scarlet necklace

A buried seed is bound to bleed

And split the earth with crimson head.

From thorns to rose, or so it goes,

Is born a sharp and sudden red.

And were I charmed and not alarmed,

I'd touch the velvet blossoming

Until my hand was pricked, unplanned,

And scarlet necklace start to bead.

Over my head and draped in dread,

A flower crown fit for a queen.

I watch the colors slowly spread

And find I'm trapped inside the seed.

piano keys

My fingertips send shooting stars

Bold, blazing 'cross the night.

Piano keys and galaxies,

I touch the infinite.

island

The ocean splits open
The land like a wound,
And I'm trapped inside, sinking
And lost in the the sound
Of tidal waves crashing
Like knives and blades gashing.
It's made me an island,
And so far from you.

your melting world

Shaken, drifting,
Specks in the water.
Settling, shifting
Within my small sphere.

You pick me up
And peer inside,
I want to touch
Your melting world.

Immortal snowflake in a globe
I wonder just how it would feel
To leave my ring,
Dissolve with Spring.

I don't want to sit
On a shelf and wait
For my world to shake.
I want to be
Where there are earthquakes.

But still I am so far away,
A snowstorm in the midst of May.

these poems

Lonely scribes

Burning inside.

These poems are

Our suicide.

The alphabet

We set ablaze

Unleash the fire 

In every phrase.

Perilous pen,

Breathing out ink.

Heart of a dragon,

Drowning in heat.

If words were swords

We'd stab ourselves through the heart.

In fairytales we slayed dragons,

But now the story is ours.

And people like us,
We set the world on fire.

sandstorm

As midnights fade to dusk pastels
I settle like dust on the shelf.
Slowly I become myself,
Softly strum that string farewell.

Swirling in the the sound awake,
The sandstorm and this subtle ache.

Motionless in the earthquake,

A desert chill, a winter heat.

I play the earth like a guitar,

Find beauty in each passing chord.

In tempest tune and song of storm

I'm shaped like desert sand, reborn.

And slowly I'm becoming me-
Softly succumbing to the sea.

sundial

Hands of the clock,

If you could stop

And hold me for a while,

Time would stand still

And we would feel

We'd spun a thousand miles.

Watch face,

If I could replace

Your blank stare with a smile,

We'd count the days

Within your gaze-

Drift into place like a sundial.

ghost town

My tongue is hard and black,
Swallowing these words like hot coals.
And my stomach is a pit of ash
Like a ghost town filled with ghouls.

If pencil lead could shoot instead
Of fire from my throat,
I'd write your name in silver flame
Upon a golden scroll.

But I'm breathing out destruction
And I've lost the sacred book.
The ghost town of a dragon,
Still, I'll find you in the smoke.

dewdrops

Together,
We're the light
Shimmering off drops of dew

Cup my hands
To catch the sunrise,
Feelings I don't want to lose.

And the future here seems brighter,
As I watch the sky
Turn blue,

When I think of all the mornings
That I want to spend
With you.

stella d'oro lilies

Stella d'oro sunset,
Splashing in your waterfalls.
You're sounding like a trumpet,
Ringing like a million bells.

Golden fountain bursting,
Bubbling up a tender shoot-
Flowers fading in the evening
And then springing up anew.

You start out as a trickle,
Rippling with yellow wings.
And now you are a river
Overflowing into me.

With open hands, daylily dance
And dying in the night,
You renew yourself eternally,
And I fall into your light.

a little like light

Consuming the darkness
And sipping on shade,
I breathe in the night
And I exhale the void.

In your vacant stare
With those funeral home eyes,
I looked through and saw
Only dead things inside.

So I donned a black dress
And I buried my fear
And I showed you the shadows
Are something we share.

We'll drink in the darkness
Together tonight,
And it's strange how it feels now
A little like light.

goosebumps

You're turning my skin
Into a million tiny canyons.
Adrenaline-
A hundred hikers' views.

If they all felt this rush
Then there would be an avalanche,
But I climb a mountain
Every time I think of you.

butterfly wings

Delicate
In orange and black,
A trembling flame
Upon your back.

Flutter free
From your cocoon
When with a spark
I kiss the moon.

Spirit descending
Through the air
In butterfly wings
And tongues of fire.

jupiter in june

Your fingerprints are craters on the moon,
And I'm glowing like the smallest silver spoon.
If you would stir your tea with me
I'd spin around like Saturn's rings,
And we'd sit on the porch swing
Like Jupiter in June.

opening

If I'm a cave
Then you're the opening.
You show me, tunneled deep,
That there is light.

And if I'm caving in
Then you can come down with me.
Collapse into the sun
That's come inside.

telescopes

Telescopes
And twisted glass formations
Can draw us deep
Into the distant night.

So teach me how to trace
These constellations
Before they scatter into stardust
With my sight.

monster

The grass is growing,
Grabbing at my ankles.
Edges frayed,
With sharp and jagged angles.

I tear it from the ground,
But higher still it will surround.

This shroud of green,
My efforts vain and feeble.
And here I was longing for rain,
But now I'm slipping under.
The barren ground a forest now,
The foliage a monster.

I'd run away but it was me
Who dug the holes and dropped the seeds.

The grass is growing,
And soon I'll be devoured.

radio

You're a song I can't get out of my head,
Like fingers through my hair.
Twirling every strand,
Unconscious radio of fear.

Repeating the same pattern
In a tapestry of song-
Under my scalp and crawling out
Whenever I'm alone.

My body screams, I rip the seam.
Follow the string, unwind.
I tear this tortured melody
From the fabric of my mind.

enmity

Your malice is magnetic,
My resolve a drop of rain.
And I'm pulled into your orbit-
Like a droplet down the pane.

Your force is strong and simple,
Drawn into a black escape.
Leaving streaks across the window-
Drifting farther into space.

My skin against the metal,
Aligned with stars and enmity.
You're becoming irresistable-
Water droplets, gravity.

thunderclouds

I found my home in thunderclouds,
But they melted into rain.
Now searching, scrambling through the sky
In lightning and in pain.

Sweet drops of solace that I found
From my hands slipping away.
Try to grasp the sorrow and the sound-
Reach out with jagged rays.

My clouds descend to earth in rain,
Still I'm stuck up in the sky.
Now blue and clear, but no one here,
And no place left to hide.