Blooms symmetrical
Petals from a rose
I held you in my hands too tight
You only felt my blood
Spindly spiral thorns
It was your skin
I held so close to my chest
And my heart

I bleed
I see rivers raging
As a river flows from me
And even my hands can't staunch the pain

Now
What was the past?
Only a beauty besieged by time
Unspeakable crime
Now
What will I be now?
I only have my feet
I only have the next step I will take

In a world full of pavement

The flower doesn't grow from concrete
Still at the stoplights in the street
I read your name
And love you still
The flower doesn't grow from concrete
But all these sidewalks
I see your face
And love you still
The flower doesn't grow
From concrete
These parking lots
Where I got lost

Never to feel your spiny thorns again
Never to really feel
Never to bleed
Never to love

I used to bleed
And it made me happy

I saw the sun rise on a hillside
Morning and infinity collide
And the colors are more glorious than words can express
I saw the sun rise
As I fell
I saw the sun paint the scattered noon
Bringing the world the heat of the day
Giving our blood reason and our heartbeats meaning
I witnessed the noon
Falling down
I saw the sun set in ****** hues
A life and a forever
Where the only dreams we had are living
I couldn't sleep
On the ground

I saw the moon rise
And I heard it speak to me
Nothing much
Only your name
Everything

I love the stars in the night
Do you know how much I love you?

I saw the moon in the night
Nearly new but growing full
A voice I can't describe from a face I can't explain
To make each moment
More beautiful

Leaning into the afternoons,
I cast my sad nets towards your oceanic eyes.
There, in the highest blaze my solitude lengthens and flames;
Its arms turning like a drowning man's.
I send out red signals across your absent eyes
That wave like the sea, or the beach by a lighthouse.
You keep only darkness my distant female;
>From your regard sometimes, the coast of dread emerges.

Leaning into the afternoons,
I fling my sad nets to that sea that is thrashed
By your oceanic eyes.
The birds of night peck at the first stars
That flash like my soul when I love you.
The night, gallops on its shadowy mare
Shedding blue tassels over the land.

I miss the way the sun would rise and spell your truth
As I held my hand to my face and felt your touch
When the clouds showed your face
And the wind spoke your voice
When you were with me
I miss looking into the distance and hoping for skin
As I opened my eyes and learned your name
When the day was never ending
And the noon knew your heart
When you were with me
I miss the somber tones and the songs you've shown
As each note became a meaning
When you knew how to sing
And you sang beautifully
When you were with me
I miss

I like to write a love poem
I like the sun to rise
But the stark and dark and naked truth
In a world full of hate
The sun only sets

Ego and pride
Derision of some higher form
A lovers quarrel in a lighting storm
And war becomes the norm
I've bit my tongue

I've bit my tongue so hard
Bitten for so long
I bit my tongue clean off
From my mouth the blood will spill

you don't know me
Don't follow me now as I'm headed to war
It's a dumbed-down world
Full of immature adults
Who feel hate
In place
Of admiration

Low
Lower
Lowest
Common denominator
I'm speaking to you

My aim is to restore art
To written word
Its time you knew my name

I don't need friends
Jeoulosy invites envy
And weight can be so much to bare
Without carrying you on my coat tails

Bombs for the bombastic
I'm dropping all I can
Because my hands
Don't want to hold on

The only peaceful end to war
Is when everyone is dead
And I'm still standing

I have been censored
Censured
Left to let this rotten fruit destroy the garden
afraid to speak my truth for some delicate sensibilities

Bullets without guns
I've loaded up on ammo
And taken names
Wars will rage with or without me

But how does the war end?

The only peaceful end to war
Is when nations are destroyed
And I'm still standing