Imagining to understand
causes my head to throb,
so I write to alleviate,

it relaxes the air
and I become the rain
pounding the roof.

the beep beep of the clock
and no moments are hidden,

the cold distance between planets
and my marrow freezes over,

the tire pinches the pebble
and I'm the low hum of the road ...

but I'm home
nursing my head.

Apologies to sharp edged pages I let blood to:
The permanently uneven dog eared creases,
And the salty stains of empathy.
Apologies for my name in pencil,
Saying you belong to me.

I apologise for the forgotten leaves pressed
that flutter out with the spine.
I guess I’m sorry that you won’t be read,
By others as you’re
Mine.

I will not share your story,
Although the words spread far.
Others will not see the tears,
the rips and binding scarred.

In a harsh environment
We look for allies sometimes
If you take your light away I will not die
Is the reflection so ghastly?
That’s okay, turn away
I love truth, & have no respect for a lie.

I have touched hearts I never truly knew
loved lines irrelevant, & found I grew
I never asked a thing from you
I just thought that we might share

Clones

Do you have any idea what its like to be me?
I said
And she said
You are no different from anybody else
I thought
I am
I know I am
Because how can anybody else
Feel what I feel?

I am like a million stars
Jettisoned into a heaving mass
Of creepy crawlies
Twinkling and bright
Armour plated nightmares
All turning over and over
In a tumble dryer
Is that how you feel?
I said
And she said
Yes

If the world were a chess board

There would only be
One king
The one percent

And more pawns
Than squares

Although
Theoretically
Any piece
Can become a king

They are the ones
That whole governments
Protect

Knights and castles
Queens
And bishops

And though we would be
No society
Without some rulers

Perhaps we should
Turn these squares

These borders
And board rooms

Into growing gardens
Instead of cubicles

Your eyes
your vision
your shyness
okay coyness
one I may see a face full of smiles
that gives thee
an immense glee

then upon your eyebrows
plant a kiss before I flee
as you shower a basket full
of blush, as you fish for me

give me a smile
that I can hide
within the inner folds of all I desire
caged in my heart's corner for ever

It feels like
you let me go,

like a kite
in the wind.

The sky is so vast,
a canvas of clouds,

of goodness
and ghosts,

I would love
to meet
and meld with.

I feel free
for a while;

like I’m going
finally
forward.

Until I realize,
with a jerk,

you still hold the string
of my heart.

The last say
over the next hill

Love,
or the magnolia's song?
Pheylethyltomine
another addiction or
only for silly me

here in the museum on the moon
where suicide is free
on lost youth and face time
and comments and poetry
dictate our state of growth

Alvioli and gum
and Pain Lessons
so immense
flagging the cutback
of my fumes

A storm of darkness prevailing on
Inside the body that holds this song
Lucifer entered open heart on display
Thought by thought, consuming the dark
My fallen angel never to part

An overwhelming thought too think
An end to agony that persists
With something as simple as a 'click'
Or maybe, a pop, drop or swallow
Dancing devil shook me and left me hallow

Love is everyday
Don’t dress it up
Don’t make it special
Love is there
Its not elusive
Or once in a lifetime
It is here and now
Surrounding everything
Seeping into the corners
With the dust and crumbs