The world can get so dark.
And then a stranger tells you
you’re beautiful,
and you realize
they meant it.

And for a brief moment,
I actually felt a part of this world.

~kb

It’s like
the whole world
went silent,
yet it’s so deafening here.

~kb

A person dies from cancer
They say he’s probably better off
A woman kills herself
And the whole world comes to scoff
At the possible selfishness
This woman had in her
To just leave everyone empty
And broken, a blatant sinner
But it was probably for the better
If you look at it the same
Hers was a mental cancer
That she could never tame.

~kb

I clamor with the words
to simply ask you how you’re doing.
I’ve loved you from afar
And I sit here simply viewing
what you do, who you are,
what you like, and what you hate.
I’ve shattered all relationships
to acquire my perfect mate.
Yet you don’t know I exist
and I’m almost quite sure
you have yourself another
that you care deeply for.
Well let me tell you, brother
she ain’t as good as me.
I will take care of you
to the highest degree.
You don’t know what you’re missing,
so I’ll sent you a note,
of my dying love for you,
with a blackness in my throat.

~kb

And my life has become
one long horror feature.

In the church of bad decisions,
I’d be the preacher.

~kb

I looked down at my hands
and they weren’t trembling.
My face was dry,
no tears were assembling.
I told you goodbye and
this is my reaction.
A looked deep in your eyes and
saw no attraction,
no fondness of me,
just your usual scowl.
And a peace fills my chest
like the night calms the owl.
I turn away, bag in hand and
get into my car.
I look up once more
to see your face from afar.
That’s when I finally
settled in my peace,
and drove off in the night;
a caged owl’s been released.

~kb

There’s this nerve occurrence
That happens in the brain
When you think of something
And at the same time feel pain
Or pleasure or love or
Complete distain
Emotion touches thought
At the very same time
And your body can feel
The brain to body rhyme
Like when you think it might be cold
And feel a chill on your back
A simultaneous attack
Leaves you racked with feeling
Or when you stare up at the ceiling
From your bed and covers
Imagining lovers entwined
And at the same time
Your body shudders
An ****** sensation
The same time as the thought
Has you caught and overcome
Tongue lips lips in a
Cry for someone
And I wonder what becomes
Of the thoughts I have
And you
I mean
Do you feel them too
When I think them at you
And is it true
Can our bodies’ synapses
Become adaptable
Is it practical to think
That you can feel
In real time when I think it
Because if so
Then you know
What I think about you
And then we can finally
prove telepathy true
And if you feel that love
That I think when I see you
Then I can’t help but wonder
Why I don’t feel yours too.

~kb