T - Hello Poetry

T Mar 2013

Wrapped around each other
that small couch became the perfect size
we lied so close and calmly
I didn't need my eyes
and so they closed
and yours did too
making it the first time
I ever slept with you

Perfection.

T Mar 2013

Driving Lessons

Too fast
It's going too fast
and it's not the same as it used to be
when you were young
speed was fun
and fast could always be faster
but the days are slipping
from the life you're gripping
and soon
you'll hit a corner
slow down for the turn
so your guts won't churn
lose your race mentality
and learn to love reality
and please
just drive safe

T Feb 2013

Such a Small Town

such a small town
has built such broad shoulders
and such strong arms

from holding each other up

such a small town
has endured such heartbreak
and such loss

because of things we can't control

such a small town
has cried too many tears
and lived their biggest fears

because life is unfair

such a small town
has learned such ways,
the value of their days

and that makes life a little sweeter

but such a small town
could never forget
those we miss

because our hearts
are not so small

Too many losses, far too soon. You are missed.

T Feb 2013

Ugly Umbrella

Oh dear
oh darling me
how did I come to be
so completely
stuck
under this ridiculous umbrella
of ideas, plans and everything
the world throws
like bricks
and stones and sticks
that crack my bones
dissolve my morals
and break my heart
   my
        little
               beating
heart
I can only scream so loud
and can only listen so close
but one of us is going to have to
try
      harder
because I'm losing
all thoughts that strike a heart string
to my tears
my fears
and my storm is still too steady
for me
to
    put
          away
                   the
umbrella

T Feb 2013

Endless Night

her hair was the dark sky
splashing over the edges of her pillow;
waves of black velvet ink,
spilled by reckless writers
while writing their love story
all over the cotton sheets of paper

her laugh was the moon;
shining a path through the hours of their shared whispers
and comforting him, the weary night traveler
who no longer felt lost

her eyes were the stars;
so bright and breathtaking,
behind them hid so much mystery,
he wondered how she could see

he soaked in every moment
and wished for an endless night

T Feb 2013

Sidewalk

I've tried so hard to build these walls ,
make myself stronger,
make my skin thicker;
I've tried so hard to learn my faults
and avoid stepping on the cracks;
I bend over backwards
to keep them safe from heavy footed pedestrians;
pedestrians like him,
like you,
like me,
I'm just as guilty as any other;
stressing my fragile concrete until it eventually
breaks;
I can only hold off for so long,
until I crumble;
I need you to find a different path
or learn to tread lightly;
so I ask you
if you love me like you should,
like you claim you do;
don't ask why the sidewalk is grey;
It was just made that way.

T Feb 2013

Fight Club

I'd said I'd never seen it
you dropped your chin
"We're watching it"
We did
until our close proximity
was more than you could handle
and your breath found my hair
and your lips met my neck
and now I still can say,
I don't know how it ends.