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"dwindling" poems
tell me... will tomorrow bring,      all the things i'm longing...     stowed upon its elusive wings, tirelessly beating     and fighting to show what's dangling and hanging...           ready for the picking...                           awaiting... such time so it could begin its need for unloading,                    delivering                                       and dropping, its gleaming                       treasures on those who are deserving,         in no way lacking so they could be at the receiving end of this pressurising,            inking                       of dwindling                                         words... careless thoughts conceived only to               fuel            my deranged ramblings... incessant mutterings of a shattering                          mind...            bending backwards, almost breaking,          risking... the chance of ever fully                                           mending... hoping and praying    for a sentence that's pending dawn's approval... allowing    the rising of the sun...                   paving             ways for thriving                                           wishes, unbarring                   gates for soaring                                                 dreams, unlocking                    latches, relieving... the heightening                      anxieties of grieving                                                          hearts. constantly whispering                                utterances, promising good will, happiness                               and titillating                                                       sanity. we're thinking...      the earth is spinning,          the moon is setting,      so the sun must be rising                          but...              tell me,                            tomorrow...                                 is it coming?
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Oct 12, 2014
Oct 12, 2014 at 3:25 PM UTC
tomorrow
tell me... will tomorrow bring,      all the things i'm longing...     stowed upon its elusive wings, tirelessly beating     and fighting to show what's dangling and hanging...           ready for the picking...                           awaiting... such time so it could begin its need for unloading,                    delivering                                       and dropping, its gleaming                       treasures on those who are deserving,         in no way lacking so they could be at the receiving end of this pressurising,            inking                       of dwindling                                         words... careless thoughts conceived only to               fuel            my deranged ramblings... incessant mutterings of a shattering                          mind...            bending backwards, almost breaking,          risking... the chance of ever fully                                           mending... hoping and praying    for a sentence that's pending dawn's approval... allowing    the rising of the sun...                   paving             ways for thriving                                           wishes, unbarring                   gates for soaring                                                 dreams, unlocking                    latches, relieving... the heightening                      anxieties of grieving                                                          hearts. constantly whispering                                utterances, promising good will, happiness                               and titillating                                                       sanity. we're thinking...      the earth is spinning,          the moon is setting,      so the sun must be rising                          but...              tell me,                            tomorrow...                                 is it coming?
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We're candles that want to burn bright and wouldn't mind dwindling in the flames.
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 8:44 PM UTC
Candles
Red wine stains your lips and teeth, reciting Tolstoy; war and peace, smoke leaves your lips  each word you speak -as if it was, somehow, for me. A dwindling old lover's flame; we lay warm on a bed of coal. Beneath the sheets, I've seen your face, but every time your hands were cold.
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Jun 12, 2018
Jun 12, 2018 at 9:50 AM UTC
Of lover's old
The moon illuminates the tears she sheds as the darkness shields her from this reality. She opened the portal to her fantasy world and the memories she once hid, finally reappears. His ability to make her chocolate frame quiver into the palm of his hand just by whispering those 3 words. The way his alluring eyes would caress and soothe her soul to force her to disclose its hidden secrets. "Do you mean it?" She quietly whispered into his ears as their essence finally merged into existence. He was able to tear down her layers of pain, confusion, and hurt as he crossed the threshold into her mind.   As she gazes into his ravishing eyes, she becomes paralyzed as they undress her bare petite physique. The gateway to her hidden domain steadily closes as the warmth rays rest upon her dried tears. Her tear stricken face clenches onto the dwindling memories of his dominance over her. If only he kept to his word, then he would have understood her tears of affection.
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Apr 1, 2012
Apr 1, 2012 at 9:23 PM UTC
Tears of a Broken Angel.
**• i     am        a sea            farer•a                   rider of the                          dwindling air... • one day my ailing boat would invite the water•i will finally sink into** ~ ~ ~~oblivion's lair•~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~  ~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~   ~~ ~~ ~~ *•m y exis tenc e ~ ~ ~~       ~~ w ill then  be • but a we a k, ~ i ndis  cern ible... reflec  tion of my sel f ~   •  ~                       ~     i' d notb e  free •but~         ~    ~          t rapped i n abo x                    ~   on a  lon g for-  ~~               g o tte  n  ~ ~    sh e ~ l   f •* .~
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Nov 15, 2014
Nov 15, 2014 at 11:48 AM UTC
Sinking
Advice from Freuchen , the explorer When Arctic blizzards blow in Northern Greenland and your supplies are low and dwindling the best advice is build an igloo and wait out the storm. And when you hear the wolves howling with hunger and prowling on your igloo roof it’s best to go outside and sing - only occasionally though you will fight to be heard above the judder of the wind. Inside the igloo will be problematic the walls seem to close in as claustrophobic days proceed it’s not an illusion but a fact each breath freezes moisture in the walls and breath by breath they thicken spaces close around your body breathing yourself in a coffin of ice. There’s no instrument of death devised by man to so terrify as being locked in space and time each breath reminding you of that closeness to that final loss of breath and an icy Arctic death.
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Feb 2, 2015
Feb 2, 2015 at 10:53 AM UTC
Arctic Adventure
It was my thirtieth year to heaven Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood And the mussel pooled and the heron Priested shore The morning beckon With water praying and call of seagull and rook And the knock of sailing boats on the net webbed wall Myself to set foot That second In the still sleeping town and set forth. My birthday began with the water- Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. High tide and the heron dived when I took the road Over the border And the gates Of the town closed as the town awoke. A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October Summery On the hill's shoulder, Here were fond climates and sweet singers suddenly Come in the morning where I wandered and listened To the rain wringing Wind blow cold In the wood faraway under me. Pale rain over the dwindling harbour And over the sea wet church the size of a snail With its horns through mist and the castle Brown as owls But all the gardens Of spring and summer were blooming in the tall tales Beyond the border and under the lark full cloud. There could I marvel My birthday Away but the weather turned around. It turned away from the blithe country And down the other air and the blue altered sky Streamed again a wonder of summer With apples Pears and red currants And I saw in the turning so clearly a child's Forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother Through the parables Of sun light And the legends of the green chapels And the twice told fields of infancy That his tears burned my cheeks and his heart moved in mine. These were the woods the river and sea Where a boy In the listening Summertime of the dead whispered the truth of his joy To the trees and the stones and the fish in the tide. And the mystery Sang alive Still in the water and singingbirds. And there could I marvel my birthday Away but the weather turned around. And the true Joy of the long dead child sang burning In the sun. It was my thirtieth Year to heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood. O may my heart's truth Still be sung On this high hill in a year's turning.
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Poem In October
It was my thirtieth year to heaven Woke to my hearing from harbour and neighbour wood And the mussel pooled and the heron Priested shore The morning beckon With water praying and call of seagull and rook And the knock of sailing boats on the net webbed wall Myself to set foot That second In the still sleeping town and set forth. My birthday began with the water- Birds and the birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses And I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. High tide and the heron dived when I took the road Over the border And the gates Of the town closed as the town awoke. A springful of larks in a rolling Cloud and the roadside bushes brimming with whistling Blackbirds and the sun of October Summery On the hill's shoulder, Here were fond climates and sweet singers suddenly Come in the morning where I wandered and listened To the rain wringing Wind blow cold In the wood faraway under me. Pale rain over the dwindling harbour And over the sea wet church the size of a snail With its horns through mist and the castle Brown as owls But all the gardens Of spring and summer were blooming in the tall tales Beyond the border and under the lark full cloud. There could I marvel My birthday Away but the weather turned around. It turned away from the blithe country And down the other air and the blue altered sky Streamed again a wonder of summer With apples Pears and red currants And I saw in the turning so clearly a child's Forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother Through the parables Of sun light And the legends of the green chapels And the twice told fields of infancy That his tears burned my cheeks and his heart moved in mine. These were the woods the river and sea Where a boy In the listening Summertime of the dead whispered the truth of his joy To the trees and the stones and the fish in the tide. And the mystery Sang alive Still in the water and singingbirds. And there could I marvel my birthday Away but the weather turned around. And the true Joy of the long dead child sang burning In the sun. It was my thirtieth Year to heaven stood there then in the summer noon Though the town below lay leaved with October blood. O may my heart's truth Still be sung On this high hill in a year's turning.
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We held hands as time's sand passed between. Night chocked the last sun beams. Our conversation was pertinent to the dwindling red wine bottle. As the moon glazed shore began to roar, she whispered "Let's cuddle." I dropped you, holding her, and thought "Oh" and began to coddle. I wrapped myself around her like a shell to a turtle and she began to nestle on my chest. I guessed the indigestion came from the Bordeaux bottom. Boy, was I wrong. See, as I lay with her, forgetting about you, I remembered blood is thicker than water. The loves we choose are stronger than ones We've fallen into. I wasn't falling there, underneath the stars, next to the parked car. I was laying. I was contemplating as the wind was spraying the lake into the air. I came to the conclusion I was in an illusion of  love. Confounded by smoke and reflections from movie magicians. She looked up to me and I guess she could see my reality crumbling in the breeze. She asked if I was ok. My slight smile alluded I was and we laid in love until the sun's intrusion.
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May 11, 2014
May 11, 2014 at 4:44 PM UTC
Moonlight Disillusion
So lets get this straight: An armed, white man walks into a school, kills 17 students and teachers with a tool that can be bought at just any store by a 19 year old, insane, fool, before being caught, all on Valentine's day, Marking the 30th mass shooting just this year And it's not time to talk about gun control? If they had been black, you'd say "more police" If they had been Mexican, you'd say "build a wall" If they had been Middle-Eastern, you'd say "travel ban" But they're not, they're white, they're mentally ill, so "Report the disturbed" our president says "It's about mental health!" our congress says "But it's not time to talk about gun control" You send your thoughts and prayers, while we're pleading for your help You want to know my thoughts and prayers? I thought our country cared about us I thought our country loved us more than guns And I pray that my school won't be next That my friends won't be mourned on the internet That we might be safe in our unsafe unchanging world Because you won't talk about gun control But you know what? ***** you if you think that's all we're gonna do We're taking this horse by the reigns Knock some sense into that old brain We're organizing, rising up and wising up Taking a stand, and taking a walk Making our voices heard, better watch for that 10 o' clock We will not be complacent in our friends' deaths We've done it before and we will do it again They say "when we're older" I say "why wait till then" These laws are going to change now These deaths have got to be dwindling down Everyone knows kids can be one loud crowd And no, we won't calm down Until no one ignores our outraged sound We will make the politicians come around And finally, gun control will bring peace to our towns And finally, me, my family, and my friends, can feel safe, with long lives ahead, and we can go back to school together again.
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Feb 19, 2018
Feb 19, 2018 at 3:32 PM UTC
Another School Shooting
So lets get this straight: An armed, white man walks into a school, kills 17 students and teachers with a tool that can be bought at just any store by a 19 year old, insane, fool, before being caught, all on Valentine's day, Marking the 30th mass shooting just this year And it's not time to talk about gun control? If they had been black, you'd say "more police" If they had been Mexican, you'd say "build a wall" If they had been Middle-Eastern, you'd say "travel ban" But they're not, they're white, they're mentally ill, so "Report the disturbed" our president says "It's about mental health!" our congress says "But it's not time to talk about gun control" You send your thoughts and prayers, while we're pleading for your help You want to know my thoughts and prayers? I thought our country cared about us I thought our country loved us more than guns And I pray that my school won't be next That my friends won't be mourned on the internet That we might be safe in our unsafe unchanging world Because you won't talk about gun control But you know what? ***** you if you think that's all we're gonna do We're taking this horse by the reigns Knock some sense into that old brain We're organizing, rising up and wising up Taking a stand, and taking a walk Making our voices heard, better watch for that 10 o' clock We will not be complacent in our friends' deaths We've done it before and we will do it again They say "when we're older" I say "why wait till then" These laws are going to change now These deaths have got to be dwindling down Everyone knows kids can be one loud crowd And no, we won't calm down Until no one ignores our outraged sound We will make the politicians come around And finally, gun control will bring peace to our towns And finally, me, my family, and my friends, can feel safe, with long lives ahead, and we can go back to school together again.
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As the violet of day draws to a close...           Witnessed the dwindling vermillion sun,              being swallowed   by the horizon. Ever so slowly,        seconds stretched...       This moment here... Captured...       and                 froze.             Brushing off the indigos     and                 blues.           of the past,             Whilst I shed these scarlet tears. Burdened with               unfounded speculation and fears.         Gifted the         lease of bravery but I know...         it wouldn't last.       A final skirmish             between                           night and light.             My crimson wings     spread to greet the.         green evening air.             Feather and wind.             spoke to each other;       quivered as if               the same story         they shared.           A conversation                   that ended quickly before both took               flight.                         To the                         highest heavens, leaving a           trail of leaves from days of yellow...           Flying past the                  blushing orange cheeks   of                         sleeping clouds.              Evading the beckoning of                           night's curtains and             shrouds.       Into the sun, I would go.                 Beyond world's end,            I would follow... To find you                   where the universe                       would run its course.                       I'd gladly soar through        spectrum's grain, Through               unfamiliar realms and                                 warped new planes. Why?           Because       blood red   rubies           pump             through mine and                 garnets           flow                     through yours...
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Apr 30, 2015
Apr 30, 2015 at 2:38 PM UTC
Spectrum Red
As the violet of day draws to a close...           Witnessed the dwindling vermillion sun,              being swallowed   by the horizon. Ever so slowly,        seconds stretched...       This moment here... Captured...       and                 froze.             Brushing off the indigos     and                 blues.           of the past,             Whilst I shed these scarlet tears. Burdened with               unfounded speculation and fears.         Gifted the         lease of bravery but I know...         it wouldn't last.       A final skirmish             between                           night and light.             My crimson wings     spread to greet the.         green evening air.             Feather and wind.             spoke to each other;       quivered as if               the same story         they shared.           A conversation                   that ended quickly before both took               flight.                         To the                         highest heavens, leaving a           trail of leaves from days of yellow...           Flying past the                  blushing orange cheeks   of                         sleeping clouds.              Evading the beckoning of                           night's curtains and             shrouds.       Into the sun, I would go.                 Beyond world's end,            I would follow... To find you                   where the universe                       would run its course.                       I'd gladly soar through        spectrum's grain, Through               unfamiliar realms and                                 warped new planes. Why?           Because       blood red   rubies           pump             through mine and                 garnets           flow                     through yours...
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I never got to meet my father... He died when I was nine months old, But his presence, I always felt While I was growing up, Even up to this day... He would often visit me in my dreams, Told me not to worry or despair, Took my hand, Told me I could go with him.. Which I almost did... A few times, in high school I felt a light push on my back When my Home Economics teacher Almost caught me nodding...I was Too bored, to focus on her sewing lessons... I was always saved from falling Each time I climbed the guava tree... I feel some kind of force stopping me, Standing ahead of me, Whenever I cross the street, even now... My late aunt said she found me Looking up and giggling When at three or five years old, I played by myself beside My father's tall and sturdy book case... I see his face when I go through His dwindling collection of Edgar Allan Poe books, including his Law books, and a few western pocketbooks left, All, with mottled pages now... The matrimonial bed he shared With my late mother is still in use... His portrait is hung on our wall... Today, the fifteenth of June, his birthday, I look through his eyes, and----- In silence, I greet him, "Happy birthday, papa, Happy Father's Day, as well." In my mind, my father lives, And my own stories of him therein dwells... Sally Copyright 2014 Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
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Jun 15, 2014
Jun 15, 2014 at 2:01 PM UTC
Lost Days With My Father
Ophelia has flower petals growing beneath her tongue, and I can taste honeysuckle when I kiss her. There are highways in the grooves of her hips. I like to trace them, and get lost somewhere between intimate whispers and an unsteady heartbeat. Ophelia has a mocking jay stuck in her throat, and it sings to me when she finds herself stuck in tangled vines and dwindling self-confidence. She weeps at least an ocean a day, and that's more than my diminutive hands can catch. I think I'd like to spend a few eternities exploring the peculiar jungles of Ophelia.
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Mar 30, 2014
Mar 30, 2014 at 12:06 AM UTC
My Ophelia
I'm cold. A chill in the air. Wood fire dwindling to smolders. Ash crisped cinders to share. Cotton between our shoulders. That endearing musk of burnt wood. A soft kiss on your cheek. My arm wrapped round you. I whisper in your ear those words I do love to speak. "I'll distract you not from the beauty of this world, nor the loves you've counted. I'll never let you waver from your hearts dream. Stay true - look up ahead and mine will be seen." This faint light up ahead. It flickers and dances. Clawing and bubbling to break. Daylight will be upon us, no chances. Don't blink or you'll miss this. The birth of life - light years away. An explosion of color flooding the sky. Life inspiring feeling - opposite to grey. Rain of warm power filling my voids. A dream born anew each day. A love found in you. Explored in every single way. A never ending gift. If only we're awake. Just then as it broke. Did you feel it? I felt yours and you mine. Our hopes and dreams become one. A valley of trust now glowing. Warm tones red through yellow. Delivered by the morning saint. My dream revealed. Endless passion only the sun could paint.
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Mar 17, 2015
Mar 17, 2015 at 9:05 PM UTC
Sunrise
drunk again at 3 a.m. at the end of my 2nd bottle of wine, I have typed from a dozen to 15 pages of poesy an old man maddened for the flesh of young girls in this dwindling twilight liver gone kidneys going pancrea pooped top-floor blood pressure while all the fear of the wasted years laughs between my toes no woman will live with me no Florence Nightingale to watch the Johnny Carson show with if I have a stroke I will lay here for six days, my three cats hungrily ripping the flesh from my elbows, wrists, head the radio playing classical music ... I promised myself never to write old man poems but this one's funny, you see, excusable, be- cause I've long gone past using myself and there's still more left here at 3 a.m. I am going to take this sheet from the typer pour another glass and insert make love to the fresh new whiteness maybe get lucky again first for me later for you. from "All's Normal Here" - 1985
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Here I Am ...
I knew the orange on the orange tree you had an ache in your shoulders uncomfortable in an unnatural way yesterday I passed you talking to flowers you hadn't moved you hadn't strayed but hiding in the leaves was a forced disguise the omens told me something quiet and unceasing reminding me of a slumbering domesticated cat dreaming of cutting yourself loose from truncated ease dropping down from the branch with panther steps licking fruit lips ripe with revealed acidic petals riddled with a past you revelled mixing in with zest shocking chances stepped in for the next dance sleep taken aback by wings cut from a dark sky the sidewalk pitted and cracked beneath the pounce relief escaped the twigs with a spring like waking prey pressing into night foliage shaken from a nice balance as I saw you take control with nothing to mask your face on the surface too smooth for violence was laughter of glowing gloom to embarrass and deter such rebellious arrogance with a twist struggling from a lame curse its flavours sharp against your sweetened perfume muscle expecting you to build a limestone shed for tears rather than take on the night with a mind to wrestle the outside aches for your physical attraction gaining courage from the purpose in your eyes tense as the tightness of your dress' intention demanding that my hands draw from such lines the sinuous heat of pulsing flesh's invitation curved upon seeds not chaste but not quite refined which I try not loving with some cool disambiguation you left me the taste of syrup of grenadine too reputable to ripple vain red tipple eyed on a table spilt with pink gin and mandarin sharp teeth tingling a tartness into my hand sliding slowly at a tilt like drops of sweat on skin focus dwindling into the clasp of an escaping shade wrapped carefully under soft rice paper and then tucked under a heel with a pointed kick like a blade only to feel you relent and burst open soft in appeal again and again
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Jul 19, 2014
Jul 19, 2014 at 3:28 PM UTC
Orange Drops
I knew the orange on the orange tree you had an ache in your shoulders uncomfortable in an unnatural way yesterday I passed you talking to flowers you hadn't moved you hadn't strayed but hiding in the leaves was a forced disguise the omens told me something quiet and unceasing reminding me of a slumbering domesticated cat dreaming of cutting yourself loose from truncated ease dropping down from the branch with panther steps licking fruit lips ripe with revealed acidic petals riddled with a past you revelled mixing in with zest shocking chances stepped in for the next dance sleep taken aback by wings cut from a dark sky the sidewalk pitted and cracked beneath the pounce relief escaped the twigs with a spring like waking prey pressing into night foliage shaken from a nice balance as I saw you take control with nothing to mask your face on the surface too smooth for violence was laughter of glowing gloom to embarrass and deter such rebellious arrogance with a twist struggling from a lame curse its flavours sharp against your sweetened perfume muscle expecting you to build a limestone shed for tears rather than take on the night with a mind to wrestle the outside aches for your physical attraction gaining courage from the purpose in your eyes tense as the tightness of your dress' intention demanding that my hands draw from such lines the sinuous heat of pulsing flesh's invitation curved upon seeds not chaste but not quite refined which I try not loving with some cool disambiguation you left me the taste of syrup of grenadine too reputable to ripple vain red tipple eyed on a table spilt with pink gin and mandarin sharp teeth tingling a tartness into my hand sliding slowly at a tilt like drops of sweat on skin focus dwindling into the clasp of an escaping shade wrapped carefully under soft rice paper and then tucked under a heel with a pointed kick like a blade only to feel you relent and burst open soft in appeal again and again
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sappho greets her as she would a reflection: hand against hand, staring into her eyes. silence dancing around them as a long-lost love- r. enheduanna sighs at the contact and the quiet shifts as her fingers close: as there is no need for language when her inanna will grant them a holy diadem. ----- eternity reeks of nights out on the lawn daisies growing with the weeds pillowing beneath the two dwindling women - hands clasped tightly, their eyes closed. ...lapis blooming within the petals of the undergrowth... gods slumber amongst worthy poets occluding, heart-soothing each other without words or sonnets or divination. sappho dared to look out from heavy-lidded lethargy, for she was yearning: at dawn ...her honeyvoiced,     mythweaving     enheduanna:     a sweet-shelter     of temptation     and goddesses     who wage     tender war and     drink from pools     of sun... at dawn the ancient divine poet gazes again and sappho forgets she too is nearly as old for her lover wears an invisible golden- crowned circlet of springtime and illuminated lands. but she can hardly think anymore, when the songsmith of glory and prayer is kissing her. laying in the basin of heaven and skies she pours restless eternity down her throat. ---- lapis melts to pink clovers of fowlerite no mortals notice two bodies blending between poems rustling tunics maidens casting away their   fruitful sobriety. ---- poet dreams a woman of verse. hardly expecting shallow-breathed kisses of burning solstice and unrequited love.
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Feb 16, 2022
Feb 16, 2022 at 12:18 AM UTC
their hearts grew cold / they let their wings down
sappho greets her as she would a reflection: hand against hand, staring into her eyes. silence dancing around them as a long-lost love- r. enheduanna sighs at the contact and the quiet shifts as her fingers close: as there is no need for language when her inanna will grant them a holy diadem. ----- eternity reeks of nights out on the lawn daisies growing with the weeds pillowing beneath the two dwindling women - hands clasped tightly, their eyes closed. ...lapis blooming within the petals of the undergrowth... gods slumber amongst worthy poets occluding, heart-soothing each other without words or sonnets or divination. sappho dared to look out from heavy-lidded lethargy, for she was yearning: at dawn ...her honeyvoiced,     mythweaving     enheduanna:     a sweet-shelter     of temptation     and goddesses     who wage     tender war and     drink from pools     of sun... at dawn the ancient divine poet gazes again and sappho forgets she too is nearly as old for her lover wears an invisible golden- crowned circlet of springtime and illuminated lands. but she can hardly think anymore, when the songsmith of glory and prayer is kissing her. laying in the basin of heaven and skies she pours restless eternity down her throat. ---- lapis melts to pink clovers of fowlerite no mortals notice two bodies blending between poems rustling tunics maidens casting away their   fruitful sobriety. ---- poet dreams a woman of verse. hardly expecting shallow-breathed kisses of burning solstice and unrequited love.
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The dwindling days fly past and I remain, Though freighted by regrets and photographs. The errors and the losses a refrain Repeating, repeating; then someone laughs, Returns me to the moment with a smile. This child, with vast bright future all before, Oblivious to older cares will while Away the hours (seeming infinite); more I cannot ask: the truth I cannot say. A child knows both much more and less than I. The moment past, the truth I cannot stay; Regrets in hand, I wander home and sigh. Death is a secret.  No one speaks his name. But one day we will have to say he came.
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Oct 3, 2016
Oct 3, 2016 at 11:32 AM UTC
Days
the wild suburban dogs eat the leftovers of a tom cat outside my apartment door-- the neighbors gone, they must've done wrong, the cops keep asking me where they went-- a bluebird lands on a bent limb, no song to sing just worms to slurp, a nest to think about, and a debt to me-- for the undeserved attention I grant.
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May 8, 2011
May 8, 2011 at 7:54 PM UTC
dwindling hunger and dimwitted harassment
God willing, she said, Looking at the dwindling garden flowers This winter we’ll have blooms of marigold. Her clayed hands some smudged on her face They speak of her hard stolen recess From the grinding chores of running a family And still when the wind turns cold Dream for beds of marigold! God willing Before her dream’s warmth fades The garden will be blooming with marigold beds.
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Nov 15, 2013
Nov 15, 2013 at 7:15 AM UTC
Marigold
I think about you daily on many levels. I smile sometimes when I remember your smile or the crazy sound, you would make when laughing. I remember hanging- out in the summer time, spending the night over your house or mine. Telling jokes, playing games, and laughing so hard we'd cry; even- though it wasn't always funny.. It was funny to you and I. I think about you daily... Sometime I wonder why, a light so bright and beautiful-had to go and die. You where the most giving person that- I ever knew. Always helping others even those who would hurt you. Your-Smile, was like the sun on a cloudy day, so warm and loving.. Just like you in every way. I watched you go from 226 pounds of muscles hard as stones, to 95 pounds of ashy, skin and bones. I saw the pain you tried to hide, behind your brilliant smile... Cloaked, in laughter ever groan with the faith of a new born child. Even, when your light was dwindling, to others you would still give hope.. We are young you would say" No-Need to frown or mope. You never changed, never let it get you down; continued to live, give, and spread love all around.. You! Wonderful-You! I think about you daily and every thought, seems to make me smile; You were my best friend... Crazy, Loving, Brilliant, and Wild. I celebrate you my friend... Your light will always shine, in the lives of so many others and in this heart of mine. Yes! Your light will always shine. I Think About You .
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Aug 11, 2013
Aug 11, 2013 at 10:18 PM UTC
I think
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012 at 4:18 AM UTC
The Old Glue Factory
The place was dangerous as hell; we had no business being there. It was a complex, composed of four immense structures, looming on the bluffs between Lake Michigan and a ghost town. I'm not sure which side of the fence brought forth more eeriness - the sight of four massive industrial skeletons was indeed an eerie one, but within the village that must endure it's haunting presence persists a dwindling heartbeat... and together they produced a heightened effect of slow decay - and that was what drew me in. The place was magnificent day or night. By day, we'd explore the groundworks while the light allowed us to admire the massive machinery, which by then had accumulated copious amounts of corrosion. All those dead giants, never to function again. In the spring time, beams of light would penetrate the ceiling above, caving in from years of stress sans stress tests. Even when the light was not shining through, one could make out where the beams have been because in their wake they left a trail of life. Up to that point in my life I thought that was the most beautiful scene I had ever seen - a thousand tons of old machinery, and a stubborn sunbeam poking through, incubating it's au natural industrialized chia pet. By night, we would ascend to the rooftops of these four story horror stories and gaze up at the stars. Sometimes, when our ***** were feeling particularly swelled, we'd venture across the rooftops as if in some post-apocalyptic videogame. And sometimes when we were feeling a bit rebellious and artistic, we'd bring along some cans of spray paint and redecorate to our desire. Oh, and another reason the place reeked of death was surely due to it being a glue factory... wherein horses were killed in order to gain access to their foot-stuff. I was told by an unfortunate local that they'd bury the unwanted horse parts in big pits back behind the place... this man had told me that he fell into one while wandering around back there - nearly died trying to get out. We knew the place was soon to be leveled, but we did not know when. Eventually I ended up moving out of state for a while, and alas, upon my return my childhood fascination was no more. shrugs... So it goes.
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A ship in a bottle is a useless thing, encapsulated, isolated. It is meant to be crewed. We are each holographic captains seeking first mates and yeomen to climb the riggings and guide us through the storms. Floating colonies needing founding, battened hatches guarding dwindling stores and shielding superstitious sailors galore. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to brave the rough seas and coral reefs of life and nature's faith. Sometimes ships run aground, the founding of the colony, and then sandcastles reign supreme. We must learn to trust our crews and captains alike to learn from their faith in nature. We must build upon the dunes, carrying buckets of water and trust from the sea to inland shores.  The castle, like the ship, will one day be reclaimed by the sea, despite our efforts. We build them anyway out of hope, fearing faith, learning trust, while wishing we were safe in a bottle.
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Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 8:23 AM UTC
Exploration
Silence. This is all we hear now. Gone are the sweet words of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity. Gone is her radiant light that illuminated our world. We have been thrown back into the darkness that haunted us for so long. Yet there are no screams to torment us. No hisses to harm us. Even the Solitude is silent. Perhaps it has taken pity upon us. Or perhaps it has learned a new method of torment. Yet there are echoes that boom through the darkness, flashing memories in the sparks of light that accompany them. The absence of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity has turned the passion in our veins to poison. We feel our very soul dying, fracturing from its touch. We beg for the light of the Perfection, but darkness is all that answers us. There is none to come to our aid. Our only solace is the words once written by the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity. Yet even these words cut deeper into our wounds, twisting into our heart as haunting reminders of what we cannot have. The mind cannot help but endlessly repeat the memories we created, its gaze unblinking while they continue to cast lacerations upon it. We have tried in vain to pull the mind away from the memories, to save it from the anguish. But it has become paralyzed, caught in a horrendous cycle of elation and devastation. We are left with no other option but to numb the mind beneath a sea of liquid repression. Yet even then, she visits us in our dreams, giving us the company we desired so desperately before, only to awaken to the twilight that perpetually surrounds us. Silence. This is all we hear now. We have been forsaken, left to brood over our deeds while we lie upon the cold ground that is littered with barbs and thorns created by our own foolishness. The Solitude looms over us, watching us shiver in pain as the blood from our wounds stains the ground. We feel its harsh glare bore into our very soul, while the specters of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity eternally whisper her words in our ear. Our strength is dwindling, and our desire to carry on is fading, for all we see upon this path is agony and torment. Our path is wrought with cracks and blades from lovers past. The Sapphire-Eyed Serenity The Traveler The Fallen One The Distant One The Nameless They have each riddled our path and our hearts with scars that shall never fade. And the Solitude vows that it will continue this cycle for eternity. That it will force us to crawl upon this wretched path, relentlessly reliving this horror if we dare continue. Yet despite the twilight and anguish, despite our forsaken soul, there is one who has stretched his hand in aid. The Companion. Unaffected by our plagues and spines on our path, he kneels beside us and speaks a single word that sends the Solitude into rage. Rise.
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Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9, 2015 at 1:43 AM UTC
Twilight
Silence. This is all we hear now. Gone are the sweet words of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity. Gone is her radiant light that illuminated our world. We have been thrown back into the darkness that haunted us for so long. Yet there are no screams to torment us. No hisses to harm us. Even the Solitude is silent. Perhaps it has taken pity upon us. Or perhaps it has learned a new method of torment. Yet there are echoes that boom through the darkness, flashing memories in the sparks of light that accompany them. The absence of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity has turned the passion in our veins to poison. We feel our very soul dying, fracturing from its touch. We beg for the light of the Perfection, but darkness is all that answers us. There is none to come to our aid. Our only solace is the words once written by the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity. Yet even these words cut deeper into our wounds, twisting into our heart as haunting reminders of what we cannot have. The mind cannot help but endlessly repeat the memories we created, its gaze unblinking while they continue to cast lacerations upon it. We have tried in vain to pull the mind away from the memories, to save it from the anguish. But it has become paralyzed, caught in a horrendous cycle of elation and devastation. We are left with no other option but to numb the mind beneath a sea of liquid repression. Yet even then, she visits us in our dreams, giving us the company we desired so desperately before, only to awaken to the twilight that perpetually surrounds us. Silence. This is all we hear now. We have been forsaken, left to brood over our deeds while we lie upon the cold ground that is littered with barbs and thorns created by our own foolishness. The Solitude looms over us, watching us shiver in pain as the blood from our wounds stains the ground. We feel its harsh glare bore into our very soul, while the specters of the Sapphire-Eyed Serenity eternally whisper her words in our ear. Our strength is dwindling, and our desire to carry on is fading, for all we see upon this path is agony and torment. Our path is wrought with cracks and blades from lovers past. The Sapphire-Eyed Serenity The Traveler The Fallen One The Distant One The Nameless They have each riddled our path and our hearts with scars that shall never fade. And the Solitude vows that it will continue this cycle for eternity. That it will force us to crawl upon this wretched path, relentlessly reliving this horror if we dare continue. Yet despite the twilight and anguish, despite our forsaken soul, there is one who has stretched his hand in aid. The Companion. Unaffected by our plagues and spines on our path, he kneels beside us and speaks a single word that sends the Solitude into rage. Rise.
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Thinking with short breath, gripping my chest, sinking with stress? Just to attest, Imagine putting stress to the test Over pushing boundaries set with intent Chasing leads, gaining lost time pursuing a lust with broken trust Only to rise to the question Can the duality of morals and ethics which define us.. Be overwritten? Misconstrued needs for skeptics lost in line Slowly assimilating breathless methods Hijacked Black rose petals spiraling to conclusion, Decomposing as if to forget this Why don't I neglect this elusive euphoria defined in terms of confusion? Split paths once veering in opposite directions begin running parallel I know I'm here, but who's that there? Ominous reflections veer back with eyes unfamiliar A face with no definition grabs my wrist lurching me forward Weightlessly ***** following a diverging direction with questioned intention. Where are you taking me? (Silence) Operating in two places at once, questioning who is the driver Hijacked There but ever increasingly distant, attempting to reach you The sunrise rekindling the spark of yesterdays intuitions Preserving eloquence like a flower in full bloom Suddenly fades eerie in an instant, dwindling on gloomy restless expressions Cloudy perception refracted by crystalline illusions The evanescent cypress terpene, king of bliss Flowing in the direction towards what has been calling it most An icy chill enters my chest, a constant race to chase an endless quest A ploy of acceptance with a cotton ball
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Aug 22, 2019
Aug 22, 2019 at 11:50 AM UTC
Dopamine
Thinking with short breath, gripping my chest, sinking with stress? Just to attest, Imagine putting stress to the test Over pushing boundaries set with intent Chasing leads, gaining lost time pursuing a lust with broken trust Only to rise to the question Can the duality of morals and ethics which define us.. Be overwritten? Misconstrued needs for skeptics lost in line Slowly assimilating breathless methods Hijacked Black rose petals spiraling to conclusion, Decomposing as if to forget this Why don't I neglect this elusive euphoria defined in terms of confusion? Split paths once veering in opposite directions begin running parallel I know I'm here, but who's that there? Ominous reflections veer back with eyes unfamiliar A face with no definition grabs my wrist lurching me forward Weightlessly ***** following a diverging direction with questioned intention. Where are you taking me? (Silence) Operating in two places at once, questioning who is the driver Hijacked There but ever increasingly distant, attempting to reach you The sunrise rekindling the spark of yesterdays intuitions Preserving eloquence like a flower in full bloom Suddenly fades eerie in an instant, dwindling on gloomy restless expressions Cloudy perception refracted by crystalline illusions The evanescent cypress terpene, king of bliss Flowing in the direction towards what has been calling it most An icy chill enters my chest, a constant race to chase an endless quest A ploy of acceptance with a cotton ball
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"Sadness is a place?" The heart questioned the brain. "Sometimes." Answered the brain knowingly. "Sometimes, it's' a place for dwindling." "--So when is it not a place?" asked the heart in a perturbed manner. "When it's no longer needed, it will cease to exist." Replied the brain.
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Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 at 12:58 AM UTC
Conversation between heart and head.