Sleep- that sweet abyss Something that I fondly miss But there is much to do and much to see Besides, my mind is a traitor to me So many thoughts dance through my head As I lie awake upon my bed Reliving the events of…
Category: Marathon Poem
The End
Desperation is made of quick breath, and wilted wishes. There is no thing sadder than expiration from emptiness, except dying while alive.
Hour Twenty Three
I am broken and imperfect I wonder if I’ll ever be good enough I hear ravens speak I see dragons dance I want to fly away I am broken and imperfect I pretend I am happy I feel the weight of the world I…
Failures of Kindness
I drove away and left you standing there, staring. I, resolute, right, and short on sight. It is the silent information we miss that later makes us long for that forgotten kiss.
Hour Twenty Two
The fairy tales got it wrong They end at the beginning Real love isn’t the chase It’s what happens after the race It’s hard work to love someone And that work never ends Midnight comes after every ball And you have to learn to love…
Dusk
A mourning dove trills above my window sill. Memorial to a well-worn day as it weeps and slips away.
Hour Twenty One
Poe It means tortured, confused, genius It is the number thirteen It is like a midnight dreary It is pondering over forgotten lore It is the memory of the lost Lenore That taught me grief and loss When her story unfolded His name was Poe…
Hour Twenty
I search for that piece The one that was left behind That one elusive piece of the puzzle That will help make sense of it all I look under couch and chair In cushions and crevices Was it left at the market? Perhaps back at…
Sleep
Sleek and liquid as melted chocolate it slips through my cells. Enrobed in delicious delirium, I am an unaware time traveller, prisoner to pieces of yesterday hurling into tomorrow.
Hour Nineteen
Tyrion Wise, Impish, Charming, Brave Sibling of Jamie and Cersei Lover of Wine and Women Who Fears Ignorance Who Needs Unconditional Love Who Gives Undiluted Truth Who Would Like to See the Raison D’etre Resident of Westros Lannister