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Santos Servantes May 2015
like the flower she is
causing my demise
with the softness of her pedals
and the roses in her words

piercing at what beats
and soothing the colors.
she glistens in the winds
the swirls of lush and trails

spreading throughout skies
falling asleep in abysses
shielding her from starlight
the rays that make her glow

fading away what was never was
fire infused hell it came to her
darkened scenery has captured it
chains of ivy tear in her

deep in the entrenched fault
shaking and rumbling in discontent
shielding away from my desires
the farewells lost in essence:
it was my fault
Santos Servantes Apr 2015
hey again you lovely sun.
my love and captivity
has begun.
immovable to your disposition,
I cannot get any closer.
immovable to your glare,
does my passion deem me a poser?

your dichotomy of warmth and incineration
to the cold soul you cause me to be.
you take me for granted
and many others fall to your gaze;
my love for you is in a daze;
your warmth carries me away.
needless to say,
I need you.

do I dare move to farther poles
in darkness cold,
just to satisfy my churning heartache
for your beauty?
the heat inside is anything but sinister
it's what makes you alive
in my eyes
your uncaring rays to fellow garçons
burn my retinas.

a star among myriads
you only matter to me.
you're all I need.
I am not special to her
I really want to be
I go outside to sit on the steps,
and fumble in my pocket for cigarettes.
I flip the top and start thinking
about her, and my great regrets.

I hate thinking so I begin to look
through my pockets for my matchbook
and my heart starts sinking
as I find the torch I used to use to cook.

It was my utmost favorite flame,
yet whom other than myself is to blame?
We were in love while drinking,
yet when we burned it was always the same.

The same days and,
the same ways;
the same daze and
the same, weighs
heavily
on my heart,
in my brain.

She loved me, yet I was unsure
of whether or not to endure
my ego shrinking,
and becoming impure.
Santos Servantes Mar 2015
how lonely are you?
do the wallowing cries
of unearthly skies
shield your eyes
and send you high?

away from all.

I feel vague all around.
dark sensations
of warm contemplation,
but soft hesitation
to my inclination

for you.
Santos Servantes Aug 2014
uncomfortable
reserved shy
easy love abounds
when false laughs seems to demise,
grasp what I can out of it;
every moment.
clinging for laughter to last
try to listen and comfort
can't even enjoy my mask.
for tonight I over-judge again;
a thought and a task
be cunning and funny.
to impress the alive people
but quiet staring,
small and unnoticed.
immersed in the group,
or try to be, I quietly think
I let myself stroll.
no exquisite fortune
of finding another.
I pretend to think.
liveliness sinks.
crying in the corner
it wasn't I.
her loss and her musical hysterics
gnawing as sharp knives;
to those who couldn't bear.
indoor plants concealed her.
her very woes also ensnared
by the judgment she dined with.
she lost herself in this jungle
spinning around
sitting by her I fell
spellbound.
drunk on love and guilt
clinging this moment she kissed
the man inside me.
the man I wanted to be.
I returned the favor.
I myself the lucky one
finally it felt good to be...
free.
king at this shindig
alone with the queen
tears throbbing at her
shredding for this fantasy
dreaming of her magical fashion
for I held her firmly.
my inner loneliness she was
so easily.
Santos Servantes Aug 2014
"usted es un borracho!"


"si."


the medicine cabinet creaks
to a close.
oaxaca mescal and glass;
temporary relief at last.
lit shadows deluge through
open doors open windows
nothing left hidden,
curved lines on his sluggish brown;
corse grey all over his sluggish brown
how did you fall in the routine?
how did you grieve?
homesick to the home you now cry in
eyes droopy and slurring yells
to make it dry inside
oaxaca mescal and glass;
temporary relief at last.
crossroads of hollow love
bear through another man.
cement and tiles cold
bare skin sprawling in on all fours,
more sips to cure.
oaxaca mescal and glass;
temporary relief at last.
splashes of many bottles
he doesn't mind,
he's done it before as if countless times,
but with others now forgotten.
dark crescent in the sky
marks where he toasted to himself
darkness seizes another sadness
to how he compromised.
oaxaca mescal and glass;
temporary relief at last.
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