Darkness is a mistress dressed in deep purples, blues and black, Thickened with fog, her cloak is tainted with the blood of innocents. She robs them of their voices as safety has surrendered all, To her steel, cold claws that cut and tear away all sense of self, Virtue and compassion now exist in the … Continue reading Twisted Shelter
Category: Confusion
Merry-Go-Round
On a merry-go-round of perception on a tall prancing, painted horse, Shifting patterns of movement and thoughts are fleeting swiftly by, Recesses of memories, flying by with odd faces, I try to stay the course. Tightening my grip on leather straps, I can remember those days gone by, A small, speedy heart is pumping, as … Continue reading Merry-Go-Round
Deceitfulness
Pierced with sharp objects the skin grows tight, Disillusionment fraught with dishonesty stings, As those you love, with one swipe cut at your wings! Your adversary hides like the spider in a new web, Jealousy, cruelty and embitterment take a slice, Your heart is now fully aware of their shallow device. Your tissue toughens to … Continue reading Deceitfulness
The Military Man – My Father
Lost for wise and fair words as I struggle sadly trying hard to understand, This five-foot-four, striking, but mostly drunk this lonely military man. Before his sixteenth birthday, he took off to the horrid deadly Korean war, Crippled was this young soldier inside and out as the memories still tore. Dad, would pick up the … Continue reading The Military Man – My Father
My Forgiven Mistake
Eyes that once dreamed, now clouded by my twenty-year sentence, Walls so tightened, my viscera was slowly squeezed with foulness out, My skin weakened, but still supported by my falsely displayed armor. Void of all emotion, passion, or even a hint of a jagged seam united, As expected, a lifeless form, shuffled forward as foreseen … Continue reading My Forgiven Mistake
No Real Danger
Panic seizes me like a panther stalks its prey for the kill, Unbiased to the weakness it seeks in the frailness, Of the wavering, unstable victim, as it waits, acutely surveying, Then moving silently, a short rush, a bite to the neck and it's quelled! Like a dark shadow in an alley, poorly lit with … Continue reading No Real Danger
So Thankful For the Son of God
Often, I have tried to imagine what Jesus must have been thinking, and feeling, as his own people called for his death. Some of which likely shared a meal with him, as he healed and taught amongst the many thousands. There was no fault no harm that Jesus ever brought about. For Jesus was a sinless man with … Continue reading So Thankful For the Son of God
A Lonely Child
Floating fools with blackened brows of dreaded fear,As cubes of wax block out the words they do not hear, Pupils shattered cut with glasses from a broken show,Vision gone, lights always out, she wonders where to go. Yellow nose of pollination we wonder, why, do you make,Beauty for a thousand kings but nothing for our … Continue reading A Lonely Child
Shared Pain with Little Sis
Eyes red, painful, and swollen from tears that bleed,Broken, shaken, and scarred visibly, deep down inside,Her sporadic lonely dance is one of hopeful survival,Shaky, breathing hard and recklessly she moves about,Floating, mind rushing, exhaustion like the tugging mire,Settling in, pulling her under, consuming her untimely frailty! Lost, in her graphic memories of such horrid madness, Clouding, … Continue reading Shared Pain with Little Sis
Three Poems Written When I was 17
Wind Song Hanging from a heartless hook you remain suspended, Your structured tube and strings attaching leave you. Lost in an atmosphere of windless room with hidden song, Songs never to be breathed or whispered disappear. If ere a whiff of paradise does come your sleepy way, Awaken in a dance of life to supplement … Continue reading Three Poems Written When I was 17
