On Fire That careless hand (manicured, fine long fingers) lingers, then flicks – and the yellow straw grass lining the highway sighs before it sparks (neither in the car look behind them – the road ahead leading to paradise) and the wind exhales its breath;…
Category: Poetry Prompt Responses
Your yearnings, your earnings, your learnings.
No you don’t need that! But I… Trust me! But what if…? I have known you beforeg you even had desires! This is… Now shhh..for a while and listen to me, I am your thy, your thou, I am…
A Sickness Not to be Witnessed – Hour Two
If banged my soul against a brick wall Time and time again Waiting for this all to end – The hellfire drawing me like a moth to the light The passions I wish to deny But they dance across my indulgent smile The too eager…
Hidden Heart
Vulnerable emotions Unspoken Spill onto vast white Stained by my hand Kept in secret places Rarely shared Hidden in journals Bound by rejection And unworthyness Concealed tears Pain and joy Blurring lines In between Words that echo Forever captured On page Is my…
Poem 2: Forgive
She makes to walk away when he turns and looks her in the eye. And from within torrents of endless rain lessen the typhoon winds slow and the hurricane ceases spinning. She steps when he says Let me feel…
Wanting
I spend too much of my breath wanting something I don’t have. I wish I had less of you. You crashed into me and I can’t get rid of you. I don’t want you. I don’t want you to want me. I don’t want your…
Concerning Expression
Concerning expression What cannot be expressed by taboo cannot be expressed by people in crisp, white suburban houses. What else cannot be expressed is like that which animals and babies cannot express. What exists in ticket lines and ATM transfers. Drug stores and allergy medicine….
Roots
Whether you desire it or concede it You can’t love it but life needs it I only seek it so I can give Or do I seek it for the life I live I love life, so I must have it to exist My heart…
Take That, Longing
(in a world without sound) You can still scream I mean open your mouth and flex your eyes and your nose. Wiggle your fingers and waggle your arms. Flailing is descriptive just do it right. Paper and pencil, once charades isn’t fun anymore. Just remember…
Tongue-Tied Prompt 2
No, I get it. Really, it’s fine. I worked damn hard to make you mine. But my tongue said things that made a noose I failed to stay calm and a tirade’s been let loose. No, I’m not angry, just disappointed. Really, there’s no reason…