Today I Learned
I. Today I Learned
I bury all I am in my sins,
Faith in liquored-love.
Fairy bottles replay static memories.
Plenty of bruises, red rift scars,
Blood spurts
And limbs locked;
Punch drunk tempting her fate
Corroding cherry wraith
Goblet crush
Top her off!
Sure today I tell you how I feel.
Daisy fangs swirl a trillion;
At midnight we sat in the back seat of the
Silver mustang
Butterflies fluttering in circadian allure
Fresh foaming crystal brew wrestling my mangled tongue.
With You playing, windows open,
Honeycomb night air veiling
Tingling liquored-liver,
I stare at your phone
and
silver skylines end.
II. No names left to trust
So I develop my alter ego,
gold chain hanging
To my mosaic heart,
I stumble among extinct stars,
Trap cold character:
Ice Age.
Soon the round world fades,
Faces blur, gold lenses curve all
l o v e.
Jump my h o p e.
Tan cap like Yin
and
Yang.
Polo emblem my ensemble;
Her tan skin like drops of honey
Sky resembles my F e a r.
III. Sin Miedo Me Voy….
Heaven only knows what awaits
Sore shoulders and unfurling gates
Trade stress for two thousand hops
Crack calve muscles:
Tectonic shift.
Cortisol huffs cool in serotonin rush
Far off I see liquified azul twilight
Orange creamsicle dreams,
Splashes of tangerine
flutters.
Infectious spirals smile before
collapsing.
I felt nothing but
Crushing breathes,
Heart echoing in my cavernous chest
droplets forming
Calcified
d
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t
h
s.
IV. It Began With the Sun
Laser rays and isolation
Just how I would spend
the end of
My sunflower youth
Before I set off to my adventure,
A life that could not be claimed by
My mother’s past
Only my feet marching to newfound
Fear.
I wore a silky white T-Shirt,
Daisy wore overalls and a gray long sleeve
Late summer sun blazed black leather seats,
Metal belt stung with magma jaws;
A day at the mall with friends,
That's all It was.
I was just coming back from Houston
Something about the city ate away at me,
My family felt like a parasitic reflection:
A dystopian image I could not rattle- so I
Marched off.
Nothing but plains blessed my surroundings,
Farmland said to be gold
Dead grass like evergreen forests
Orchards sprayed with white paint
Tar roads with chalk drawings leading
Up to
Twists and turns
Here I faded away from
The front seat conversations
Let my shy tendencies take hold
Gold lenses flaring with curiosity,
H o p e.
V. Tonight You Belong To Me
I saw a maniac on the car roof in
The mall garage parking lot slowly slipping,
Screaming, not afraid but excited,
Clenching stupidity and death with flailing arms.
I awoke from my silent stupor, shot
Joy from my anchored mind
Strolled shop after shop realizing what this could all be,
Freedom from laser rays and isolation:
A new happiness.