Don't teach me any of this cartography yet,the chart is already yielding in quiet splendor,with prolonged subtle ques of consent and I want to remain lost inside you.You've reeled me from the edgeof where I almost forgot all language,this tongue,...
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Joyful hearts lift usSunlight glinting off wingsSkyward climbing higherAir rushing past singsThrough cotton ball cloudsCares trail far behindToward destinations unknownDreamt only in our mindsInto clear air we flyWith love in our heartsOvercoming the burdensLife’s constant stops and startsIn angry turbulent...
You're a chameleon changing your spotsSaying the words you think should be heardPleasing every one and no one, your heart rotsThat's fine, of course, whatever, how absurdTaking on hues and tones of those around youBlending, never calling attention your wayLosing...
You’re My Delilah
"This poem is a song, written to the woman I love."
Oh, my soul, my heart’s troll. You’re so nasty, You’re so dread, You’ve got me Drowning in devil’s sin. You’re a strumpet in my bed, You’re an itch that won’t scratch. You’re my Delilah, You’re Eve with an apple. Oh,...
Taking Her To Heaven
"Girl tries to win back ex-lover"
She hurried down the path to the old graveyard in the woods outside of town. Dear God, she thought, please let him be there. There was a light breeze, wafting the smell of the woods with it, but it did...
Just Like A Peach
"Student parties can be very loud and finding a bed that isn't occupied can be almost impossible."
I met Ralph Clarke at my flatmate Jane’s birthday party between Christmas and New Year.Like most student house parties, the music that night was perilously close to deafening, and conversation was generally carried on by lip-reading and sign language. Jane,...
Silence Regrets
"Thoughts after a great love affair suddenly ends"
You asked if there were regrets. I said there were none. But the silence made me think When the silence fell, I didn’t know Either of two extremes you felt. Except to know it must hurt. My reflections brought forth...
Bulky, unwieldyAwkwardly arrangedPlunked on the paperLike big clods of clay That is how wordsAppear now to beWhen I want to conveyWhat you mean to me Needing to craftNuances of thoughtInstead a NeanderthalPounds with a rock Inadequate languageInartfully clubbedUnable to voicePrayerful...
Shake meWake meWhen you hear me scream. Take meMake meFeel what you have seen. Hold meFold meYour words dripping sweet. Scold meMould meCreate your favorite treat. Suspect meReject meWhen I am being bad. Erect meProtect meWhen I am feeling sad....
Sparkling sun raysBeam across the skyOn this glorious day. The trumpets blareA symphony of soundAs they lift their voicesSoulful hymns of devotion.Dressed in whiteSimply angelic withOverwhelming beautyBoth inside and out.Such a heavenly sight,One that takesYour breath away.Her eyes tell a...