People fear, anticipate, romanticize The change that follows “I love you.” What happens, though, When nothing changes?
Tag: Poetry
Take It.
Take a pill, Every day. Take it, or else no one will love you. You’ll ruin every friendship, And your peers will fade. Take it, or else You might not wake up tomorrow. We know it makes you drowsy, unable to really function, and dulls your creativity, But it elongates your life And makes you … Continue reading Take It.
I Found It
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
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!
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