Only Me

She sat down on her knees and scooped the dirt and grain from the earth beneath her
She splashed it across her face and tossled it in her hair
She looked up and smiled alone in that sunlight beam
No one knows what she sees

The Quilled

I lie here in my soft soiled bed
Your paintings of mystery hang above my head
I stare hard at the images until they seep into my eyes
As I bathe in blanketed moments of peace and lies
I think about a world made up of choices I did not make
I imagine a world of all the risks I did not take
Comfortingly, I roll my lips across one another
I slowly close my eyes to tear reality asunder
Just the other day, I was sitting by a tree
A cute little porcupine laid next to me
I placed my hand upon her back
and watched the red sky turn to black
And soon enough, the moonlight came
Shined upon my chest a lover's name
Rays engraved new scars upon my skin
And slowly the quills started seeping in
These over sized needles sank into my wrists
Injecting a venom, causing my veins to twitch
Like black stitches sewing their way up my arm
My inner lining grew with dark fertilizing charm
Then I feel a drip of rain upon my face
I open my eyes, to find me in that familiar place
The same old bed, yet something transposed
Then there landed a drip upon my nose
I look up to see the melting canvas art
The once vibrant colours turning to dark
The black veins in my forearm sprout black thorns to match
When warm fuel has gone cold, there's no turning back
Thrash my body in a fluster of ravaging distress
Tearing holes in the wall, splattering a mess
All the frames of my home will fall
Deep shades of green and yellow conquers all
I look to the storm and scream the name
Of the venomous creature that wields no shame
Push the air from my lungs until I'm weary and sore
Until I can't breath the air from this world anymore
Let my eyes forever gaze upon the canvas of my lids
Forever live in the world that never was. never is.

Gut Feeling Guts

This girl stares in the desert heat. No shadows, just UV rays. Her wide eyes pushed tears out from her heart, but before they could get anywhere, the fire mist of the sun took them away. And there she lays.

Spring Disaster

It's a battle between the blooms
The dahlia firing like a red drum
The camellia so delicate and exhausted
As the wormwood sprouts
The gillyflower croaks
The mimosa so easily persuaded
By the giant jonquil inevitably casting shadows
The stephanotis crunches dried up and shriveled
The daisy stands in the middle keeping her vision clear
unlike the young maidens who have once sought their fortune
She awaits her purpose
may the day of sacrifice come
drink thy wine and clear thy mind
And all may stand in peace
A bouquet of unity
Bound by the stems of acacias

A Positive Impact

I will not be lost in this garden of Polaroid pictures
My soul, my will, my laughter and tears
are much too big to fit in a cubicle paper prison
Slap a postage stamp on my cheek
and fold me into an origami crane
I shall fly away
and shreds of our tangled lives will rain
Whenever you desire, just hold out your hand
catch the little bits of love notes i once left on your bedside table
Burn them for warmth
Add them to a collage creating something more beautiful
But don't push me into the corner
collecting dust in silent must
I will not settle for any less
than the sunlight rays seeping through your window
Bedside notes or not
I will always wish you a good morning.

Midnight High

We wait for the night
For that first sign of light
is the key to the locks
on the cages where we rot
we break free into the brush
feet rustling through the leaves
away from the trees
to the cliff of misty seas
And we stop and we gasp
At the freedom we just grasped
Ecstasy rolls in
like a tide to our fins
We howl at the moon
Like a horn to start the race
Then we're off on a whim!
back into the forest space

Midnight high
Midnight high
Keep on looking toward the sky
breath in all the crystal stars
until our lungs collapse overcharged
This night pays
overlays
all the days of exhaustion and demands
Drink the light reflecting off the river
Spit into the air and watch it shimmer

Rocky waves push the land
We hold fire in our hands
Shaking soil beneath our feet
Our souls dive into the creek
we injected lights of fireflies
to bring sparkles in our giant eyes
And in the dark it's so easy to see
Our significance to this earth
How you are apart of me
We shall run back to that cliff with both eyes closed
Trusting all in which we hold
and we will make our own laws
in our world of beautiful flaws

Midnight high
Midnight high
Keep on looking toward the sky
breath in all the crystal stars
until our lungs collapse overcharged
This night pays
overlays
all the days of exhaustion and demands
Drink the light reflecting off the river
Spit into the air and watch it shimmer

Our bodies will float
rocks, water, or the mist
It's all depends on how much you can trust
this high
Midnight high