Life Blood

It courses through

the veins becoming

my life

blood

Ought I

panic

Ought

I say this

isn’t right

What if

this

is?

Humaness of Memories

Memories assault

Inflict invisible wounds

No god answers my plea

None dare respond

I am not worth it

The humanness of my is

transparent, absent

None understand, comprehend

The assault continues

as I seek an eternal

solution.

Chimera in disguise

Smile flashes, brief

unexpected mirth

unsettling expression

unease consumes

Control long lost

Chimera in disguise

Blankness washes over

bleak expression

customary desolation

manageable stasis

Desire hides

Exhilaration

Exhilaration provides

progress

fiery mind

bubbles popping in joyous celebration

Exhilaration fades

forever

with hope

black

Ordinary

Roses are red

The blank page taunts

All the good lines are gone

But that’s okay,

I prefer the extraordinary

Because they’re outside the box

Untitled

Newness is overrated

Fresh start a waste

Nothing begins anew,

once set into motion.

Only destruction

can follow.

Peanut Butter and Jelly

creamy peanut butter
concorde grape jelly
slathered with hope
smeared without care

chubby cheeks spew familiar breath
full of carefree giddiness
lost whilst the sun sets

You can never understand what you've never felt

Darkness, devastatingly black, is beyond them
Irritated confusion meets cold pain
with an exasperated sigh.
Their same feeble proddings
turn venomous in transit,
pierce the thin membrane
ignite and stoke the icy fire within.
The venomous proddings remain
releasing their toxins,
stoking the flame
that never eases the cold
nor lights the dark.
Misunderstanding surrounds
what remains unfelt.

Looming Salvation?

I am Atlas and Tantalus

Both their plights are mine

Yet I’ve done naught to deserve

Is this karma?

Ought I color myself Job as well?

Athena refuses my plea

Who shall save me from my fate?