What am I?
If I leave no trail-
if my existence dwindles…
Not for me to decide,
or you.
Or him, or her
or them.
I am human-
Grass between toes
Fire consuming heart
Water racing in veins
Air inflating lungs
Life is in me.
Tag: reflection
ink
I don’t write poetry-
My heart pumps ink through my veins and it bleeds out of my fingers to fill an empty page.
burden
when I met you
I thought you were nice enough
we could help each other out
a casual friendship
such as you’d have
with your favourite barista
but since having the unfortunate opportunity
to get to know you better
I realise that
you’re just fucking annoying
so misguided is your over-confidence
I loathe every single second
that I have to bestow pleasantries upon you
with every smile on my face
comes a vibrant thought of disgust
though you’re too thick to realise it
oh, sorry.
I don’t mean to be a bitch, it’s just
Unavoidable dislike leaves such a bitter taste.
scarlet
Exuberant red painted on bare legs
blown away by wind
and unveiled into monstrous petticoat.
Heart protected in chest
held sternly by a corset
classiness offset by dirtied undershirt.
Walk across the road and
grab that handsome man,
make him mine.
Now he’s yours?
Oh, right.
Tomorrow he will be for someone else,
or not even be at all.
Good. Now cut.
Sit,
here’s
some
food.
Not hungry?
Eat more.
Drink more water.
Stop,
let’s touch up this
and that.
Her too fine hair
unhinged by a rapid breeze.
Again.
Stand still, you are a
benumbed rag doll
waiting for perfection
to be stitched
externally into her body.
Might be a while,
may as well go mingle
with the other dolls
where laughs lurk in stranger’s faces.
How long has it been?
Ten, twelve hours?
That will be all for the day.
See you again,
maybe,
someday.
If you’re lucky.
attention please
add spice to substantiate mediocrity
garnering attention by
waving my hands around
and sitting on your lap
making a spectacle of myself
insinuating that you are not
paying me undivided heed
wanting to be your addiction
so that you might
find
not an annoying creature
to dissuade you from your
mindless games
but rather
a reachable unreachable
the kind that makes your heart
race faster faster faster
needing me like crimson water
once perhaps, but no longer
now
really
I just need you
to immerse yourself in me
to lay the stones in front of my feet
so that I might know where to step
blindfolding myself
tied delicately
wrapped like tinted goggles
woven into my hair
and I cling to you dramatically
humming satisfaction
without your help
I’d just sit here blind
stay still
and die without even knowing it
Fresh air
years passed somberly
discovering something new
breathe air through fresh lungs
Graduated
Suddenly it seems
I’m done dancing for your dumb
A B C Ds. Free.
what I thought it was
recoil on the floor
sweeping up messy memories with the body.
what I thought was complex
is actually really simple-
counting down the petals
releasing perfumes
to inhale.
I left the lamb alone to face the wolves.
An echo of waves
A song danced by two
Brings calm to the raving waves
Echoing through April.
I look back
I look back and I see vibrancy.
I look forward and I see opportunity.
So much room for happiness.
There’s nothing but time.
Some call it red 