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

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

Of all the nightmares
That ever were,
Of all the dreams
That ever will be,
There is a time
Where the past unloads
And the future withholds
The present that is now,
And because it is a gift
You are existent; you are real
Questions will be no more
And answers will prevail,
The moments leading
And the minutes fleeting,
Shall leave not a void
But memories forever,
Imprinted not on sand
Of shores to be eroded;
But on granite and marble
Never to be washed away;
Not by the waters;
Not by the winds,
Only of our own accord,
So in our acknowledgement
This is now or never;
Not maybe and if ever,
We shall seize and
We shall conquer,
Our enemies will cease and
Our enemies will hunker,
In fear of our retaliation
In awe of our determination,
Let us hence in this proceed
We have commenced and taken heed;
Of our destinies; of our fate
Let's not care for amenities; we will not be late...
© 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

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

Cheer up lass
Why bother with all that jazz?
Always a new day
Like fresh hay,
Roll in the grass
Even if it isn't green
Just add a little water
Or burn it down with gas
The future remains unseen
It's all fodder,
Best left to those
Who chose,
To sit in despair,
Pull up a chair
And smile
For a little while,
Soon you'll laugh
Your full glass though half,
Will soon fill
But until,
Don't think of your plight
Dream, dream in light,
For nothing is more real
Than your hopes and the love you feel...
©okpoet

She is not real
On some bottle I broke the seal
Imbibed all it's contents
And now I'm pouring all my sentiments
Out onto the sidewalk
Can't hardly walk
The pavement is cool
Refreshing to this fool
I yell out her name
This is not Yatzee a game
I'm crawling and mumbling
As I try to stand; I'm tumbling
I can't make heads or tails
Of this pain sharp as nails
In the depths of my heart
I'm aching and falling apart
These feelings are worse
Than being trampled by a horse
Is it obsession or love?
I plead to the heavens above
To send her back to me
To return things to how they used to be
But that won't happen
I can't wipe it all away with a napkin
But maybe I know a way
To make it through the next day
I'll just simply tell myself a lie
Why I didn't get to say goodbye
This truth I will never reveal
She was not real...
© okpoet

My cookie crumbles
No heart or ice cream
Can cure
My emotions
Melting
Pooled around
Her thoughts
Shattered bits
Like rotten teeth
Falling out of me
Can't put them back in without
Blood and sinew
Ever straight again,
Gnawing dreams
Turned flailing hopes
That pray for solvency
In the midst of storms
That rain
On all parades
Gay or narrow
Straight to the core,
A nougat of fraught angst...

Someone to have and to hold;
We search for in the dark and cold,
Feeling around lost
Broken hearts and hopes the cost,
Bitter tears the drink to toast
Praying and hoping not the worst,
But still they come and go
Those that we loved while they didn't know,
Emptying our very souls
Like dying embers of ashes coals,
Because we don't know any better
Believing their words their every letter,
Anxious and desperate of their charm
For a little warmth; a little love; no harm,
Until it's a little too late; a little too far
We hope to seal ourselves in a little jar,
Place ourselves behind a concrete wall
Away from attachments; away from it all,
But the world is a lot bigger than us and them
So we mend and sew and hew and hem,
Our tattered hearts to wear again
For we want our love now; not then…
© okpoet

If I was blind
How could I describe?
If I was mute
How could I say?
What my heart feels,
Every time you're around,
This is how I love;
Not seeing with my eyes,
Braille are your actions,
My walking stick your voice,
Guiding,
I know I've got the words,
Plenty and to spare,
But I know
You've heard every one,
You've read every praise,
So when the words do not come,
When I sit in silence by you,
It's because
I only have actions;
Loud as the ocean is deep,
Every step I take for you,
Is meaningful with purpose,
No words will ever be enough...
© okpoet

Feeling numb
But also kind of dumb
Ate the last crumb,
I can't believe
I'd resort to this
Trying so hard
To reach some kind of bliss,
I miss that kiss
I'd rather forget
Her last diss,
So here I am
Drowning my sorrow
Until tomorrow,
When I may wake
To regret
Another day
Everything I did not say
Ate my feelings again
As I reminisce about
Now and then,
Take it all back
Would that I could
But maybe I loved her
More than
I should...

APAD 03162021

She's numb
To the last crumb
Eyes like stale bread,
Lying there as if dead
Her bed no coffin,
But wood not lacking
She welcomes no feeling,
Her hair pushpins
Nails like chalk,
She won't talk
All her thoughts are sins
Send her reeling
Hear a cat hacking
Fur ***** and she's coughing
Blood into her hands
Blink again
And it's saliva and phlegm,
Clouds and rain
Are all to her; pain,
The skie's greys are black
Makes her heart a heavy sack,
To push much less carry
She can't even cry
Just sigh all dark and dreary,
Return to sleep, living lie,
As her hope is flickering
But she's a Zippo among BICs
And though her thoughts are bickering,
No heart beating is just she's a Rolex with no ticks...
© okpoet

I wish that I
Could know,
If I'm on your mind
Like sunflowers
Follow the warmth
Across the sky,
I yearn
For you
Until the next
Rainshower
Comes along,
In a parched
Desert plain,
You are
The bluest
Moon among
The stars
That sparkle,
Thoughts that rise
Every time
You take a breath,
A mirage
On the horizon
You are
My oasis...

APAD2020 - 003

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

Every morning start, I awaken
Ready for the full day unshaken,
That is until my tummy rumbles,
Desperate for food my hand fumbles,
For the keys to my car to go,
Forth to work, one thing I know,
There is something I want,
Making this feel like a jaunt,
Once there rushing in through,
Looking for something to dig into,
Finding my favorite delight,
My mouth full, gone is my plight,
Thanks to you that is,
Since you bring my taste buds bliss,
You keep my hunger at bay,
Make my willpower to diet sway,
You give me reasons to expect,
So many options to elect,
From neat sweet treats,
Sandwiches made of whole wheat’s,
To fresh select eats in my dinette,
When there is none I fret,
Awaiting you so I can berate,
About all the things I could've ate,
Ask me reasons, I don't know why,
As I wrote this I let out a sigh,
Thought I'd speak my mind,
In spite of the daily grind,
This is my ode to you, vendor man,
In me you have your greatest fan!
© okpoet

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

I'll love you
From silky smooth
To wrinkled,
From sane
To senile,
I'll love you
From sandy blonde or brunette
To ashen grey or balding white,
From twenty/twenty
To glaucoma,
I'll love you
From hushed whispers
To hearing aids,
From skips and hops
To rascal scooters,
I'll love you
From fast food and coke
To ensure and depends,
From broken fingernails
To fractured hips,
I'll love you
From baby boy
To great grandchildren,
From skydives
To rocking chairs,
I'll love you
From glitter
To pill reminders,
From off the lot
Until rusted into the ground,
I'll love you
From now
To forever,
From hello
To the grave...
APAD13 - 058 © okpoet

I'm folding paper airplanes
I know will never fly,
Crumple them after
And I'm missing
The basket every time,
I'd say I'm off center;
The earth isn't rotating
The way it should;
Something is off kilter,
She is gone,
Killed her heart
Driven to suicide,
Soul released
Like a flame put out,
But she took part of me
With her dying breath,
I'm a desert barren;
No rainy clouds
No breezy sun,
Just cold as death
Within me,
Where did she go?
Though I know the answer,
I'm neglecting it,
She'll never be back
And all I can do is reminisce,
Memories refresh,
Gloss over her pictures;
Cry at her laughter
I won't hear again;
Might as well give up
All my senses,
What use is it all
If I can't see her once more...
©okpoet

Found something one day,
I poked and prodded
Inquired why it was so,
Interest piqued
It was reciprocated;
I knew then there was more to come,
Didn't know why;
It came and went
Left me wanting;
Left me wondering;
Left me regretting;
Left me forgetting;
At the edge of lost
It always came back,
Couldn't trap it
Even if I wanted,
But what was this
My curiosity
Had gotten me into,
It was pivotal;
It was life changing,
Yet I stayed the same,
Like a watcher through a window,
Only leaving messages
Through the condensation,
Never letting me in,
Sometimes I want to walk away,
And other times I want to stay,
Always wondering why I found it...
© okpoet

Don't say goodbye
Just yet;
I've only begun
To keep up with you,
Though you never
See me;
I know you can
Feel my presence,
I'm ever vigilant
Of your needs;
Keep the kindling
In the fires
Of your desires,
For your dreams
Ambitions,
My strength
Is prevalent
Though you
May not know
That I share
In each and every
One of your
Ups and downs,
Your joy
Is my energy;
Your sadness
My mission
To strengthen you,
Together in heart
Sharing one thought;
We are one for one
One soul under the sun...
© okpoet

I hope she gets there,
Wherever she's going,
However far; however high,
Always off running; I know she'll fly,
Can no longer be her wingman,
I've got to land and nurse this tan,
Burning I was so close to the sun,
Might as well have had a gun
To my head ready to blow
Away my brain red in the snow,
I didn't want to see the truth,
Even as she pulled each tooth
Told me it was nothing
And I believed everything
Even as I questioned it all
So this house of cards will fall,
Because I was delusional and willing
To follow her thinking it a good feeling;
But who am I to love or need;
I've never wanted, never paid heed
To any pretty face around me
All failing to be anything I should see
Instead just going with my flow
And her splendor? Just mop n glow
Blinding yes; but not glue
Therefore one IS better than two,
This road has diverged; split and ended;
While it lasted; knowing her was splendid...
© okpoet

There's a bright
Finger nail in the sky;
I like to imagine
The man in the moon
Bit it off in a moment
Of stress or perhaps
He was befuddled
By some beauty
He saw down below,
Because even if he is
Amongst the stars
He's all alone
Wishing to be
One of us;
Human and flawed
Because we are always
Within reach
Of making a connection;
With one another,
But we'll always
Look up at the sky
Wondering
What it's like
To be him...
© okpoet

Yes I am an onion;
The more you peel away
New layers grow in their place;
I make many cry and they stop
They can’t take the truth I exude;
But it’s not just them suffering,
Sometimes I do too;
Finding out they don’t
Have what it takes,
And I continue as I am
Alone yet not lonely;
Independent yet not arrogant,
Happy yet not lost in bliss;
I learned to play hide and seek
Since I was a kid; But
I played all by myself,
I hid more than me;
I buried my true personality,
Slowly it’s been peeking out;
At least it has with you,
So know; this is a steep
Mountain I’m climbing
And I’m always looking down
Not afraid just aware,
That you’re the only reason
I look up at all…
© okpoet

I hear the whispers on the breeze;
Let no one flinch or even sneeze,
"Turn around and look over there,"
Gorgeous; unique with the glow of your hair,
I see the glory of your beauty;
If you were my queen what would be my duty?
Where have you been all along?
To you I'd dedicate every beautiful song,
All a sunder step away from your path;
Not a soul strays their attention if breath they hath,
I can't look away from your striking eyes,
In them I see the reflection of the skies;
You hold me prisoner; but I'm willful;
I'm loyal and determined; adoration plentiful,
I would be pleased to do your bidding,
As you command me my heart races flitting;
You hold the power in the realm of your finger,
When you walk away; your image stays to linger;
There is none other but you and only you,
My beating breath is yours; my life I surrender true;
Walking inspiration; growing desperation that you are,
To have you by my side I'd wish on every heavenly star...
© okpoet

On the spot
And in spots
I make it rain
Really big drops
Almost hail,
Break the ground
Winding down
From one spot
To the next
Connect the dots
And Make
A constellation
Put it all together
And we can see
A stellar dalmatian
Wag the tail
My Imagination
Runs on and on
An endless conveyor
Factory of thoughts
A flower for yours
A cookie for mine...
© 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

They'll ask
Of me,
Where is she?
Your significant otter,
And I'll answer
I know not
What's become of her
Like a balloon lost
I did not hold on tight,
And we'll look to the sky
As if there
And sudden
She'll appear,
She'll come back
They say,
And I'll agree
Somewhat
Half & halfheartedly,
Hoping upon hope
Behind my forlorn smile...

APAD15 - 010 © okpoet

I'm seeing rainbows
And pots of gold
Before me,
A myriad of illusions
Carefully unfolding
Like Oz before the land
Unbelieving
Unconvinced;
The magic
Lost in translation,
A sun shining
Even in an overcast day;
Happiness not so distant
After eons of pain,
Does my sight betray me?
That I can not trust myself
To embrace the joy due me?
Have I shed enough sorrow
That I now can only laugh?
The promise
Of a bright tomorrow
Finally beckons;
And I'm inclined
To accept...

APAD13 - 150 © okpoet

No, I won't back out now
At the edge of a precipice,
Between a hard place
And a harder rock
Piercing into my gut,
I want to spill
But I can't rewind
This tape
Not now,
Because I know
Deep down inside,
That I would do it
All over again,
And again,
Even if I knew then
What I know now,
For that smile
I'd never hesitate
No matter how much
My mind hates my heart,
I had already jumped from the start
And there is no changing course
I can only brace myself
For that bittersweet pain...

APAD15 - 001 © okpoet

Show me
The future
As an abstract
By Picasso
Though I can't
See it clearly
I'll believe you
If you do
Tell me it's
Bright and true,
And let the past
Be a painting
Brushed by
Van Gogh,
Lingering
In it's texture
The realness
That though it was
Just a feeling
Past, it has
In it's shadow cast
A shade to lie under
If the sun to come
Shines too bright...

APAD13 - 024 © okpoet

I don't know
Why when I mop
It doesn't glow,
Why even without a bottle cap
Your memories
In bubble wrap
I cannot pop,
And thinking
And missing
I cannot stop,
In my surroundings
There are simply
Everywhere treacheries,
Betraying you like Wingdings;
Or that too obvious undercover cop,
But in my mind you are fading faint
Forgot if your face is smooth or dimply,
Like my heart enveloped you in packing peanuts,
Left my straight jacket at home cause it's warm outside
But I know you know that I know that only for you I'm nuts,
And I await you like patient zero awaits a cure at the airport curbside...
© okpoet

I won't ever leave,
Not because
I have nowhere to go,
But because
Next to you
Is where I truly want to be,
You are
The other side
The just right,
******' perfect
The just one reason,
You are
The lemons
And chips,
Right side up
My good side,
All the hell and darkness
Gritty skies
And the bitter cold;
My insanity and distress
Is the absence
Of you...

APAD16 - 007 © okpoet

Of beauty's description
You are my greatest affliction,
No star shone brighter than;
The twinkle in your eyes,
Nor hath the sun's rays shine;
Like the glow of your golden hair,
Neither hath a rose; softer petals;
Than your soft yielding skin,
And no orchestra or instrument could procure;
Such beautiful sound as that of your voice,
Then again never has there been;
Nor will there ever probably be,
Any such comparison to flawlessness,
Nothing comparable; nothing similar,
So stay, sitting pretty you;
On that throne of yours so high,
For none could ever rise to you close;
Fear in their every thought,
Acknowledgement of it in their every word;
For you are perfection incarnate...
© okpoet

I need you
Like I need
This next breath
This next heart beat,
In this moment
That you eclipse my mind
It's an imperfect world
Covered in darkness
Because I cannot see
What will be of me
Without you,
Because if this persists
This minute to minute
Absence of you
In my picture perfect dream,
Then I cannot
Will not
Take my next step
My next breath
Because I cannot
Will not
Continue like this
Without you,
Waiting for you
Like the next
Perseids
Just watching
The trailing showers
Knowing I won't
Live until its return...

APAD13 - 133 © okpoet

Happy I hang
Onto smiles
Plastered hastily
Stucco of laughter
Cemented persona
To the cracked world,
On the sidewalk I tread
Everyone zips by
And I dread
When the night
And the quiet
Comes around,
A cold blanket
Of solitude,
Wet with my thoughts
Through tears I drown,
Am I real
As this pain
Coursing through
All my being?

APAD15 - 006 © 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

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

Imagine when it's years
You lost count of the tears,
Next to her
Time stood still,
But when she left
It was theft after theft,
Time escaping
Between the moments
You try to remember
And the memories
You cannot forget,
How you lost yourself
And now you're trying again
To find the you that was
Whole before she
Came in
Like that wrecking ball,
You know
You're never going to be done
Putting yourself back together,
Find pieces
Under places
You don't want to look,
Afraid you'll still find her...

APAD16 016 © okpoet

Her memories
Envelop me
Popped confetti
Candy from a busted piñata
Weighing me down,
Packing peanuts
Suffocating my heart
Stronger than gravity
Crushing me,
Down into the depths
Of our past
A present unopened
Unlabeled card
Under the biggest bow,
Frilly string
The veins
To my soul
The sharper the scissors
That I can find,
To cut
To severe
To serrate
Samurai blade
Through silk,
Any blood spilt
Like water through rock,
The lightest of rouge
My eyes
Stained glass
Mosaics of her...

APAD13 - 132 © okpoet

When I was at my worst
When I was just about to jump,
I got a prescription
From life
Two doses of her
One to three times
A day,
To ease my soul
To bring sleep
To feel again
To make me
Sure footed,
But the side effects
Were worse than
My initial sickness
Heartbreak and doubt
Or so I thought,
In recovery
I look back
And realize
At least
I'm still alive
And I no longer
Want to let go;
Thanks to her,
My placebo...
APAD13 - 054 © okpoet

Her love is graffiti
On the blank walls
Within me,
All those colors
All just seem
Like different
Shades of red
To me,
As they pool
At my feet
I admire her soul
Not like I have
X-ray vision,
But I've seen
Her beauty faded
Before me
As a rose
That wilts
As a flower
That withers,
All that is pretty
Isn't just plasticine,
It's real flesh
As every breath
Oxidizes from within,
I know that all that will be left
Is like
What it must be
For the deaf and blind
Only what I feel
From and for her
When I'm near...

APAD13 - 130 © okpoet

Into your eyes
I feel like soaring into skies,
Looking deep
How do I keep
From your smile?
All the while
Just saying hello
Listen to the cello
Play a tune;
Before noon
Quell the laughter
But I'm still lost even after,
Dark saucers lit up
Bright; I'm the happiest pup
Lap up the joy
Milk cup hiding my ploy,
Finding any reason for a meet
Just short of a miraculous feat,
You leave your impression
Most subtle suggestion,
Admiring the grace
The beauty of your face...
© okpoet

Here I go
There goes my heart
Again,
Driving wild horses
Racing fast
Reckless
Pedal to the metal
6th gear
Redlining
Throttle wide open
Music loud
Speakers blaring
I can see the embankment
But I'm riding
Shotgun
Oh **** handle
Turning
My knuckles white
The brake lines
Might as well be cut
Barreling down
This treacherous
Downhill spiral
Loving blind
Through
Windshield streaks
Of dead bugs
Splattered,
Going to plummet
Down the abyss
We'll crash and burn
And do it over again...
APAD13 - 070 © okpoet

She looked for my eyes
As I stepped in;
Her body reeked
Of want for me,
I heard her breathing accelerate;
Her heart beating loud against her *****,
Her hands grasped pleading;
She whom I thought a goddess,
Was trembling
Of need at my feet;
I knew
This wouldn't be this way,
Had I said
What I thought long ago;
So here I was
Met by surrender,
A challenge she was no more;
And as I met her look I awoke,
To the miracle of a realization;
The games we play with lust and zest,
Hunters of the ****** encounter;
I knew what she craved with zeal,
The hunger ravishing her soul;
This was power; I walked away...
© okpoet

All through the night as you slept,
The skies up above; their dew wept,
An angel from the heavens I saw through the pane,
No one would contradict that, I'm not insane,
For this your appearance asleep,
Your gorgeous face in the glow of the moon deep,
Beautiful as a rose in full bloom,
Sometimes watching you I'm afraid to loom;
Next to you; such is the sight of you,
These words I speak true,
So serene and peaceful,
To describe you is quite the mouthful,
Curves flowing like the ink from my pen,
Your steady breathing would lullaby men,
The skin on you so supple,
Cashmere, velvet, sheepskin could not topple,
To touch you, nothing would deserve,
A roses petals would shy away; Id reserve;
Not a word to explain, to illustrate,
Such beauty; none could recreate,
Exquisite perfection,
All your flaws escape my detection,
If others saw you as I do,
A whole nation would rise at your feet to do;
None but your every desire,
To quench your every thirst, to light your every fire,
My fortunate eyes have been blessed,
Your delicate silhouette they've caressed,
Heavenly, blissful, divine,
I'd pray to God for you to be mine...
© okpoet

Precious
Are the things
All the things,
That one does not have
That one cannot have,
That others take for granted
That others have recanted,
Precious
Is she
Whom I cannot love
And cannot love me,
Precious
Is she
Thief of my heart though
Gladly I'd have surrendered,
At least it can be
Pocket warmer
For her hands,
Precious hands
That will not ever
Cannot ever hold me,
Precious
Is the time
The fleeting time
Away from her
Away from me,
Precious is she
Precious she'll always be
Precious she'll remain
Precious is this pain...
APAD13 - 031 © okpoet

Pretty is
As pretty does,
Smile on
Laugh out loud,
You are sunshine
Watch all the others grow
Joyous expressions,
Contagious glow
You emit,
Hooked on a line
Reel in your catch,
Eyes from afar
Inquisitions
A plenty,
Pretty is
As pretty can do,
Shower all
With your beauty,
The inner the better
The outside just a touch-up,
Pretty is
As happy as your soul can be...
APAD13 - 037 © okpoet

However could I describe this feeling?
Morning comes, the day goes by,
Something doesn't happen,
The night falls and leads to another day,
The routine continues,
More sure than time itself,
My life's monotony led in a circle,
And then it comes to pass,
In a fleeting moment accented,
You come along that shooting star,
Work is torturous, time a heathen,
My existence unnerved by your presence,
I breathe, think, see, feel, and smell you,
You move I watch, you speak I listen,
Every single thing is you,
Who are you?
I was fine without you around,
But now I'm changed,
I cant sleep thinking about you,
I cant go about my life without you,
But where were you when I needed you?
Or did I ever need you?
I just think that I do,
I go about things caring for you,
Wanting to please you at every turn,
Yet nothing comes back around,
And I keep on insisting blind to this,
You are my priceless endeavor,
Unrealistic goal,
But truly I don't need you;
I yearn for you...
© okpoet

Princess of pain
I am your jester,
If I make you laugh
The rain will pass,
But there is always a storm
Which you hide behind,
How is it that we can be
Lost on a boat and not at sea?
If the sky is above us
And the earth is below,
Where are we
That we cannot,
Reach the stars
Or feel the quicksand?
Would you poison me with love
If I don't let your smile spoil?
If we can both be fools
Of whom do we make a mockery of?
Queen of my denial
Won't you condescend to me,
Riddle me with a fiddle
The sweet harmony
That is our non discord,
That is if we didn't know
Any other words,
Than yes & I love you...
© okpoet

I prompt thee
To see
The television
Prompter,
Yelling at me
In caps lock,
Buy one  
Get one
Free,
But wait,
Call now,
Static intermission,
Interrupting
The human
Condition,
Prompt
DOS;
Black and white
Flicker,
Press ESC
To exit,
Life...
© okpoet