Poem – Page 37 – Poétique

Neologism

I am sitting
With the lights on
In the dark
Like no one’s home
Without the spark

I did not know
The words could be
So simply said
You want to forgive
What the soul
Puts to bed

An extremely large flock
Of Sandhill Cranes form
A migration around the
Grounds of our wintering
Remains with absent gains
Hearts very high in the sky
Of abysmal memories

Cascades of deeper rusty
Blackened echoes and
What was said
Handing in the fin
Hanging on the edge
Of our ozone
Left to recount what
Breathing on a couch makes
Good for dreaming

Do it for yourself
Do it now
Tomorrow is too late
You are right on time
And whatever you do
Don’t second guess yourself
Because the night
Belongs to lovers
Caring too much
Creates trouble
Not caring enough
Can have the
Exact same effect
Except times double

Only Once

Born Pretty
I’m sure all natural
Straight out of the
Mouth of hell
Almost too pretty
To tell anyone
About it but I’m
Sure if I can see it
Everyone else has
Caught your spell
That means I’m
Not the only one
Who might be
Lusting after you
I’d settle for a kiss
You know maybe
Just a little taste
Of those delicious
Lips of yours yes
I’ll take what
I can get yes
Even if it’s
Only once

Huh

Weird how I was thinking about
Writing something down without
Love or finding love or love
Finding me but then I got
Caught up thinking about
Who I would be writing this around
A bunch of make believe
Lots of fantasy talk in my
Mind and my romantic dreams of
Writing again something that
Is actually real but not until you
Get here already or at least for now
You know how I really feel

Faceplant

Like being on vacation
And feeling ill at the same time
I want to have some fun and
I can’t get you off my mind
Like being on an island
And feeling homesick all the while
I want to have some fun and
Kiss your gorgeous goddamn smile
Like having wishes granted
But living with the question why
I want to have some fun and
Make you feel good all the time
Roses are red violets are blue
Let the blood drain from my veins
And pool around me too
Like a red sea of raw passion
I would never abandon you
My heart is strewn about the world
But my soul belongs to you
Scribbled on the walls
Is the writing that construes
The meaning of our friendship
I could fall in love with you
Bursting through the doors
I could fall in love with you
Walking down the street
I could fall in love with you
I’m running out of words
I could fall in love with you
There’s no better way to say it
I think I tripped over myself
And took a faceplant into you

Closing In

I come here
Because I want to
I come here
Because I wanted to
Spend time with you
Do you want to
Be my purser
Sail my ship
Cast a net over
My heart and pull
Me into your shadow
I can feel myself
Getting comfortable
Being close to you
Closer to you than
I thought that I could be
Again to someone who
After being with
Other folks who barely
Knew how to show up
Barely knew how to
Bring the best of themselves
Mostly just unfortunately
Incapable of loving me
In the way that I needed
Them to because
The love that they had
Was strictly for them
To hold on to alone and
As the hand of the clock
Tic-toc turns around
I can picture a fire on
The beach with you
An electric blanket
Unplugged because we
Don’t need any help
With the heat
If you know what I mean
We are the difference
Between pretending to know
What feels good
And owning up to the
Truth of our inevitable
Dream closing in

Partake

Take a bite out of my love
It’s there for you to partake of
Usually at my own peril
My lips are open and
Ready to taste
When we experience how
To have sex with one another
We will have to learn again
How not to because
We cannot always be
In the embrace of each other
All the time though
It will feel like my arm
Belongs with you and
Your neck belongs with me
Take a bite out of my love
I can think of no better way
For us to spend our time
Who knows where the
Barrel will land once we
Spin it round and point it
Down, could be the love
Roulette we’ve both been
Looking for I’m willing to
Bet it all, let it ride on you
Risk it for the biscuit
If you’re willing to open up
Let me inside be your
Number one none of this
Poly stuff amorous yes
But only for you, nobody else
Can do what I want to
Be doing with you if you
Want to take a bite out of
My love, will you…

(ЯEPEAT) ||:

Open Wide

My appetite
Bare
Black veins
Dark sky
Sweet mouth
Open wide
Different
Than before
Changed
Somehow

I’ve not
Known
A darkness
Such as this

Demon kiss
Ghoulish bliss
The dimming
Dynamic
Where light
Has been
Contrasts
A monstrous
Love
Consuming
Bath of us

Duo

Spirit strokes me
With synchronicity
Dare I say it out loud
For fear of losing touch
Of what I have no control
Of anyhow

Superstitiously
Symbolically construed
If my soul was crying
I would only hear it echoing
With laughter

Meet you after
The duplicity
Resounds

Old Friend

Wouldn’t it be easier to
Let me go than to randomly
Like posts that are
A million years old?
I don’t want this to be
Like jumping beans
In my head
Get out of my head
Should we
Smoke the peace pipe?
Is there anything we
Missed along the way?
Do we need to return
Anyway?
Should I proceed with caution
Yellow light traffic up ahead
Any kind of commotion
Is better instead of the
Memories I have of our
Last encounter
A lot of back and forth
About your being right
And me being stupid
(Too needy also that night)
Whatever you didn’t want
To deal with at the time
I try not to forget
Because forgetting is like
A quick shot into the
Mainline of pain
I’m almost there
I wish the friendship
Had a little something
More to behold
I mean…
Wouldn’t it be easier to
Let me go than to randomly
Like posts that are
A million years old?

Tag: Poem