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Beauty Filter
Once upon a time,more years ago than I care to count,I met her in the bathroom, and she looked good enough to eat.It was way past dinner,moments before breakfast,and I was fast falling in love. We shared smiles and stares,her skin, like silk to my spellbound hands,her eyes, ethereal, earthy marbles,her face, like nothing I’d…
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Everything Was Clear
Caught your eye under the kissing tree,kept you close,kept repeating the promise I’d made,it lay just under my tongue,and I could taste it,sour and so full of judgement,but you,you were so close and so corrupting. My eyes were entranced by your well developed… personality,and there was a cacophony of conflict in my mind,but as you…
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Jesus The Shipper
Jesus was busy doing his nails,on a cloud and out of his mind,and even if his eyes were upon us,never doubt that he would give us his blessing.Nothing on Earth has the same sweetness.All over the world, they know this to be true. Life is full of little expedient moments.Of all the mountains, we made…
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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…