the rawest form of the soul…

“I Am a Poet”

I am a poet, an artist of poesy,

whose product is poetry, which is the rawest form of the soul.

I bleed ink, blue like the ocean in my thoughts,

thick like the weight in my chest,

bold as the words in my head.

“A Lulluby for Restless Shadows”

There’s music living in your walls.
Lean in, and you can hear.
Let the minstrels inside your head calm your fears
And in the morning when you wake,
Write me a novel, dear
Of the music living in your walls
That’s still ringing in your ear

“she said just one step”

She said just one step, one breath at a time
But she wanted to fall, and she wanted to fly.
Patience is a virtue she knows all too well
But when you’re around, she’s under your spell:
Your eyes like dying stars,
Your skin like warmth in winter,
Your smile reassuring there is no one to hurt her.
Thoughts of you stick like honey to hands
And when they’re gone, she wants you back again.
How lucky she is to feel hurt to wait
To hope for next-times and count down the days
Til your voice may hang in the air once more
But one more step towards you
Is one more step to fall.

“Poetry is Dead”

Poetry is dead—
There is nothing left to improve.
Whether it rhymes like a fine-tuned song
or doesn’t
Is now up to thee
There are no new schemes
No Dream that’s never been Dreamed
But with death comes legacy—
And hers shall last an eternity

“Tethered”

Put my anxious mind to rest
My home is in my head
My heart is our cadaver
When done, sew it back with thread
Not too thick, just strong enough
To hold it all together
And when you leave,
Please cut the string
Else to you, I will be tethered.

“The Seed of Hate”

When the seed of hate is cultivated,
it grows into the ugliest tree in the forest.
It grows steadily and large,
but if you knock on the wood,
it is hollow
and rotted on the inside.
The vines and branches that surround it make the trunk of the tree difficult to get to,
and they choke out and kill all life it touches.
However
once it is reached, it is easy to push the whole tree down.