There are times my heart speaks for me, this is the place I keep its voice. - Ash
Fading to Black
In the night like a ghost nothing is ever seen premeditation a superpower skewing the real, while dancing with the devil visiting worlds very far apart the sky in one, … Continue reading Fading to Black →
One Saturday
One Saturday an old used-up weekend in my life back when I was a small boy who took shortcuts home I remember that Saturday and how golden was the … Continue reading One Saturday →
The Shadows Are Still There
I stood there high and saw the sorrow from loss below my heart did nothing tomorrows came with tears all around but still nothing why did you … Continue reading The Shadows Are Still There →
Beacon of Heart
I wrote a letter on a beacon of hope gave fate the return address but sadly, I still sit and wait for tomorrow and … Continue reading Beacon of Heart →
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 … 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 … Continue reading Days In Our Lives Together →
Me and the End of Summer
Red sky evenings I remember them stretched highway at eight o’clock over the overpass to watch there is one last summer night coming out to play my pace quickens … Continue reading Me and the End of Summer →
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I loved as much as you’ll receive carried out right hereThe sketch is attractive, your authored material stylishnonetheless, you command get got an nervousness … Continue reading Deleted Spam by Ash’s comment section →
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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading Far From Home →
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 … 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 … 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 … 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. … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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, … 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, … 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 … 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, … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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. … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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, … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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, … 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 … 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 … Continue reading One Day in May! →
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Earth To Ash 