all
That we come for,
On all fours
Bare all
Can't take nothing back
Is there any depth
To the smile
As her heart beckons?

APAD16 - 004 © 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

Her blood flows
In bloom rosy
A plume of bright color
Against her fair skin,
She savors the pain
Alert she feels alive
For the duration
Of this ****** spectacle
Crimson tides
Undulating on a white beach
She's entranced
Amused at her own treachery,
Sinking further
Into the show,
A fiery spill
On snow,
Not fun
For her,
But spectators
Offer no words...

APAD15 - 014 © okpoet

I lay here
Looking up at the sky,
I watch the planes touch down
And I await you earnestly,
Thinking of all the things
I want to say to you,
But I've said too much
Already the words flow,
As they touch the white
Of this paper,
They crash and stop;
Forever they will stay,
Permeated from my heart
Onto your memory,
As I imbibe this toxic slush
Awaiting relief,
I have no exit strategy
I run from you,
But I wish you were here
And I cannot suppress the emotions,
Running through this ink
As the poison seeps through my veins,
It runs it's course
But I haven't any synonyms,
To say other than;
I miss you,
The clichés running one after another
Into my pillow tears,
Pouring a waterfall of angst
Sorrow my bed
I've lost myself in this night,
Afraid to acknowledge
I don't want to forget you;
This is my pain; this is love...
© okpoet

Soon you'll leave
And I'll just believe,
That day dreams
Have engulfed me
Completely,
Died long ago
And this story just deems
To repeat what I know
Is the next twist
The next ahhh
Even if you insist
On what's magical Ta-daa,
No more the less real
Than what I feel;
Grip the sheets tighter
Feeling lighter and lighter,
Turn the lights down
All will be a nightmare
Once again return fare
Leaves nothing but a frown,
Middle of the road
Wandering moose
Fight to wake from this code
Hit the snooze
On death
Startled alive
Gasping for breath,
Sweat beading; dive
Under the shower,
I'll await you
Next season's new flower
Before the summer is due...
© okpoet

I hope and wish
For her to turn back,
Not that I wouldn't run
After her
In a rush
Into this;
Beckoning,
Like a fool
Lose my cool,
But I'm afraid
To break through
And find myself,
Smiling back
Reflection,
Closer than
It appeared
Through the rain
Under sun,
No storm
Or thunder
Will stop
Me; I will pursue...
© okpoet