Bang!
I reveal my secrets in jest
A theatrical wink,
A loose eyelash
A smile that does not fit my face
A smile capsized in a sea
Of sucrose and brimstone.
I might never know
This stranger of whom I speak,
This mannequin
Dressed in my valuables
Wielding my name.
I could spend my whole life
Exploring the dermis
Of this pitiful creature
Weaving my maps
Constructing my ruin
Amongst meaningless conquests
But what then
Would become of my heart?
However small,
However black,
However epic its thorns
It has a need,
A very human need
It requires a touch,
A hostage,
A moment
Without the pretense
Of shade.
*
Challenging day and I ran out of time for my poem
Locked In
Do I leave you bereft
Silent and intermittent
Like a blink?
When the darkness arrives
I step forward
Sleeves rolled to the elbows
Skin stained garnet
As congealed wine
And a heart wrapped
In cotton like an arrowhead
Or a child’s tooth
My desire is brutal
But inefficient
I cannot find in you
A vacancy
You’ve filled your mouth
With sweethearts
Every word perfect
And plump
Like a newborn baby
Only I can hear
The scream
Swelling behind
Your cloistered throat
Your tears are
The sweat of my labor
If I could freeze them
I’d fashion keys
To every door
You’ve ever passed through
Knowing that you’ve
Gone too deep
And locked yourself in
*
I was out most of the day family BBQ. I don’t think I have ever attempted to write a poem in such a short time frame and a hectic time at that so I apologize if this doesn’t make sense or if it seems incomplete
Say Hello
I stand here fractured
From womb to sternum
Whilst you sheath your hands
Inside chagrined pockets
We never touch on departure
So I say to you hello instead
*
I am a well. I runneth deep,
Open-mouthed, and thirsty
I watch you pass above
Grey-hued and capricious
Fill me with your bones
With the calcified lightening
Of your heavenly intentions
Leave me not the relic
Of an exiled civilization
Leave me not to wonder
At the quantity of your love
Say to me now, as always, hello
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