I found it, you know? You had to have known I would. It was there, under your chin Tucked away like an obscure mole. I found it by looking in a mirror. Your eyes staring back at me, Smoldering- I raised your chin, My chin, And found it. The courage you tried to steal. You … Continue reading I Found It
Category: Poetry
Controlled by You
Help me learn to help myself, Without your kind words of soft-spoken promise. I can be more without you, you know? If only you’d let me exist beyond… As it is, I need you to breathe, To eat, and to sleep! I can’t be trusted without your breath on my neck, And your desires in … Continue reading Controlled by You
From the Front Porch
Can I watch you from the front porch My rocking chair making noise While you skip rope with our little ones? Daughter’s in the kitchen, whipping up a sandwich Son-in-law is bonding with a game I’ll be watching from the front porch While you run across the yard, laughing the same Years will come … Continue reading From the Front Porch
To my Daughter
Smile for me Show your teeth I want you to glimmer like the sun Because the world is yours And I’ll make it so You deserve to have some fun Giggle and laugh And nothing less I want you to enjoy your time We have so little And I’ll give my all So you … Continue reading To my Daughter
Bring me Home
Cradle me with palms of silk Give me something I can't will. I am your sheep among the land I need your guidance, and your hand. I walk along a broken road I set upon so long ago, And without you, now, I must admit It's been so hard to travel it. So sing to … Continue reading Bring me Home
Silver Lies
Let me taste your silver tongue, Bathe me in your long goodbyes. Kiss me with your golden lips, Open wide my misted eyes. While bitter rings bite at our throats, The final truth is spreading wide. Lick my breast and break my heart, Then gild it with your promised cries. I long to kiss your … Continue reading Silver Lies
Fairy Dust
Fairy dust on sullied cheeks, Dimes in wells of missing dreams, A thousand stars busy a wishful mind But dimes will rot and turn to dust, wells then dry and crack with rust, And stars have little time to share their light. Such hopes will turn to apathy, The lonely souls will atrophy, those emptied … Continue reading Fairy Dust
“Grow,” they told me!
take me for my pieces, As I don't know the last time I felt whole... I mean, I am a hole, or was a hole Dug into the ground of youth, stuffed full of fantasy novels and Ritz crackers, Promised a future of magnificence But never taught how to use it. Left on my own, … Continue reading “Grow,” they told me!
Work Ethic
I am heavy with exhaustion. The world pulls at my eyes, Beckoning me with a spotlight Showing me visions of myself. “Do more, fight, try” Like I can live every instance of being If I just work hard enough. But my fingers bleed into the keys, And my eyelids show bright lights Of computer screens … Continue reading Work Ethic
Secrets
Secrets travel in flocks, Gulls on the horizon, Blotting out the sun So that the air is cold and moist. Darkening the shadows That weaken even the strong, Those lost are left to lead their pleas with falling stars Though they’re always there, The world ignores the din, Pretending to be warm While the frozen … Continue reading Secrets
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