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.
illumination
Sunday, June 19, 2016
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
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
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
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