Poetry

There is more to my enemy than a weapon.  Remove the sword and they stand on shaky legs, heart  quickening against their sleeve. Only a coward leads  with defeat, hands already burying their head.  Beyond the veil, there is every deceit, every mask  cracked open. I’d like to see their faces, before the  casting. There is a lot to be said about who a man  chooses to be.

My Dear,               Ripened and rotted, you’ve lingered                                  long enough.  I struggle now to pluck the stench from the                       silk bedding, unwilling to admit                             that you are just no good.  It’s strange                            how our lust defines us,                          influences the abandonment                                         

I thought a shadow was a man and chased a promise spoken not. I wished into  an empty whole, an ocean left to waste  and drought. His heart, cast in a solemn hue,  black trenches where blood pumped to dry. A thick mask to hide a formless face, a small lie to mask a jaded high. His love, a mix of lust and doubt to warp the virgin light askew. He calls when he has disappeared within his mind left to brood. He cannot be left without a torch to shape a mired design, or else he lo

we all fall apart sometimes.  We all find ourselves stumbling        over our feet,  wings fluttering in             perfect humiliation.  That’s the part we must accept,          that every one of us must           fight the pavement.  That when you’re in the air             it's just you keeping                      yourself alive,  and every moment you                                        struggle  to catch the wind beneath you ...

The story of the world is not about people. It’s  about a planet that wanted die, but couldn’t for a very long time. Instead it ate garbage  and cried, heavily and for many days at a time.  The story of the world is not about people. It is about a life destroyed to be in service, despite  its limits, constant pain and no one to trust.  Hidden beneath the soil and flowers, overlooked  in the passing hours, a life that once was loved has been demolished…by people…by us.