How can I be silent, How can silence fill my howl The tears I do not cry The grief I wear like a cowl That I borrowed from you As you lay dying The words I left unsaid My truths Exposed and cloying Patterns upon the bed Where I watched over you…
Tag: AprilA2Z
Q: Quiet #NaPoWriMo
Today someone asked after you I looked here and there unwilling to share your absence. And now I look as if on cue to the moon out there uncaring to share my silence.
P: Play #NaPoWriMo
If I turn on the lights I miss the glow of the sunset the night clouds chasing on the heels of the day. When I turn on the lights I almost do not see the moon half-full beaming down at me. When I turn on the lights I do not see you sitting by…
O: Obedience #NaPoWriMo
The virtues of obedience are best understood by those who are disobedient in their youth!
N: Nocturne #NaPoWriMo
I sit in the dark While the house sleeps The familiar sighs The gentle creaks The thump of a tail All the sounds I own As the house becomes home And I can rest in peace.
M: Misery #NaPoWriMo
It’s mid-day. I finally change out of my night shirt Also wear decent shorts for good measure. Maybe someone will visit? Misery. We are taught it’s all in the head How we can change our mood With only a thought It’s mid-day And if you’re not doing anything yet It is doubtful you…
L: lazy #NaPoWriMo
Too lazy to write a poem. No thoughts in my head. How about I write you An obituary, instead?
K: Knowing #NaPoWriMo
I do not know a lot of things Like viscera reports and forensics Paleontology … sounds absurd Quantum physics is surely worse Biology practicals, trust me I tried The world of organs that dwell inside. Why wars are fought, why nations wince Why terror rears up and humanity shrinks. Why nations edge to the…
J: Jaded #NaPoWriMo
The fever broke a day ago The palette of watercolours drying in the sun fractured Like rust peeling off that iron gate Where we walked the wild grass barefoot Looking out for ants that survive Eating at our togetherness. Our love is nothing but moonshine But how can I let you off the hook? You…
H: Hopelessness #NaPoWriMo
There’s a hole in the roof where the storm came through That night when it poured and the wind blew In gales, up-rooting trees, followed by thunder Lightning striking my fears asunder. I must have blacked out…for when I woke The sky was smiling sweetly and was blue I waited, I waited for three days…
G: Grateful #Napowrimo
“It’s not the end of the world”, You said, and you said it often Whenever something bad would happen From failed grades to plans That were cancelled. “Not the end,” you said, “not yet.” My world turned turtle The day you died. I was certain It was the end. But… The sun was still…
F: Fascination #NaPoWriMo
We are flying into the storm For the first time I see How lightning looks from the sky Jagged white streaks Whitening the clouds In grey and black Like a tube-light gone amok. The captain announces turbulent skies But we are landing soon And I wonder… If lightning strikes a bird as it flies Does…
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