Thunderbird
I heard you the first night I migrated near the fields You shook me Scolded the enemy Stroked your wings Magnified with a loud clap I felt your presenceNo It was the scent before it rains that gave it away I heard stories about you, but never was a witness That night, I watched you closely As you flew over me for hours You screamed Broke the sky Made the fall The drought was ending due to your ...
Flowers that Bloom in the Dark
A Flower that bloomed in the darkA outlier of its kind.A outlier that grows in concreteA rare specimen indeedIt’s power grows regardless of natureThey’re dangerousDangerous in the terms of power and opportunityMaking situations that seemed impossible look as easy as cutting butterIt isn’t as simply explainable as you thinkToo evert power in the most unsustainable of situationsI believe that is...
And He Loved Her
Cast your mystifying spell of love on me,And brand my heart with your name.Trap and poison my soul,For all you could ever to is mend this hole. Write me your love letters,So cruel and brazen.And you will have me under your spell for all eternity. I am nothing. Just like you said. My pencils cracks under pressure. But the Romans always favored the tablet and the axe.
Visions of pink morning p...
Boulder Scars
There is a boulder on the beachThin, barnacle-encrusted feetLichen'd head wideUmbilical to the rocky cliffBut only just so.It should have fallen away by now.Emerald waves saw through basaltSea stealing smallest siblingsSmashing and caressing Moving and shapingThe stone watches and knows it's fate.It clings still.I sit and watch the world pass me byBubbles pip, pip, pipping in my drinkSun rising...
Harpstrings
my heartstrings twang like the broken harplays dust covered in the scary cellar. she’s tired, but restlessonce - the boy with rose fingertips plucked these strings. he’d come creeping, in navy nighttimetippy toeing on pads of turpentine to let the right ones be. as the floorboards shook so did her stringswith glee they sang of sweet pickenings. whenst the light beam came he snuck through the st...