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debacle times
What time is it where you are? Are you finding these days just as gruesome as I have? Or are you welcoming them? Do you welcome them as one would do a longtime lover? Do you stare at that simmering sun or brooding moon and think up calamities? I…
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imprint
I don’t think he ever knew what love meant. He could never even fathom it; taste it, touch it. That mundane little soul never knew what it was. Although, he could say it. I would watch him open his mouth, tears forming in my eyes at the beauty of that singular meaning on his…
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What’s in a Name
When you say my name it tastes of heaven The word rolls on your tongue and curls in my mind It enraptures me the sound consumes me
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silhouettes
I can see you although we have never met I am in the words you speak the tears you cry I am that bird that sings near your window I am you darling every scratch on your skin every prickle of your nerves I can paint you out although…
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A Ballad of Lies
I muse that you don’t love me when really that string touches all the way to Orion and wraps itself around Pleiades I like to make up excuses for you say that you don’t touch me not like you used to but heaven weeps when your fingers lay over mine …
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Ensnared in You
You leave me breathless a mess two sets of breathes bounds totally boundless You leave me perplexed
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Fickle Matter
I could have erased the stars if only you had asked make Adam out of nothing intwine balls of dust speckles of matter I could have drudged you up myself
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captured-
You leave me miserable darling you have me grappling for air running ragged across floors I would have hoped to not feel to not love these tears that anger me Lord knows you could have loved anything if you it meant giving nothing You hurt me your words, they wound…
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Nights Like This
I often looked to the moon for answers I would cry for her sing to her fall in love with her much like that luminous sphere did She would comfort me on nights like this when she was sitting low and my hopes were high Those craters would spell out…
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Kisses of Sunlight
What does love taste like darling? It tastes of honeysuckle touches snow mixing with dirt your lips on mine Spell out the words for me Lick your lips against mine Give me a taste of your love
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The Weapon of Tongues
He tasted of red hot spice what Ares was made up of a touch of malice yet soft centered devotion Crimson petals curled along his lashes spewed something cynical like he was untouchable I could feel him throughout all seasons count my fever off with heat induced licks of his tongue…
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A White, White Butterfly
I dreamt of a butterfly once with white wings and a cheshire smile It beckoned me with slow flaps I could have saw each flutter It laid atop my shoulder with knowing eyes a forlorn smile and she said to me You wish to be free like I wish…