poetry – Page 48 – Poétique

Cold Tree

First frost is close
Iceland is near
Feelings of cold
Rejuvenation
Icicle clarity 47°
Mental baptism
Are we progressing
Just making more
Or standing still
Revolving in the same
We make new things
To feel alive
But if stuff
Is all we have
Then we have
Nightingales
That aimlessly dive
Cobwebs in our eyes
To climb the tree
To see if the top
Is as cold as the bottom
Is much more meaningful
I can see this is
A popular spot to rest
For every bird
Another coyote
Looking for breakfast
Is it cold
Where you live?
Do you think
Of things like this?
I imagine
It would be warm
If we were together

School Bus

Fog on the windows
Making baby foot impressions
With the inside of our fisted palms
Writing your name on the glass
Memories to last a lifetime
Freezing cold or burning up
From kindergarten on until
We finally find ourselves
In high school life
Catching the lookalike bus
Different drivers but the same
Neighborhood the same houses
So many years later
How did we get here?
True connections and
Colorful dreamscapes
As the sky changes
From navy black
Stars disappear on the
Horizon into grey fade to pink
Opening blue bright blue
On the bus with you
Our stop the closest one
To school and find ourselves
On the longest ride
Picking everyone up
Along the way sitting beside
How many hours did we spend
Becoming friends
After school today tomorrow
Whatever life brings
Smitten by our kindred hearts
Unpacking things
Intertwined unwinding
Old friends on a big yellow
Machine that took us round
On the wheels of life
Our friendship was found
In years that continue on

Seasons

The sun wraps around my face
After long dreams of being in France
Working as a stenographer
Learning to type is learning to speak
Like the language of life
We wrap ourselves so deep
In the meaning of friendship
And the loss of our loved ones
And again the sun wraps around us
Like a giant blanket that can only
Be received in the form of light
This is the beauty of the morning
Starting again when we had nothing
Left and at our wits end the day before
A heavy sleep and a few hours
To peek into the other side of the veil
Rejuvenates hope and springs
Forth a moment to begin with
New connections down the slopes
Of unpredictable waking life

Brown

It rained last night
It’s really quiet
Years’ve gone by
There is still a mist
Hanging in the air
No doubt fall is here
Faded blues to grey
Old anxieties brown
Can disappear now
Everyone will go
Back inside
Less commotion
Calmer activities
The pressures to
Be active will subside
Our dreams are deeper
Our sleeps are sweeter
A silver sky cools the
Overworked and
Hardened mass displays
Enjoying fall for
Cozy winter’s
On its way

Saving

Roses are red
Violence is blue
She ticked all her boxes
And forgot about you
24/7 the clock goes around
Oranges are orange
Bananas turn brown
If the sky can flip blue
Some wishes come true
Miracle somersaults
Twisting into a
Backflip bonanza
Beginning anew
If you could change
One thing…
What would you do
Heartbeats are red
Teardrops are blue
Saving the world
Is a hard thing to do

Unto Myself

I don’t want to hold you
Completely accountable
For being a bad friend
Like you left me in the
Lost and found bin
Attempts to steal back
The happiness from life
I’ve worked so hard for
Wrap it in a box
Put snow on top
And gift it to myself
I’m still learning how to
Appreciate what I’ve
Been given
How to be living
People come and go
But we are with ourselves
For the whole road
And this is one thing
I am most interested in
To keep aliveness
Breathing into my
Walking being it is
The capsule and the
Temple I must sweep
Everyday it is the moon
That I must dust
And the sun that
I must shine
The only friend to
Hold accountable
Is mine

Anima

Longing to be
More interesting than we are
My best friend heart
Has always been with you
Normal and natural
I even cleaned your room
A vocabulary is growing
Expectations have been slowing
Looking at the whole
None of us have it exactly
So feel the feelings
Burst through the ceilings
Make the journey ‘round
A globe of experiences
Paths less tread
Circle back before we’re dead
Longing to be
More interesting than we are
My best friend heart
Will always be with you

Κακός

Crying on my knees
Another love by another name
I found someone else to
Comfort me fill in the blanks
Temporarily but still it was only
Almost the same the heart math
Is finally adding up to
What we were unable to
Formulate in the quadratic
Equation of our friendship
Mutiny is in the air
I’m not as important as
Every other girl
You turned at least two of my
Friends into your relationships
Where were your friends when
I brought you into my world
Into all of it and now you
Are having trouble showing
Up for me I guess I can
Finally see why I was
Left in a fetal position
Wrapped up on the floor
Comforting myself for hours
Begging for more attention
It’s gotten quite cringey
Hasn’t it me chomping at the bit
Wishing for all of it to be
The friendship that I dreamed of
Listening to records and
Sharing poetry every worthy
Moment unwaisted and yet
I have learned it could only be
What you were willing to let it be
And boys typically aren’t in the
Picture so I guess that
Also includes me
How did you love me?
Did you love me?
It’s a big deal

Roommate

Glass windows everywhere
You’re sitting at the table
I see you looking at me
Into my eyes directly
A bigger space you say
We’re moving to a different floor
Sharing a place with your dad
Where we are exactly
I’m not sure to be honest
You don’t want to move
I’m only interested in
The elevator to your heart
We have plenty of room
We can stay in the same building
That we are currently
A smile and a kiss
A couple of plants
A small change of address
Seems all too reasonable to me
A number on the door
Dark eyes dark brows
Dark hair and a stare
And for what we’re in store
I can see that you’re here
Feel the trust that it’s real
With a rise to appeal
I’d recognize you on the street
Most definitively
Though I’ve not met you
Except in my sleep

All Day

We could make love all day
Around the apartment
It’s quite simple really
Take a break for some toast
The cat is napping
He won’t be disturbed
The dog is happy
He’ll not be perturbed
We could make love all day
In the apartment
The rain is coming down
So perfectly whilst the light
Is creeping in and soft is the sound
Like your skin also glowing
Certainly brightens the
Room so subtly highlighting
Our bodies reflecting
The imaginary colors of the moon
As we watch the
Steam from our hearts rise
I can see the shadow of
Your outline fade into the dusk
As it crawls away
From the perfect day
We could make love
In the apartment if
You haven’t anything else
That’s keeping you at bay
I’ve a piano and wine
The food here’s divine
No rush waking up by the way
We could make love all day
In the apartment so hey
Let me know if
You haven’t any plans
Or just text me when
You’re headed this way