Memories are nasty things Kicking up dust Settling into corners Sometimes, yesterday Weighs so heavy I cannot get out of bed My therapist says I live In the past, forget today He lacks credibility, though right It’s his talk of religion I mistrust, foul concept…
Category: Marathon Poem
Concert – Prompt Sixteen
Music thumps through the air Vibrating to our feet through the ground Cheering screams echo after every song Lights of every color blind people randomly Lewd dance moves are performed by singers Heads bobble like an unbalanced sea Cheers grow louder, asking for an encore…
Hour 19 – Old Phrase, New Way
Welcome Back Home ‘Welcome Back Home’ exclaims the sign that hangs above the door. The house sits darkly mocking me, as I stand in the street. Twelve years at least since I was here; it feels like it’s been more; I feel the old familiar…
I used to once know #10
No words can ever convey how exquisitely happy I am. No words can ever convey the gratitude that bursts from my heart trying to crawl its way back to you. Nervousness and anxiety perpetually wedged within me was only repressed by you. Like a…
Pardon Me
I don’t ask you to excuse me from the claims of proper behavior, Just pardon me and sign the papers that will release me from prison And help me find a more welcome home More alluring than the these four cinder block walls. I have…
Hour 19 – Prompt 19 – Common phrases – “Secret friends”
When you have secrets to share, that no soul must know You must have secret friends, whom no one can guess The moon whispers at night, “Welcome home” She is the closest messenger to where my parent stays She never asks me, “How are you?”…
Music
God grant me the music. Of your glories. Harp’s with your music. Of love for our soul’s.
Heart – Prompt Fifteen
Two things we humans require A brain and a beating red heart Pacemakers assist the heart that can’t Just as pills assist in other ways The flow from the heart helps us live But is often treated with disregard After being neglected, the heart attacks To…
3 Before Darkness
Before Darkness? Darker still. No light in sight. Purring plops of precious pretty pussy cats eyes closed so tiny! So loved. Harsh licks of Mother’s tongue so sooooothing… Rumbling tummies wake me up. My new Family in my lap. And all before Dawn.
Healing
God grant me the healing of my heart . So my heart can feel. Love again