Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
Matthew Mckeown Jun 2018
The death of discourse on
the minds of elite professors,
free speech slain-

highly educated zombies.
feeding on
un-maturated brains

Safe spaces created with
the mantra- see no evil,
hear no evil, speak no evil,

all the while inciting
riots and kaos, fomenting
campi upheaveal

Learning being crucified
the latest fad-
intellectual suicide...
Matthew Mckeown Jun 2018
A thousand miles
to that promised land

seems like nine hundred
and ninety nine always loom-

fighting every battle,
real or pereived
with guns a blazing

shooting myself
in the foot

a tale of-
self-inflicted wounds
Matthew Mckeown Jun 2018
She is the keeper of secrets-
mysteries untold
hidden behind her blue eyes,
her complexion of gold

She has an inner peace,
a fire of joy burning inside,
aloof and near all-
at the same time

She is known and unknown,
a dichotomy to the senses,
her beauty lies within-
and without
no walls no fences

She rises with the sun,
soaring on gossamer wings,
surrounding those she loves-
with the song she sings

She is She is not…
Matthew Mckeown Jun 2018
The lonely heart is unseen,
a dancer alone-
spinning on an empty floor

no partner to tango
with anymore

Feelings hiding in shadows
while faked smiles wrinkle
mournful cheeks

empty wine bottles
strewn on a cold floor
aside bare feet

Melancholy poetry read
by a dim light-
tears dripping on somber lines


the note to end it all
thought of -
a thousand times...
Matthew Mckeown May 2018
I remember the day like it was yesterday;
the temperature was 7 below zero by 7 A.M.
Then it was 13 below, and at 7:25 A.M.
on Friday, Feb. 9, 1934, the coldest temperature-
ever for New York City was recorded.

Believe it or not that is not the reason
I remember that day;
it was the day she walked in my office.

She had the kind of look that made a man's-
and a few women's mouths drop open.

Like I said a real looker,
5' 8' endowed with more curves and-
hair pin turns then the Pacific Coast Highway.
Eyes crystal blue, hair platinum blonde
(without the bottle)
she was well put together for sure.

When she spoke;
the words that came out-
of her ruby red lips
made you want to slap her
and kiss her all at the same time.
Matthew Mckeown May 2018
I found a pearl in the
ocean, where I drown
my sorrows, it reminded
me of us.

You-
white lace and pearls
draped your wedding
gown and a scarlet
veil covered your face,

Me-
a shiny suit
of armor tarnished
with kinks of flesh.

We-
cut ourselves
with our emotional
knives,

the love burned hot-
so hot, it burned
down our lives.

I threw the pearl
back.
Matthew Mckeown Apr 2018
I’m eating gummies
by the dumpster,
they taste real good,

soft-
cause’ they’ve been
in my pocket all day.
Next page