Thursday, September 16, 2010

What You Must

Softest of caress
Hair moves slowly through loving touch
Quiet whispers
As fingers move in their own words

Care

Not a word said
Nothing understood
The clamor too loud
For a single moment

Listen

Running to the end
Of everything
Followed by the magnitude
Of just one day

Chase

Alone and distant
Lost amid the the plush of conformity
Vacant grey
Offer the color's that she too holds

Sit

Forever moving forward
Perpetually pulled backward
Plaguing weariness
That has not a word to describe the feeling

Stay

Endless Brink

Precipice
Offers the stand of stay or dive

Fall fast
Remain slow

End quickly
Carry on eternally

Ending muse
Perpetual wish

One last question
Continual 'what if?'

Reasons be damned
Never-ending reasons why

Negative motion
Stuck

Free and giving air
Stifling continuum

Spread arms of ready
Motionless hand stretched toward longing

The Moment
The rest of your Life

Monday, September 13, 2010

--> <--

Drawn together
Torn apart

Held close to a chest
Pushed far out of arms reach

~~So close together~~

More tender than an unwilling tear
The hurt of a slap on cheek

Difference
Same

~~The breath's~~

Languid sentience
Desperate dreamer

Limp before the race
Tense after the finish

~~Infuse for you~~

The risk not believed
The danger closer than a whisper

Lost visionary
Betrayed calling

~~Your destiny~~

Thursday, September 2, 2010

What Used To Be

What used to be
Opened and weeping
Is now
Closed and silent

What used to be
Prone to tantrums
Is now
Apathetic

What used to be
Seeking the hidden change
Is now
Hiding from the thought

What used to be
Heartbroken
Is now
A perfect pretense of whole

What used to be
Striving forward into new
Is now
Left behind

What used to be
Pleased by imagined progress
Is now
Disgusted at the sight

What used to be
Dedicated to the cause till death
Is now
A million questions of 'why'

What used to be
Okay with this one way
Is now
Ever seeking a different say

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Invisible Devil or P

Put it to your lips,
frown,
and put it down
Pick it back up,
say ah,
and swallow it down
Purchase another one,
because,
it tasted that good
Play with the spot left on the plate,
open wide,
and gulp with shame
Poison to the insides,
ambrosia from without
a life giver
Promise not to have,
another
but those are tired words
Purchase one dead tree,
put pen to end
and give up hope
Persevere with convictions,
found
but so easily forgotten
Painstaking ritual,
for days
until it all fades
Pacify one last craving,
everyday
until it just stays
Peacefully throw a tantrum,
quietly
because it doesn't involve 'me'
Pace from one end,
to the other
Trying to find a way out

With. Every. Step.

With. Every. Step.

Promise the
Pavement
Penance

With. Every. Step.

Trudge along
This day's
Sore back, and

With. Every. Step.

Tell of your
Frustration
With those feet

With. Every. Step.

Keep moving
Forward and
Forthwith

With. Every. Step.

Keep the unbearable
Heat, locked
In your feet

With. Every. Step.

Forget that
Someone
Is watching

With. Every. Step.

Stop caring
Who
Is watching

With. Every. Step.

Keep
Persevering
Onward:: with every step.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Fancy Glass of Life

Happiness on the rocks
Sadness blended cruelly
Poured together
In the fancy glass of life

A tiny umbrella
The protective shield of apathy
Pretty presentation of the
Fancy glass of life

Shatter the glass
Let the ice fall on the floor
Clean up the fallen sadness
With the mop of consternation

Leave the happiness melting
Leave the false shade of apathy
Ignore the shards
Of the fancy glass of life

Move forward
Uninhibited
Move forward into a morning
Free of this constraining cocktail