give me fleeting knowledge

name of a road

view from rented window

a waitress’s smile

give me first drops of rain

a row and seat

a hotdog’s price and taste

nearby child’s eyes

give me moments that fill

leave memory unburdened

and refresh like

the last firework’s crackle or

the path of syrup on pancakes

He stared at her

As if she was a gift

One that he wanted

To slowly unwrap

Careful to embrace

And only have all

To himself— each

And everyday-

O, he smiled~

Thinking of how much

She truly was better

Than any gift in the world

Far greater than all the money,

Silver & gold across time/space

He moved in her direction

Leaned forward ready to hold

Her so tight, with the thought

Of how lucky he was to have met

Her in this lifetime and he made

A vow to find her in the next one.

#EternalBliss (C) 01/08/2021.

I asked if we could talk

So, we walked around your neighborhood

And saw men at work stripping a tree of its branches

we watched from the curb

It was perfectly healthy

Just growing in inconvinient directions

So they had to prune

I tell myself that's what I'm doing here

That it's needed or justified

Cutting us apart in our prime

#breakup #love #poetry #freeverse

In the streets

of dusky wind and cloudy sphere;

The silence prevails, the silence prevails.

Red red despair

bloody noon, bloody day

feet on the way and souls slayn’.

Scary scars, dreary dead

I crawl over my land

hurts more than a deep shallow sword,

Like a friend to a fiend.

A child to child

in the warming wombs cries underneath

Men to men, some young some worn

have lost their breath.

I held my tears

I let them go

I held them over

deep and more.

Bow down your crowns and pray

better we shelve,

Hunt us holy, sick and frail

Deaf is our cure, dear Dave dear Dave!

Red red despair

Bloody noon bloody day

Feet on the way and souls slayn.

Fragile lips, the eyes of pearls

A voice as clear the voice heard

Blood is hence mourn hails;

In the streets

of dusky wind and cloudy sphere,

The silence prevails, the silence prevails.

hot lips of thunder

heat bolt touch

two fused as one

(Oh oh oh oh)

Dark charcoal that sits cold,

matches burn,

the envy eats away.

Music stole my soul.

Hot embers scar my feet,

melt my shoes,

the pain sets in.

Death will take me far away.

Ashes blow in the wind,

and clouds my lungs,

cover me, hide who I am.

Regret will bring me back.

I opened the door to find

The inside of my mind

My conscience appeared blind

Detaching from the bind

That creates every thought

Original... not bought

In anger I was caught

So with it I had fought

For every memory

That made me into me

For thoughts I’d never see

For unseen victory

I lost the fight that day

I couldn’t make her stay

There were no words to say

As my conscience slipped away

You seem happier

I should have suspected

Three years in the making

You deserve to smile again

To love again

And this time

I understand

Stay in bed.

Dream all day.

Live your life the simple way.

Close the door.

Turn away.

It's all experience anyway.

Desire this?

Desire that?

Either way you'll go astray.

Run and hide.

Stay inside.

All there is to do is pray.