Two broken pieces may not make a whole
Jagged edge Hanging thread Chipped nails Battered heels Split ends Bitter tears Burnt skin Jigsaw puzzle soaking oil Pieces of dreams Cacophony
It won’t save you
All that money All that adulation All that hindsight All that sunshine All that glory All that hairspray All the misty eyes All the bowling balls All the fake greetings All the fear All the pretty cakes Won’t save you
How to paint your life
Broad strokes Black and white Pixilated images Vibrant hues Chipped and peeling Fresh coat Green or gray Shades of deeply rich purple Glossy Permanent Hidden cracks Painted over and over
Gravity always wins
I once had a dream Traveling through the golden bushes Picking up a blueberry or two Tried to fly high Reach for the silky golden stars Then the floating balloon popped And out came a thunderous roar With lightning clapping back Down to the ground the rickety spirit […]
The beeping just chirps
Quiet Nothing Nothingness Emptiness Words devoid of meaning The beeping just chirps The chirps just echo Buzz and buzzing Ears are crackling The fire quickly burning Yet there’s only silence Or do, it should be
All alone staring down the leering cat
All alone amongst the weeds All alone amongst the withering seeds All alone amongst the prickly bushes All alone waiting to be snipped at All alone staring down the leering cat All alone in a sea of conformity All alone in a garden of unfounded temerity All alone […]
Resilience solidifies
Needle in the layered brick No warning, no foresight So shut your mouth We are here finding a way Need no naysayers Need no cloudy lens The heels are pointed The sun is hiding But a light still comes through To build a wall Resilience solidifies No pinpricks […]
Fate has settled in
You should be running You don’t want to stick around So go ahead There’s nothing you can do Fate has settled in It’s clear to see Hurry up before it’s a waste of time
Wrecked
The sun beamed in to awaken my spirits My eyes wanted to feel the warmth Then I remembered how I had been wrecked My veil of safety pierced My heart punctured through and through Sorrow filling the air pockets Tears dripping from confusion It shouldn’t have happened Bland […]
And then it stopped
The world was in a tailspin Chasing its head Searching for its heart Gingerly tapdancing to a strange tune Washing the dirt from the edges Peeling off the sorrow And then it stopped
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