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I Am What I Am
I realised this morning that she has let herself into every aspect in my life.Late at night,she stands next to my bed,keeping me from sleep with that stupid, simpering smile she used to do,just for me,and it never stops. It doesn’t end there either.I had the great displeasure of discovering that the entirety of Mark…
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Stay and Say Something
I know I have to do this on my own.I know there can’t be any shadows to speak up for me,but I’m so sick of the sound of my own voice,so won’t you stay, and say something? Your softness has such strength,gentle, tender ocean,inevitably in and out at the will of the tide.Is it too…
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Love Will Be Waiting
Power is what I always planned to have,but it slipped through my fingers, just like the rain slips away from clingy clouds,a loud sigh fills the air,and my eyes are dry but dismal. Balance is something I never could master,pursued but never caught,I fall down as I walk, like a beautiful bomb,chaos rains around my…
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Waiting For The Sun
I let her have my lonely, hopeful prayer,waiting and whispering for the familiar, fair light to fall upon me.Her grace flows as she surrounds me,gentle balm to my beating, weeping heart,and I beat the sky in the race to raise daylight,as she arrives, enchanting and without exasperation.
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Politics and History
I kept my eyes steady,up ahead,drinking honey by the handful,howling internally when our hands met,because I was burning,in the most unpleasant fashion,and I never said,to save your feelings,I just kissed you,to keep my mouth from screaming. I was pulled in two directions,tired arms and lonely legs,not yours anymore,tarnished and torn apart,by some words that I…