

MethuselahTell me, Methuselah, Of the million sunrises youve seen Which one tickled your bark And stole your breath? Tell meMethuselah
About your brothers and sisters
The weather youve endured While hail and fire took others Back down into the Earth. I want to know The secrets you share with The rocks
Ancients who have tumbled from
Mountains and feared the sea. When the first electric beast
Cut into your child And you saw the delicate proof Lightly sprinkle on the ground Tell me how you cried. Tell me how Night after day


Devastating BonesYour bones are devastating. They remind me we are creatures Who want more than The taste of simple fruit.Devastating Bones
I try to explain
The organic blossoms
Between us But it’s hard to explain anything To a pile of bones (you merely rattle a response) My flesh is horrible
You say, Because it suffocates my bones But I try to explain It holds me to you
And keeps me from falling apart. Be Free! You say,
As you clink and clatter out a dance
But I can taste your fading life on my skin And I am sad that nothing will stick To your


The Beauty of TreesIf she saw him again - -The Beauty of Trees
She’d apologize
For the paper cut throat She could not choke the words through. She’d tell him
For weeks she held her breath Because running in the rain Was the only thing she could feel.
If she sees him again - - Her skin will be less cumbersome Her armour will melt away. She’ll plant seedlings of kisses
In the small of his back She’ll believe in the beauty of trees.
If she does not see him again She’ll know - - That Promise is just a word And language is the asphalt of lies That the heart is


ImitationHoney on star lips, The kids chase the fireflies, And try to see God kids with lost dreams of spirits, Thinking that they are human.Imitation


slow blossoms l o w blossom lotus show us fool pour your liver out die just after your full beauty reigns deserving water watch veins decay don't stay i became cruelty even after i got what i wanted every time i grinned no cheap smirk i just know what works you may sparkle you may glow but what do you know? death spares keeper of lies waddle down your vines show me your wrists your lists you need ointment gave it up before awareness unpopular insecurities fun in theslow blossom


primal processeswe drink and cry and laugh and die and dance our waltzes with lovers who lie, and paint our faces with the grins of whores, for to us, the truth is the grimmest of chores. perchance, we mate and souls we create to continue this line of failed humankind until the day we rue our delay in perceiving our faults and the games that we play.primal processes
I really appreciate it
--
dolls wreck the minced meat of pupils
cast in oblong arms length
the hooks have been picking their scabs
where wolves hide in the company of men
it said
I'm lost
now I'm lost
I am a member of...
*writersdA
~poetrycafe
--
The evolved ape has spoken.
--
I am a violin tuned to the key of C# - always just a little off
--
The evolved ape has spoken.
--
The evolved ape has spoken.
--
"One has got to change in order to keep being theirselves."Previous PageNext Page