Here it comes—that Familiar feeling, that Pounding in my chest, that Pulsing in my head, that Last-straw sensation of Life-blood burning as it Flows beneath my skin. What do you want, soul? Why do you pine For things as fleeting as wind? Beneath your wing, what is there but Flittering pieces of a reputation, And…
Category: Poems
Dr. Cinnamon
I—impassioned by art, philosophy—ask for help.“Would you piece this together for me?Some things I see, but some I don’t.All I want to do is know.”I feel the fire burn within as wonder rises and spinsthrough my little stretching mind.Then I melt as I look up.Laughter? A sneer?Oh my goodness what am I doing here?“No,” says…
Let Life
Lyrics. Someday to be put to music. You’re seeing lines in the mirror That didn’t used to be there Running hands through thinning hair How could you not care? You say, Time finally had its way with me I’m just not the person that I used to be Life has come Life has gone Now…
Nightmare – A Brother’s Suicide
Bloodshot eyes open Heavenward gaze Bloodless skin broken Blank empty face Bloody throat swollen N’oh my God, please! Frantic mind rushing Hand on lifeless skin Slap, slap it hard Infuse it back within But limp and laying Eyes betraying change Hope departs Never seen again
Change
change is constanta wave in a limitless planeever fallingever risingmeeting where we areand where we will beand alwayswhere we have beenchange laughs at thefork in the roadI’ve seen it all beforechoice and changewalk hand-in-handon bothand on every paththat ever wasthey will be thereat every endto conjure yet anotherbeginningon and onover and overthe only constant is…
Inalienable
You call yourself a Lion, Resisting, roaring, defending your Inalienable rights To call your shots, Make your choice, Possess your own Life Liberty Happiness You call yourself censored, A voice in a senseless void, Demanding tyranny subside It hurts, doesn’t it? When power looms over Like a shadow, when you’re silenced subdued controlled It hurts,…
Un Monde Grand
For Edmund Breathe deep, it’s only the first.Many more await. Soon you will greet the winter air,Catch icy flakes upon your lipsAs chilled winds pass In, and out again. Then you will find the Spring,Cool and fragrant after a morning rain;And summer will embrace youWith its gentle breeze,Brush the sun’s hot raysOff your closed eyelidsAs…
Imminence
I dreamt of youyou beneath a shroudthin and white and stillmy knees crackedagainst the flooras dread congealed anddropped within my chestI swept my armacross your neckburied my face in the coldand all at once I saw youin the dark, asleepmy tiny hand upon your breastthe deep thump of lifeunder your skinand by that pulsethe imminence…
Old-English-Styled Poem: The Squabble
By the Window I Watched the Awakening sun.It Greeted me with a Glistening GlowAnd sent its Light through Leafy greenAs Patches on the Puddled ground.Then Scuttling by a Squirrel I saw,He Nibbled on the Nuts I’d laid.Outward-Looking he Watched to guardHimself and the Nuts he Nibbled upon.But unaware behind him cameA Kitty-Cat Creeping slow.Her back…
Starlight
The starlight might never endWhen instead of frettingWe aim to rest and recall thatEven the smallest sparrow’s fallMeans Providence is watching. March 10, 2021