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
Category: Poems
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
Smile
I want to hear you laughing,See the Duchenne creasesIn the corners of your eyes,Catch the glimmer they produceEvery time you smile.Wonder of wonders,How marvelous would it be—To witness all that gloryKnowing it’s directed at me. 4 May 2020
Beauty
Beauty appears when you look for it,Not when you sit in the darkBemoaning your state andWaiting for somethingTo give out and change.Darkness hides beauty.Beauty heals pain.Open your eyes—look, search, find—Appreciate. October 3, 2019
Childlike
Lay down your microscope and text;This is not a matter of sense.No logic or reason can distillThe fearful mixture, the cunning schemeMade to break your mind, entrap your will.Let it go. Now. And set your heartInstead to believe.It makes and has no sense,But faith requires none—Only the steadfast, strongest, and wisestCan endure such doubt, weaknessAnd…