Desert sprawl over heart,I taste the hot desert sun,Laughing down at me,To dry my mouth of words defied.As I refuse to know life’s unfairness.So it asks me why I must object,Skin burning and drying out of life,And I can but stand to answer.If for myself I had a voice to bear.But though I waiver inContinue reading “Defied”
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Summer Heat
Bathed in heat, she beckons me. And I come for her, drenched in sweat. Tasting her salt on my tongue, Our bodies intertwined as the day moves on. She speaks to me in song, Of birds moving across the sky/ In breezes through green leaves rustle, I hear her whispers. As the sun rises, sheContinue reading “Summer Heat”
Ripples
I can say something, About the way the light dances, upon the pedals of the roses in the evening light. The way your face echoes to me, Like sound coming back over the ridge. Is there a way I can contain myself? Is there a way I can see life in death? Nothing butContinue reading “Ripples”
Of Silence
If I speak first and break the silence Will she run from me like the rest? Or stay to the bitterness of knowing What I truly am What I may become Failing to understand how to break free A prison of unknowing and doubt If only but to understand it To understand why the wallsContinue reading “Of Silence”
Untitled
The sandpaper feel of my heart against my chest, Your eyes stare at me, And no one else is in the room. I miss those feelings wandering inside of me. Those feelings of possible love and lust. For me those eyes stole my life away from me, Now if I had only had the strengthContinue reading “Untitled”
