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There Was Nothing Wrong With Her
I was not a priest,but I paced outside her bedroom with Mother Mary in my hands and God’s word in my heart.She scratched and clawed at the walls,damning the door with her hurt, hateful screeching,and all I wanted to do was heal the girl.My hands burned, apprehensive and anxious,and she howled,pleading for relief as I…
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Death To Lightning
I started shooting lightning after I left you.I didn’t want it to strike,to smite me with the kind of love that would live on forever,again,I said “never again” to the never ending nightmare of euphoric, dawning affection. I pulled it down from the sky and choked each bolt until it was lifeless,scolding it for being…
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She Was So Passionate
Your temper tarnished the night,tempestuous temptress,sweeping me into sweet cyclones,but I didn’t mind at all.So enthralled,enchanted by the rise and fall of your chest as you pinned me to the painted wall with a passionate kiss. You could start an argument in an empty, echoing room,and I adore it,aching for the anger in your eyes,a…
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Self Preservation For Dummies
I slept as best as I could,surrounded by solemn, strange illusions,that clung a little to me as I opened my eyes.It was Sunday,and all I wanted was the world,but, first, breakfast.Ice cream at four AM,a cigarette in the quiet, crunching garden,full of frost and forgotten flowerbeds.There were hills and valleys waiting for my feet to…
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Forecast
The rain stayed away,but I could still feel the clouds.So heavy, so sad.