There are times my heart speaks for me, this is the place I keep its voice. – Ash
Dances with the Devil
In the hours where most sleep I sit in a purple lit booth something beautiful catches eyes as they adjust neon lights flicker as it dances…I watchsoft music plays the soundtrack of inhibitions… Continue reading Dances with the Devil
Days In Our Lives Together
I was with you for a whileevery one of those moments I playback when I think of youwhen my heart is calling out for yours to hearyour skin a shade… Continue reading Days In Our Lives Together
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A Harbour Night
Boats sway nestled to portquietly breaking the ocean toward the shoreits laps catch my ear then, I seeI watch as the moorings dripcounting seconds for no reasonhigh over in the… Continue reading A Harbour Night
Just Before The Bridge
four shadows passing by midnight the king, the jack, the ace, and the joker pushing and shoving…jousting in jest their laughter lulling the moon as street lights froze everything in timeand the world just… Continue reading Just Before The Bridge
A Night That Almost Lost Tomorrow
That night was eternal drifting toward a forever sleep voices falling faintthoughts of tomorrow escaping with time slipping away I walked toward a light I was not scared to followbody still euphoria right therebut before the final… Continue reading A Night That Almost Lost Tomorrow
Celebrate Good Lines, Come On
Hey everyone, I would not sleep very well tonight if I did not let all my readers/followers know that I was approached to do a “spotlight on writers”. It is… Continue reading Celebrate Good Lines, Come On
Rainy Nights Devils Dance
rainy nights devils dance their guise of secrets under piss-yellow street lights in the alleys cast shade when monsters come out to play who can barely see a thing as Hyde shows every line blurred people touching music lulling… Continue reading Rainy Nights Devils Dance
Young Summer
took a walk-in summer grass picked a blade, made a sound the air was country wild strawberries sweet like lazy cats we lay for hours In the filthy hot, in the no time afternoons sometimes on the highway… Continue reading Young Summer
Lonely Poet
my lines are barren of wordsno one pays attention anymore I walk away to try and healchange those emotional bandagesstop the bloody hurtwhen my lyrics are finally gone so will I like… Continue reading Lonely Poet
Losing My Religion
I’m sorry you were alone when the faces drifted away.When your days got stolen and good nights emptied.Just a vessel that you God, abandoned.Someone who gave up her soul before… Continue reading Losing My Religion
They Are Never Gone
The other night, I looked up for the moon To ask him for a small favour “Knock for me…at that heaven’s door” I was alone and needed someone in particular not only did sky… Continue reading They Are Never Gone
Walked To Death
It was as midnight as midnight could bethat late, dogs cried at the moonall the way downas I followed you straight to an early gravenot once knowingignorant, childish, wishing for… Continue reading Walked To Death
Unfather’s Day
Today, I don’t want to exist.Tomorrow is fine, but not today.Today, I don’t deserve anything. I hate the happiness, I hate the gift ideas.I hate the attempts to cheer me… Continue reading Unfather’s Day
Far From Home
I walk this earth an alienno place here for a castawaysurrounded all the timestill alone My blood, it’s not like yoursit repelsit taintsit makes things you love disappear
Dukes of Habit
Irish nightwith a few black beers for luckstood elbow to elbow in the midst of strange drunkardsthree sheets to the windplacing little wagers before the clock struckand the tender turns… Continue reading Dukes of Habit
Unbroken
Dead of winteras the winds howlI’m still out there searching for youfootprints quickly coverforgetting how far I’ve comemy hands, no longer feelmy breath, stolenmy eyes, blinded by this stormmy heart,… Continue reading Unbroken
Pool Boys
A cold beer ran down my lips, to my chinin a moment I knew would last a lifetimethere was a pool table…balls rackedready for a breaksome girl singing on the… Continue reading Pool Boys
PublAshed
Hey all, I wanted to drop in and let you all know that one of my most recent poems has been published on Spillwords. It’s live as of today. I… Continue reading PublAshed
Days Gone
Take me to a Springwhere every day was as young as Iand the sun would come winking through the curtains
Virus
I’m looking around,at him, at her, at themmad, confused…mostly scaredof something that may not even be thereand all I can think about is you
Ash To Dust
i look, turn around, and see your facethen, it falls away like dustlike a living dreamnot even yours in the first placeso, I keep walking along staring at the groundtrying… Continue reading Ash To Dust
Happy Valentine’s Day, Everybody!
Love is like the heart losing its breath, and there’s only one person who can return the air. – Ash
My Heart in a Bottle
Like a bottle in a vast ocean…I’m driftingfurther and further from your beautiful shore, I floatmy body breaking against violent waveswhich pull me far far from the horizonalone, I wade,… Continue reading My Heart in a Bottle
From Dark
I walked in the shadowsbefore I knew any lightashamed, guilty, and full of regretmy only out was running toward the darkwhere I belongedthere, to slither between mistake after mistakeand masquerade… Continue reading From Dark
The Elf All About Himself! (For the kids!!!)
Once upon a time, there was an angry little elf.Who thought of absolutely no one, but of only himself. He’s always so mad, which made the other elves very sad,with… Continue reading The Elf All About Himself! (For the kids!!!)
What Does it Call For Tomorrow?
The ocean called out for me todayit’s salt carried to my lips by a piercing winda message kept from a childhood forgotten
Betrayal
Between fact and failureI lay face down in muddied waterNeck broken, heart stillMy sweat unrecognized, salts cold bloodFor I am left behindjust like othersfind me beneath the gallows…at first sign… Continue reading Betrayal
A Heart to Live, Not to Love
Sometimes, I think my heart breaks without telling meLike it’s trying to feel something it once did beforeThough, if I allow myself to give in to its longingI’ll go and… Continue reading A Heart to Live, Not to Love
Recovery
This time it didn’t matter if I held youI guess my heart grew stronger from all the breaksLike a junky with a kicked addictionmy track marks no longer have aches… Continue reading Recovery
Bar Keep
When I turned that key, the night was finally overIt wasn’t easy, they threw a few fistsMad that the ale had dried up Now, in the calm of being left… Continue reading Bar Keep
Like I Wasn’t Even There
Sure, the memoriesBut, the smell, the taste, the touch,All still left to make believeI miss…The very startOpening characters, scene oneGreener grass, the bluest skies, salty oceanThat street light at night… Continue reading Like I Wasn’t Even There
My Heart’s An Open Book
Every day…I write you a love letter.No pen, no paper, just what’s inside my heart.I know they never reach you.But, right now I’m OK with that.Because, no matter how many… Continue reading My Heart’s An Open Book
Dream A Little Dream Of You
tell me how I can make a dream come truelike the one I had last night of youand then there was the night beforeand…well, so many many more it’s the… Continue reading Dream A Little Dream Of You
Plagiarized Love
my love for you is like a book with stolen pagesbeautiful words eraseddeleted lines…replacedeverything’s torn from the very bindwords rewritten that were never minean unknown author with a tale of… Continue reading Plagiarized Love
Bum Stories
a weathered man greets me on a cornerhis face, aged ten times and his smile barely cracksbut I know it’s there as his eyes always confirmfor a million moments in… Continue reading Bum Stories
What’s Staring Back?
It’s black inside the oceanespecially in the shadows where sharks pretend to sleepmy eyes barely banish their staresuntil what lurks finally confronts mebut…why have they not teethedon this body that… Continue reading What’s Staring Back?
French Island
surrounded in the francaisschoolboys like I, chase through stone corridors in jestpass tank topped bread makers andrum runners filling dark sackswho was I to speak to the going-ons of this… Continue reading French Island
Send Me an Angel
I haven’t looked up in a while I did…last night you were there as promised with a smile that saved my day
I’ll Just Be Here…
Tell me to turn and walk away I’ll just try harder than I did today Tell me to move on and completely forget I’ll just think about you more every… Continue reading I’ll Just Be Here…
Unmark My Grave
I don’t want a broken heart any more take this blood that flows my veins the air that fills my lungs the laughter that made a smile a soul that… Continue reading Unmark My Grave
you there?
Two lonely words… I’ve said them a few. They always stare back, when they’re meant for you.
Salty Secret
Where were the tears that day? Our loss must have voided my heart. Each time I taunted with emotion, my soul would squeeze even tighter. Then, past a wet wind’s… Continue reading Salty Secret
Safe Place
My throne upon wet stones. Waves crashing making me get lost. Howls of violence outside stop me dead in almost silence. No one would follow me to where I could… Continue reading Safe Place
Last Call From Beyond
There was an alone never felt before. The night giving way to the morning. I watched the mist dance. Skin crawling from a day’s long. As I sat paralyzed thinking… Continue reading Last Call From Beyond
Grave Turn
I’ll stand that day, at the foot of your grave. Just past the last of those who cared. My presence will be for a moment, give a second for each… Continue reading Grave Turn
Wilting Love
I held the prettiest flower this morning. It reminded me of you. Sadly, it too had been plucked from its roots.
Harboured Feelings
I had you for a while, then…I lost you to the sea. Alone in these narrows, until the day you return to me.
For That Moment
I sat one day. Alone, on a palette chair. Sit in spatters and their quiet stories. Did watch as pebbles danced in entertain. For granted, I was easily led. So… Continue reading For That Moment
Maybe Tomorrow…
Late at night, when it’s just me and the moon. We both pray you’ll return with the sun.
Tainted Blood
A lonely peer, a doorway. Most still lay asleep. Strangers, cloaked as lovers. Lineup…for the rabbit hole. Their smiles, fake, and you know it. Will, did not lead them here.… Continue reading Tainted Blood
Past Eight
Whistles silent, brews stress pinched to the nape. TV flickers black and white but can’t turn it off. Frozen mittens dry from the blessed heat, brings sweat with no one… Continue reading Past Eight
Forgotten Notes
Let me sing to you, my daughter, so I may make the strings of your heart, play music that’s in between.
The Red Road
I walked a path less travelled, on a road covered in red. Evergreens bowed before me, to welcome back an old soul. Draped, lonely…in silence. A still that became my… Continue reading The Red Road
That Song
I remember that song. Every note just for me. Sweet melody, aimed straight toward my heart. Our souls in tandem with the music. I’d bathe in the cast of your… Continue reading That Song
Lonely Heart
It barely even beats. Doesn’t matter though, now. Given this heart… only to stare at strangers, thinking that for a life’s blink, that stranger could have been you. I tired… Continue reading Lonely Heart
No One Cares About Superman
I’ve saved the day…so many. With a cape that’s now tattered and torn. Bullets are starting to pierce me, with an ego that’s badly worn. I do not wear any… Continue reading No One Cares About Superman
Dark Fantasy
Oh, beautiful moon, why do you tease me? With fantasy, I know is not real. Darkness always has another plan for me, where light can never celebrate. I dare not… Continue reading Dark Fantasy
Whispers From You
A lull from the hillside early morn, like a whisper from you. I stood in the chill… …with a tear reminder, of what I’ve lost. Sweep me up, walk with… Continue reading Whispers From You
Journal Entry # 108 – My Wounds, My Words
A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains. – Criss Jami
Come To Me Again
If my trial has ended, why do your stones still lay at my feet? My deepest wounds will never heal until their forgotten. No, always they fester, they ache, like… Continue reading Come To Me Again
A Mermaid’s Lullaby
A hill where a mermaid danced, lay marked by a single stone. Tales left to imagine, on the night’s when the harbour’s alone. The land once rose above her, to… Continue reading A Mermaid’s Lullaby
I Can Tell its Home!
Grant me that yesterday tomorrow. I want to run again in November rain. Taste once more, those raindrops. Pinch me because I’m alive. Let me feel it to the bone,… Continue reading I Can Tell its Home!
Drown Me
I can no longer hold my breath. I rather drown, then wade in false hope. You’ve given me every emotion I’m capable of, I’ve fallen hard, so many times. How… Continue reading Drown Me
Moonlight to Morning
I remember nights that seemed only for me. Everything still, silent…time fixed. I sat by shore, lost in its wake. Watched as mossy moorings danced in captivate. The moonlight stretched… Continue reading Moonlight to Morning
A Ways From Anywhere
Wintery winds howl, calling a bluff. The sky’s story turns dark, when only halfway. Each of my breaths, more and more breath. They followed in dance, but leave me too.… Continue reading A Ways From Anywhere
Mask of Deceit
Your smile must have been a mask, that allowed you to deceive the unsuspecting. As the cold steel cuts through my flesh, I wonder if it was I, who handed… Continue reading Mask of Deceit
The Hook
Wonderwall plays the lazy afternoon. Rack em’ before the crowd shows. I can smell the night before from the Ashtrays. Stained carpets, humming I got used to. Friend by hello,… Continue reading The Hook
My Redemption
My memory is all I have to adore you. A broken heart still bleeding for attention. Before the picture fades, I pray for a lost connection. My fault bears a… Continue reading My Redemption
My Misery
Why can’t I smile and mean it anymore? Is it because of my friend, dear Misery? But, I’ve known her now, more than anyone of flesh. She whispers constantly in… Continue reading My Misery
The Brothers
Eight tracks and underage, hard rock for the teenage, one summer eve, surrounded by kings. They rolled their tokes, shared loose smokes, and bragged, of sweetheart flings. I watched all… Continue reading The Brothers
Fall Guy
Just because, I take a breath, leaf-peeping through autumn hues. Chilled zephyrs race tears down a single cheek, that dewy brisk, restorative. I wander along the many tints and tones,… Continue reading Fall Guy
One Day in May!
One day in May,will forever be.When a gift was born,and bestowed upon me. One day in May,as flowers grew.Love, true love,that first look at you. One day in May,20 years… Continue reading One Day in May!
Still Lost – ‘took this pic on my run’
Got inspired by this picture I took on my run today. Poetic I felt.
Still Searching for My Sunset
‘Every morn…I look up for a brighter sun, to cast away clouds that still pursue me. Told that time will move them forward, patience should be a friend. Though, all… Continue reading Still Searching for My Sunset
Until I See You
Until…I see you, my heart will save your place. I’ll gather the missing beats, store them just in case. Until I see you, my love is forced to pace. Until… Continue reading Until I See You
My Rose
“Surrounded by you, my eyes open or closed. Thinking of you, lost petal, my rose. Hoping for you, to change what you’ve chose. Wishing for you, to love me like… Continue reading My Rose
Round Field
All I hear is the wind, the rain…slaps at me. My mind has frozen, but whitecaps still capture. To the bone and in drench, I see the window… where you’re… Continue reading Round Field
Bastard
Because you changed your mind, all the happiness was stolen, shame your sword still lies deep where it hurts, taken its toll in years, ask me to my face…you bastard, remember… Continue reading Bastard
My Wounds
How do I awake from a nightmare, that cares not that I am asleep? My eyes need not even blink, for every second, the same dread. Taking my licks like… Continue reading My Wounds
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