Hour 1: Bitter Endings

Bitter Endings Too bright the light For these old eyes They see only darkness now Turn down the sun Let light be damned Let dawn await my dusk   Too fast the world For these old bones They seek only comfort now Turn off the…

3 AM

  I wake Cat ‘s claw in my arm Time to get up Alarm screams Boyfriend chipper I’m cranky I want new F word replacement expletives Need coffee Sleep Inspiration Chiquita banana lady has died Dallas police station stormed Computer freezes Chirping insect outside An annoying soundtrack…

Poem 1/24 – Thoughts of Life

Poem 1 – Thoughts of Life Why do these thoughts of mine Often linger? To feel life, Experience life, Being one with life… How far have I strayed From this path of mine?

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a minute is longer than an hour when waiting becomes mysteriously entangled with the very fabric of existence as you swing through life always so quietly I am never sure when to expect you back

A Disaster Written about Love

I began cursing frantically As my fingers hovered across keys Every word I wrote, every line completed A disaster….a train wreck in slow motion A poem whose life was meant to portray feelings of a foolish man in love profoundly and with simplicity. About a woman That…

Poem Written Under Water (#1/24)

Poem Written Underwater Strange to be swimming in my favorite blue dress the skirt billowing slowly around me an odd fish to say the least Deep in the liquid atmosphere and breathing well no struggling for the old oxygen that used to keep me Death,…

#1 – The island of beauty

The island of beauty Is just on the other side, On the back of your skin Flower many treasures You cannot see yet As for now It’s prickling all your ears And eyes into the blue To supplicate you to Truly get true Through your…

Three Hundred Feet Down

The Golden Gate guards the Bay; And when her currents and tides are mocked; When her fog is not properly feared She slams the door shut on ships that dare to cross Which is why after the City of Rio de Janerio dared to  molest Fort Point It…

Underwater Freedom (Poem 1/24)

I move with the currents. I dance with the seaweed. I wrestle with the fish and float with the whales. I move my hands through the cool, crisp water as I dive deeper and deeper into the darkness of the sea. There is no fear…

You Give Me Sleepless Nights

I am drawn to your pure illumination Though darkness fills up the air My thoughts always bring me back to these nights Though I can’t close my eyes to be numb and just rest. My mind brings me to a black hole of oblivion The…