poetry
Table for 3
I ordered a table for 3 Me, her and her fears Fear was that one companion she always held onto So portable she never had qualms carrying it along Her fears were full already Already satisfied with the lie that love was a mirage She never got to wrap her...
Just Asking...
Have you ever felt like a waste of breath? Like your lungs were serving a lifetime punishment for a crime they never committed Have you ever felt like your inhale should be repossessed? Like someone else deserved it triple times more than you do Have...
WEATHER FOR TWO
The night was getting darker And her light skin shone like sunlight So bright it lit up the room With everything in it including him The rain had just began to perch on the sun beaten roof Drop by drop till it graduated into unpleasant rhythm And she...
JOY IN JAIL
Your love caught me in the act again Like it always has With both hands soaked in sin Face smeared in the color of condemnation And though I tried hard enough to deny my atrocities like I always did With danger dripping down my finger nails My eyes pleaded...
BALLOT CORPSES
Here I am… Tracing prints of bloodshed, the very blood you swore to protect I have had my hands furnished in blood, the color of your atrocities It seems I am only skillful in ending lives and redirecting ballot boxes But I am done walking the wire And...
HAVE YOU EVER?
Have you ever fallen in love? You could literally see your breath in someone else’s hands You’ll feel your ribcage crack open Waiting to retrieve that which was taken But then it felt autumn peace been laid in the case of another And all you had to do...
BARE(embrace the flaws)
My cupboard is filled up With a leech of lies My shoes are filled with false pride And there’s a fleet of confusion in my sternum There’s traffic in my mind No escape route this time I should have listened When conscience spoke like gentle storm I should...
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