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a quick fix. When I needed a hug
you came on thick. Thick as a wool blanket
on a cold dark night. Shiny as the
armor on a Medieval knight.

You were my high
rocket in space. “Beam me up
Scotty” and we’re outta this
place. You were not subtle. I crashed
on the take-off like the Challenger Shuttle.

You were my hangover
the morning after. My head blown up
like a red balloon squeezed in the
rafters. My pieces were strewn from
popping. I laid marooned like troopers
dropping from the sky. The price of the high!
The fierce knot within
is a ball of black strands
with tentacles
reaching out in every direction
threatening.
I know I need to face this cowardly menace
or it will keep growing
into a yawning void.
I hear Lucifer knocking at my door
his insistent thumping says he’s annoyed
because he knows
I am buoyed
I am ****** away from the black hole
into this bright river’s flow.
I am again facing anxiety. I know why this darkness threatens. My closest friend, only four or five months younger than I, again has cancer in another part of his body, one of his doctors mentioning hospice. It has thrown him and me for a loop. No, I don’t have cancer that I know of, but I am closer to death than I have ever been. I guess we can all say that. But here I am in the same river with him, sometimes buoyed but sometimes threatened to be taken down by the undertow. Writing is a facet of the diamond of my salvation. And this whole situation has brought home how we are all part of the same Reality in a Universe full of darkness and stars.
 Jun 2022 Chuck Kean
Eloisa
Buoyant
 Jun 2022 Chuck Kean
Eloisa
She did not let the shadows win.
She remembered who she was
and wore the vibrant stars at night.
She gave her heart consent to heal and held hope within her hands.
 Jun 2022 Chuck Kean
Khoisan
Kin of my flesh
and blood of my bones
you are not alone.
Stone-cold
lonely roads  
burdens the soul,
remember
what is said
of the heart,
you will find it
waiting for you
here at home.
I blame you.
For the dreams that died.
For the love that i will never have.
For the smile that you took from me.
I wanted to fly far away but you
Burnt my wings keeping me
In the cold darkness.
I blame you for killing me.
I like to take a negative feeling and turn it
Into something good.
We should allow people room to grow and breathe support someone in there dreams
#blame #dreams #darkness #killing
 Jun 2022 Chuck Kean
Grace
When I look at you,
I don’t see darkness
I don’t see rain
I don’t see pain

When I speak to you,
I don’t feel sadness
I don’t feel neglect
You always show respect

When I think of you,
It gives me strength
Because you’re so bright
My brightest light

When I dream of you,
I find myself in your arms
Right where I belong
Right where I feel strong

When I fell in love with you,
I knew it was true
Because you drowned my sorrows
And now I can see tomorrow
 Jun 2022 Chuck Kean
Rama Krsna
the nectar of love
only comes with
the poison of pain,
two for the exorbitant price of one

standing
at the chasm of life and death
destroyed by love
grief remains as life’s sole friend

the memories of love
now belong to time
and this aging body to the five elements.

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