October '15 Poetry Project

Moleskine

October 04, 2015


It has been a long time

I have not wanted to face
the honesty
the bleakness
the harshness
the reality

that becomes undeniable
once stroked

that space
between the lines

 at last...

the wine flows
lush and long
ribbons
warming words
like velvet


October '15 Poetry Project

9th Step

October 03, 2015




I am alone
except for those
that run 
hot and cold
circles 
around me

A howling maelstrom 
whips wild
long brown hair and intentions
like an afterthought
onto the sidewalk

oh sweet friend
all blush and coy
you pull my truth
out like a splinter

I long to be free
of the fierce transfixion
but dread birthing 
the jagged point
that rips both ways

My swollen lower lip
throbs
threatening
 to split
a gossamer scar
betraying
 a slip
in judgement long ago

When in the shadow of his glistening hopeful words
       I could shine no light

A decade had passed
when I received his release papers
an oblation
a curse 

Forever entrapped
I must remain 
burdened
blistered
in the shadow of silent amends



October '15 Poetry Project

Binge

October 02, 2015


I hear my name
being called 
in the soft static hiss
as the world 
turns vague
flickering
notions
into poisonous medicine
I cannot stop
swallowing


Hours 
stretch 
into days
seep
into weeks
bleed
into years

The last words

I hear
my own 
silence

Where did my life go?

The plasma shimmers
blissful
into 
the void



October '15 Poetry Project

Eos

October 01, 2015


Words 
like clouds at dawn
cluster and fan
out and across
an endless intention

Their brilliance 
glows
ripe
behind the blinds
Urging me 
upwards
and out
above the sleeping city
my complacent comforts

to witness
inspiration
if only for a few moments
my blues
burn
orange




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