Category: Poetry
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First Love
First time, Bashful. My face red. She strikes me. Her features. Her fingers, stress dissolves Meant to be. No one need like her. No one has to care. For the first time. I feel pride. This is how love feels. I attend to her. Hours have no meaning here. Not with her. My first […]
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I Fly No Wings
If you hurt my soul you gotta go Wounds from friends they sharpen me But your words they gave me strings Strings of thoughts erased my dreams Stringy thoughts that purpled me Told me not to walk away Fight fight fight Stay stay stay To leave is to run away Courage cloaked me in the […]
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The Statue Man
Statue man You picked the cotton You picked the orange Hard and scarred Sad and scared Big Statue man. Black hair Rugged Strong No tears drop Red and yellow Red and yellow Tears touch not your cheeks Statue man. You survived it all Earthquakes, Fires, Tornados, Snow. Statue man met paper sand File and Chip […]
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Poisoned Lips
Your words are strong They hit like a shot I’ll take a drink I’ll stir it all up The poison that pours So smooth from your lips Only hurts if I […]
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Mystical Lover I Wait…
Hold me in your arms Let me cry Let me cry The heat of your heart warms me Ive, Ive been cold. I waited so long for you, for your arms for your arms. I never gave up. With every heartbreak I thought only of your arms. I prayed I and you would know. I […]
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I Dreamt of You
A flood. Intoxicating, To know how he was, to talk to him. I missed him. His kiss. It wasn’t good. Offended expected different the taste of gasoline. Sick Sick Sick and yet I ran to him, I always did run to fear, My Consistency Misery, I Run, from Love. I run I run I run […]
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She Cared
Naturally, Her nails, She cut them. She filed. She flossed, She smiled at added acne. “Battle scars can disappear.” She slid her nightgown off and stepped into the shower. She scrubbed, She eyed her body for any hidden dirt as a mother to her child. She lathered herself in crystallized honey, The smell sweet. She […]
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Rhythm
We motion with the music The rhythm never cheats Intention of your heart sir Keep it down in your pants Hold my hand darling Kiss my neck, Kiss my neck. The day when it is right I’ll give you my dance The sweat it will drip. Undertones, Romance. We’ll go outside after To Orion we […]
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