Magazine clutter (halfway point)

Renaissance woman sounds nice I’ve been considered different bullied awkward trying to hide unique timid self conscious are what led up to me being not normal now i walk in rooms i try to avoid my accent rained glitter my voice sinks in my dreams…

Homeland

I lost myself along the way somewhere. Most people around me didn’t care. Or maybe they didn’t notice at all that I seemed headed for a fall. I took myself down to the water’s edge. Immersed in the depths of my regret. Absolved myself in…

Walk

Perfect magnolias Each petal precisely bloomed A satin ribbon trails The colour of golden cream Every inch you step Takes you a little bit further From me? to me? But I gave you legs Use them My hands will always be here To replace my…

Hour 11: Shadows

I was always told to watch shadows They hold more than secrets If I’m not careful they will take me You don’t notice it the first few times But get caught a time too many And you become the shadow Watching and waiting to become…

Boom Done

Boom Done   Dropping dead is not that easy It’s all in the timing Circumstances being just so You can’t be sitting and drop dead Lingering on the floor doesn’t count It’s all in the landing Arriving to the ground dead I’ve seen it done…

Your Happy Beginning

poem 12 It all seemed so beautifully simple when you stood there watching him dance and you smiled like you had captured starlight. I wish I could take you back there and give you your happy beginning. -h.e.m.

The Universe

The Universe is everything Planets are the thing orbit their suns they do not hum galaxies shepherd their many suns some will become mighty blackholes others, bang goes we are less than a speck of dust to learn we must knowledge awaits we conquer fate

My car crashed through the concrete

My car crashed through the concrete   went falling through the ground to a deep dark hole filled with broken rocks and worms slithering around   My car dropped through the concrete and jolted me inside. I hit the window with a thud and dared…