incisionary
sick skills with a
scalpel
carve out the hooks
left in my skin
tweeze glittered shards of glass
before they find their way to blood
scrape my eyeballs clean
clouded or occluded
seeing nothing clearly
hearing the call
of rusty toothed gears
that will squeeze the juice from me
boil me down to essence
like mud syrup or glue
i'll dry
and then the wind
will take me
grain by grain
ten thousand alones
scattered recycled
but not to be continued
voices
how came us some
to so awkward a skin
joint aches
bones and places unforeseen
old friends un-at-peace
with their where they are
none started off as island aging
blossomed adrift floating candles
solitary arm's length
years' worth of
disappointed come hithers
an inch is not less than a mile
when it comes to distance
that is allowed to gather
Sometimes, just cry...
floater
face down kissing fishes
counting stitches
soft heart target
cochineal lip stain smeared
imaginary intoxicant
fettered by trust
deceived by lust
falsehoods crumbs
tainted triangulated
will o'wisp
well of wishes
prayer flags
poison mercies
faith forsaken
grace that never was
honoraria
waiting for monsoon
dust precipitation mud
brief temporal paradise
cool and finite
thunder crack
fireworks
a day
to commemorate
try ideas on for size
like hate love and
that in between of
both/neither
on point at attention
eyes of disdain
judge and by this
are diminished
unaware
a cloak of invisibility
to hide you from yourself
It's Often
Very Dark
In Here
tenebrosity
long dark sunny day
invited into dreams
monochromatic essence
cold passion cold lips
eyes averted
whisper in the shadows
anthropomorphized finely carved
dew clouded stone faces
never ponder their existence
never forced to choose between hells
perpetuity
idealized perfection
spanish moss midnight fog
acid rain
romantic gothic
poignant gesture
petite monument
mirror polish
cool marble rooted
waiting for mourners
that never arrive
fata morgana
arbitrary impersonal
target practice
skills honed precision surgery
trophy excised
expired bodies
buried in the backyard
bystanders pay no heed
to the stench of decay