poetry – Page 14 – Poétique

Harp

Bring your evil
Bring your dark
Let me put you to sleep
With my harp
Soothe your sorrow
Pet your pain
Let my rhythm of love
Sustain you
In your slumber
In the deep
In the nightmares
Of your dreams
In the catatonic screams
Let me tell your
Heartbeat how to
Calm itself
Nothing to raise fists at
Hands resting
At your head
Through the song that
I would play
To melt the acid
Anguish of hate
Quiet your nerves
Bring your disdain
Enrage it upon me
I can swallow it away
There is no level
Of darkness
That I cannot usher out
I am your exorcist
Your noble love
Thumb across your lips
Arms up above
Cupping the demons
I can drain from
What has followed
You home now
Rest your head
Bring your evil
Bring your dark
Let me put you to sleep
With my harp

Embrasé

Capitulating under a sun of
Darkness in utter blithe
Yellow couch to work it out
Dreaming of a cigarette
To make it all go away
My version of crazy
Too many songs
Sung by Amy
Over and over
As a big glass of
Winehouse should be shared
A little therapy and
Chocolates with liqueur
What better way to
Come down off the mountain
Sometimes they’re
Too smart for their own good
I could say at the very least
My awareness is
Overshadowing
A childhood
I’m still trying to understand
And so are they
An undertaking
A catastrophe
In the making
With a pale orange glow
Waiting at the end of a flame
Behind the door that
Has all the answers and
Evidence of ghosts

Adaptateur

Who am I without you
Ceremony is so powerful
Stroke concierge to
Adopt my heart

Kill myself inadvertently
So much pressure
Greece first

What if I just live
Like I’m going to
Crash and burn
But then don’t !

Maybe I’m not a good loser
Pink Jasmine trained
On wires to make the
Most dynamic patterns

Arrangements floral
Minus the bitterness
More reasons to fight
To be alive

Radiant reasons
To die

Device impressions
Stenciled markings
On a historic heart
Sage me

Blue foresight
Push to defend
Playbook to guide the
Centuries

Compassion is bleeding
Wealthy hearts are
Lurking

Witchcraft

What’s the difference between
Dark green and light green
Why does every moment
Feel like we’re running out of time?
The sense of urgency is reeling
I lost the hold I didn’t know I had

Would someone eviscerate me
Please let’s be compendious
About the order of things

A long drawn out conversation
Arriving at the conclusion
Of a lot of things I never said
And that you never knew
That the decisions I made
We’re influenced by her
How uncouth

They were mine to make after all
But I never thought it would be
Rather, I would be, left with neither
One of you although you did it
Before wayfaring

This time I played along
Got caught in the game
Trying to save myself
And lost again

Too many dynamics
Too much sexual confusion
An ego intrusion

Maybe I should be proud
But it still takes awhile
To move on and move out
From years of being in
A friendship turned
Relationship turned
Nothingship

I feel like I was tricked

Scenery

If to possess the druthers
Some sense of control
A scenery
Comfortably greeting the rest
With open arms and
No detest
Maybe we don’t know
What life is
Strange
Why shouldn’t every body
Explore ecstasy
Let’s just say stuff out loud
Without being afraid
If offending one another
Because love
Because adoration
Because intimacy

Fire can also make art
Where to begin
From the beginning they said
What do you know
How many roads
Lead to the path
Of sensual climax
Maybe in a forest
Somewhere under cover
Too many passions
To resist
So many moments
To outlast

A fragrance
A little rain
Every particle remains
Exploding out into
A disarray of color
Some sort of
Euphoria unexplained

Reminisce

There were sparkling sands
And an attempt to taste a
Drink concocted of herbs and syrup
To make a delicious potion
Of what others would find
Inviting for love
At their lips

A pause and a need to
Bury our loved ones
Hold onto remnants of them
And still keep the power
Of the crystal separate
What would such magic do

What could spring forth
Forged in a time vacant of
Predetermined outcomes
Just present instance

That did it
Sold deal
What did it?
You and me here

What’s the analysis
If the outcome doesn’t matter
Lots of words
Too much chatter

I’d like to
Seal the deal with you

Eudemonia

Jettison black smoke
Starting the day out with
Tension wrapped around
My heart

Unwind me
Lick my cheek
Save me from the bleak

I call your name
Naked underneath these
Clothes awaiting your
Affection

Plunge yourself
Inside of me

No holding back
Look at all the happiness
In the cherry blossoms
Surrounding us

It’s spring
Match my fever

My body is yours

Vouchsafe

What is the future without you
And what is this duration
Contemplation of the afterlife
And how many hours
To get there

Milk blue sky
Passing by the path of
What is life and what is night
Morning after think of you

Wake up to reality
A dream I’ve been waiting for
Breathing is like memories
Of laughing in a loft
In some apartment
I was privileged to
Lay in your arms

Wait about two more days
See how it feels when we
Hear the birds singing
Tomorrow

What is war but nothing
When I know your love is there

You can have my
Vulnerability

Συννεφιασμένος

Help me journey beyond the
Familiar into the unknown
A malléable promise
In my most xenial character
A generous glass to hold
The contents of my heart
Blue tiled star
Black sky

Fair amount of feelings
Wavering carelessly
In the air

Tip the head back
Warm water poured over
Heavy blanket of heat
Silver lining

Forgive me for wanting more
Needing less only
To hold my breath

Requesting clarification for
All future endeavors

Nothing sour quite yet
Blue jeans and momentary
Strings attached

Wet the whistle on
Cloudy days

Shift

Benignly seated in a
Self made throne of wonder
All I need is for you to be nice
Lassitude for love

Winsome in my youth
A true impresario
I would write the words
Conjure the terms
Wonder if love

Could ever happen for me?

How could it be that
In all of my dreams
I would hold onto
Questions but
Miss out on reality

Both girls resented his
Brilliance for what it was worth
Sorting out his resplendence
Divvy it up between them
Stretched from arm to arm
Fighting for or against
One another, who could tell

As grey as the sky remained
Some soothing comfort that the
Sun couldn’t bring and the
Distance memories that
Remained in the sheets of his mind
Laying in bed half awake
Half dreaming of what he
Had hoped to accomplish
What had died and
What was taken