raised voices, thrown plates children huddled in the corner soft kisses, sweet caresses leaving bruises in their wake bar fights, hospital beds rain falling down their cheeks curly hair, straight hair things passed to our daughters long days, short nights wonder if i’m like my father heart breaks, short sight wonder if i’m like my…
Category: crappy poetry
the boy
Everything she had she gave to the boy he never gave her a thing in return I guess he only knew how to destroy she never cared cause she didn’t feel the burn her mother told her to give what she got for she was a kind girl in her youth too she thought that…
the book
the sky was blue with a hint of burnt orange the coolness felt upon waking up seemed like a joke now he was sweating from the steadily rising temperature new trees growing green sprouts and buds all around an orange flower in the distance the hike up the mountain face in the morning leaning back…
god
he was sort of in a daze “maybe it’s god” the road said and little whists of mist came swirling out the crowd tore his gaze for a moment struck by the sense of awe there was a longing in the eyes he saw people they were being saved by some divine power a little…
the bonfire
burning the whole forest down was five people dancing around the bonfire shuffling to the side singing he didn’t understand it these people at the bunker have surely noticed by now “who’s up there?” ”we want to invite you to joint us in our praises to nature and the spirits”
the stream
some spots were nothing but holes a far cry from where he’d grown up before everything changed at dawn i’d go to the stream.
the heat
where the smoke had grown the heat surged out in waves the wind didn’t matter the temperature was so hot it felt as if his skin might melt his eyes felt as if they were being baked he tried to force tears but there was nothing.
the perfect day
i had a perfect day and you and i were running for the sun you liked the world being empty and i lost any desire for a perfect day
humor
a spark of humor could make the seconds go far for a long time when it made a real smile