You spend so much time in silence
That it scares you
Like the dark–
You try to fill it with words and song
Clicks and tics,
Anything
That will drown it out
Like running through the house
Turning on all the lights Continue reading “Silence”
You spend so much time in silence
That it scares you
Like the dark–
You try to fill it with words and song
Clicks and tics,
Anything
That will drown it out
Like running through the house
Turning on all the lights Continue reading “Silence”
Some smells
bring back memories
as vivid as bright paint graffiti
newly shaken and sprayed
from a bottle
Let me stroke you
Soft and slow
Like a gentle whisper
Tickling your ear
Light as air
Floating
Like walks on cloud nine Continue reading “*Stroke*”
Trying to forget you
While you stand in front of me
Being the you
You are
Is like swallowing steel
In the presence of a strong magnet Continue reading “swallowing steel”
The bark of guns
Fade into the background
So part of the dark outside
That silence
Scares the tough shell courage
From his adolescent body Continue reading “Hell in Paradise”
The ones that never get written The ones that say too much The ones that show me bare Are the ones I want to share with you The ones that are born of intensity Raised in oppression The hardy blossoms sprouting from stubborn ground Those are the ones especially for you Not the pampered easy […]
I will read you
Like poems,
Like anthologies of poems
Like words painted on pages by old stencils
I will read your past Continue reading “I will read you”