Hold On Tight
We rode With the wind Clinging No extra gloves My fingers frozen I held on I was safe We rode To the beach Laughing Lying on sand My skin thawed I let go We weren’t safe I loved you So…
Miles Away
I saw your name Pop up on my phone And I smiled. I heard a song From a band you love And I smiled. I checked my calendar To count the days Till you come home And I nearly cried…
Heady Practice
The air is heavy With incense Promises And little flecks of memory I see you Bending Stretching The arch of your neck So familiar to me Yet light years from my touch I forget to breathe Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale…
Lip Service
Crack A smile A joke Red lips part Skew teeth Lipstick smudge Like awkward blood On your pointy tooth Break A grin A heart Thin lips twist Venom drips Teeth bite Like locked doors Hiding your dirty secret Smash A…
A pause before waking
I float In limbo Between waking And dream Pulled back By sound That smell Does the sun have a smell? Summer time skin Dry mouth I crunch The sleep from my eyes Breaking the spell Limbs stretch Hands fumble Time…
Searching
I look for you In memories In dreams In dangerous alley ways of my mind You haunt You tease You descend Only to leave I thought tonight As I drove through Darkened suburbs Lazy love songs in my ears I…
Love and other drugs
I arrived pretty late Black jeans Angry boots Wearing your jacket Mouth full of opinions Heart full of rage Pain in my body Ideas in my brain You handed me something To quiet the pain And listened While I rattled…
Beatnik
Paint splatter On your neck And your shoes Tattooed fingers Point back at you Sweep your arm Wildly Making it skew Look how my anger Splits us in two Canvas almost broken Check out my view Paint splatter Confuses all…
Speechless
Pink toenails keep Summer close Even with a sore throat Frozen shut Struck dumb Words fall short And bounce up again Borrowed coats hide the chill Summer hides in a scent Twisted together Buried in cloth You smell like memories…
Tiptoe
Feet arched Heels up Simmering across the floor On balls of feet Toes splayed Why do you bother? You know I’m not asleep You know the sound The rhythm of my breathing The aggression I snap an eyelid open Peering…
