Sunday, June 19, 2016

Hush

Hush, hush
Hush! Hush! Honey.

Help me, help me
Stand, stand up. Honey.

It's lilac colored
tinged around the edges

closes her eyes and clenches her hands

It's an old empty bottle
of perfume, scented, still

Help me, help me
Breathe, breathe. Honey.

Am I inside ambulance
or am I inside you?

why are you crying

I count the winkles under your eyelids
like the rings in a tree trunk

Everything is white
florescent haloed, blurred

Stimuli of danger
retching and seizing

she can hear you, she's just pretending

Hush, hush
Hush! Hush! Honey.

Unable/Untangle

I hoped and I'd be
sitting there
according to plan
All proud and in the front row

Instead, jailed myself
The whole thing
jailed me,
instead
On the floor beside me also

But it's too late
too late

It's me now I am it
Unable to untangle

I Remain

And still,


I remain

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Fog

Long ago you kissed
the nine

You struggle to remember

Something else is slipping
away

In this corner
I am blind


Ghost

She got to her feet
To fight better

Each step a rushing out
into empty

The little ghost slept
while she gave it purpose

She nurtured it
like her own child
soft from the womb
and kicking

She dressed it in
paper dresses
She dressed it in
smoke and flames

She fought, still,
the little ghost slept

If only for a little while

Warrior

She’d left the room
            in a whirl
a dusty vermillion cloud
behind

I took her place
Steadfast, I had hoped, but
            still,
wavering

Only sick people had to whisper.

Every word that falls from
the mouth
is a silver spoon lost

Focusing on body
This pain, a cold, steady
This pain, spasmodically,
            inside

She’d left the room in
a whirl
It left me dizzy
and
            Separate

She took my breath
It took the strength of
a warrior
            gutted and blood smeared

            knife drawn and fighting