Hair like a dull fire among the Autumn leaves,
skin like creamy milk speckled with cinnamon ,
lips like rose petals with the succulence of strawberries,
eyes that put entire spring forests to shame,
eyes that too often let loose a single drop,
shimmering crystalline portal to a heart,
held together by threads of hope,
tossed around by those who have tasted this delicacy,
but have never shown the due respect.
Language is powerful
often misunderstood by so many who use it
We take the words we know and
form incomplete puzzles
leaving us wondering how
or more commonly, why?
To those who say that
the sword is actually mightier than the pen
because the blade can leave the body scarred
Well, I must remind them,
ink leaves a stain on the heart.
Isn't it always a little bit funny how
the light we wake to always turns black
leaving us with only a faint memory of what was
and what used to give me strength to move mountains
has regressed to little more than the tug of the wind
These bright wings that used to carry my weight-
my dearest companions, my oldest friends-
have become frail and lost their gift for flight
As I sit and watch, cracks form where they shouldn't
I can't help but see what was once, is decaying,
fading into a lesser state, dying from the inside out,
crumbling into nothing more than
Remembrance
You said you would
give us a chance you
said it could work
maybe it was mean-
But is wasn't ever really
maybe it was always
something else or
an excuse at a never
Now I have seen and
the winds are changing
clouds are forming
static is in the air
A storm is brewing love.
And you won't find shelter here.
Running through the downpour,
tears of joy let loose by the angels,
harmonious laughter fighting against the roaring wind,
my tenor accompanying her soprano.
Stopping for a moment, she kicks a nearby puddle,
the splash of water soaking my legs up past my knees.
grinning mischievously, taking off,
away to the cover of a fading oak.
Turning around her eyes widen,
as she watches me tackle her down,
down to a soft bed of blood orange leaves.
Laying on top of her, I couldn't help but
lose myself in the blue-gray maze of those eyes,
gateways to a soul I long to merge with.
Reaching my hand behind her neck, wet silk,
my fingers entangling them
The boy's fingers danced
glided across the piano
the notes resonating within him
He poured himself into the song,
the music speaking for him in a way that
he could never speak for himself
Staring up into the darkness of the room,
tears rolled down the man's cheeks, and
he asked the world Why me? What have
I done to deserve any of this pain?
But in his heart, he knew the answer.
It was the reason he could no longer
face the nights alone. He needed a
companion. A friend to distract him.
So he took to a drink that burnt the
throat and clouded the mind, but
the more he let go of himself,
the more room he left for anger.
His "friend" never helped in the
way he wanted, the way he needed.
Feeling betrayed, he threw the bottle,
shattering it into a thousand shards.
The man collapsed to the floor,
no matter what he did, the scen
We did as you asked and
rested you under the rose bush
you always said that it was
beautiful and dangerous
just like you
It's been Nine winters since and
my mind knows where you are but
my heart is unsure
Are you resting on a beach,
matching your voice with angels, or
are you skipping through the fire,
showing Lucifer the meaning of Hell?
Wherever you may be,
rest well sister
Sometimes I need to scream
you people flaunting your
righteousness isn't really
you can't expect me to believe
Am I really what you say I am
villain you call me pointing
your values, how as if you
are better than what you see
And isn't it funny how
your good stories all
need a bad person?
In her few years of
traveling this cold earth,
she walked through thorns,
came out bloodied, hardened
Her chest now a steel cage,
keeping the world out,
locking herself in
But he saw through her
prison she called a barrier,
chasing this girl to the end,
asking (hoping) for the key
So many times before,
the thorns pierced her weak-
could (please let) this time
isn't it her turn to stop being scared?
Then again, this could always-
she reached inside, pulling out-
what if I am wrong, I can't not aga-
remaining scraps of what once was-
This isn't a good idea, what if-
her hands quivering, offering him-
I have to try, maybe this once-
her he
Hair like a dull fire among the Autumn leaves,
skin like creamy milk speckled with cinnamon ,
lips like rose petals with the succulence of strawberries,
eyes that put entire spring forests to shame,
eyes that too often let loose a single drop,
shimmering crystalline portal to a heart,
held together by threads of hope,
tossed around by those who have tasted this delicacy,
but have never shown the due respect.
Language is powerful
often misunderstood by so many who use it
We take the words we know and
form incomplete puzzles
leaving us wondering how
or more commonly, why?
To those who say that
the sword is actually mightier than the pen
because the blade can leave the body scarred
Well, I must remind them,
ink leaves a stain on the heart.
Isn't it always a little bit funny how
the light we wake to always turns black
leaving us with only a faint memory of what was
and what used to give me strength to move mountains
has regressed to little more than the tug of the wind
These bright wings that used to carry my weight-
my dearest companions, my oldest friends-
have become frail and lost their gift for flight
As I sit and watch, cracks form where they shouldn't
I can't help but see what was once, is decaying,
fading into a lesser state, dying from the inside out,
crumbling into nothing more than
Remembrance
You said you would
give us a chance you
said it could work
maybe it was mean-
But is wasn't ever really
maybe it was always
something else or
an excuse at a never
Now I have seen and
the winds are changing
clouds are forming
static is in the air
A storm is brewing love.
And you won't find shelter here.
Running through the downpour,
tears of joy let loose by the angels,
harmonious laughter fighting against the roaring wind,
my tenor accompanying her soprano.
Stopping for a moment, she kicks a nearby puddle,
the splash of water soaking my legs up past my knees.
grinning mischievously, taking off,
away to the cover of a fading oak.
Turning around her eyes widen,
as she watches me tackle her down,
down to a soft bed of blood orange leaves.
Laying on top of her, I couldn't help but
lose myself in the blue-gray maze of those eyes,
gateways to a soul I long to merge with.
Reaching my hand behind her neck, wet silk,
my fingers entangling them
The boy's fingers danced
glided across the piano
the notes resonating within him
He poured himself into the song,
the music speaking for him in a way that
he could never speak for himself
Staring up into the darkness of the room,
tears rolled down the man's cheeks, and
he asked the world Why me? What have
I done to deserve any of this pain?
But in his heart, he knew the answer.
It was the reason he could no longer
face the nights alone. He needed a
companion. A friend to distract him.
So he took to a drink that burnt the
throat and clouded the mind, but
the more he let go of himself,
the more room he left for anger.
His "friend" never helped in the
way he wanted, the way he needed.
Feeling betrayed, he threw the bottle,
shattering it into a thousand shards.
The man collapsed to the floor,
no matter what he did, the scen
We did as you asked and
rested you under the rose bush
you always said that it was
beautiful and dangerous
just like you
It's been Nine winters since and
my mind knows where you are but
my heart is unsure
Are you resting on a beach,
matching your voice with angels, or
are you skipping through the fire,
showing Lucifer the meaning of Hell?
Wherever you may be,
rest well sister
Sometimes I need to scream
you people flaunting your
righteousness isn't really
you can't expect me to believe
Am I really what you say I am
villain you call me pointing
your values, how as if you
are better than what you see
And isn't it funny how
your good stories all
need a bad person?
In her few years of
traveling this cold earth,
she walked through thorns,
came out bloodied, hardened
Her chest now a steel cage,
keeping the world out,
locking herself in
But he saw through her
prison she called a barrier,
chasing this girl to the end,
asking (hoping) for the key
So many times before,
the thorns pierced her weak-
could (please let) this time
isn't it her turn to stop being scared?
Then again, this could always-
she reached inside, pulling out-
what if I am wrong, I can't not aga-
remaining scraps of what once was-
This isn't a good idea, what if-
her hands quivering, offering him-
I have to try, maybe this once-
her he
1.
you don't. at least,
not at first, not for you; you sit
in the back of the room and kind
of admire the way
their laugh shakes
their shoulders back and forth,
rhythmic mimicry found unrhyming, unrehearsed.
it's refreshing, you think.
and slowly maybe you realize that hey, they
aren't too bad looking and hey, you
kind of like the way their eyes
dart away if you catch them looking at you,
and hey.
you feel your heartbeat for the first
time in years.
2.
you think you might like them.
kind of. maybe. you really don't know, but you
like to think you do
(because if you wish hard enough
some fairy godmother you know
doesn't ex