Tag Archives: poetry
All The Colors
Beyond winters chill there lies a hopeful font of blood, blue flies, green flies, black waters. Everyone comes up short, and everyone is a wet-nosed nudge away from either soothed or screaming. There is a film of red over her … Continue reading
Blaze Of Glory
How often I thought of you, the peaceful one, a graceful being of pure serenity. I dreamed of dancing into your life, a flickering flame, a burning song. I wanted you for my own, but lacked the form that would … Continue reading
Spindle (it just doesn’t mean what you think it means)
He asked if he could come over. He was old enough to be my father. He asked if he could show me something. I told him yes. I was naive. He was hungry for it. That much, I knew. I … Continue reading
Crisis
This brittle thing we had — like lace gone to ash from a slow burn. Pretty thing, but look at it twice and it’s dust. I don’t understand why you had to turn it all upside down — was it … Continue reading
Hey Now
We dream it’s over all the time, when the world comes in and builds a wall between us — they win, they win, they always win, don’t you understand? They won; they won — they keep on winning. They are … Continue reading