- In an empty room
with empty thoughts,
I lay,
drifting on waves
of emotion
and sailing away
with time.
- We all have the mask.
The mask that we put on
when someone you love
is dancing in the sun,
because you don't want to be
the cloud that blocks the
sunshine.
- Black clouds,
rollin' coal,
headin' through
the dirty hills. That's
my way of life. I got
a 12inch smoke-stack,
4 12s in the back
on them 35" Nittos
(Please use mine!)
- Progress (contd. from last week):
We walk
together down
the street.
He holds me close
by the hand
with a tight clutch--
a sense of relief
empowers us both.
- Hollow haerts and
shallow minds...
I look to you for
comfort bt all I
see is a closed door
and your smirked
face behind it.
- Lips,
closed with silent
words escaping the
blue of the eye.
Hands,
cautiously touching skin.
Love?
One night is all
I need to
hear.
- "I'm in love
with you"
A blank stare,
then I see
him smile
through a pixilated
screen
The feeling of relief.
- Slapped in the face
with reality
tears slice down
her face.
Freedom.
- Sometimes it takes staying
awake until six in the
morning to really rest.
- I sit in front of him,
he leans toward me,
I lean away, slowly.
Try to focus on the
movie.
He puts his arm
around me.
Oh no.
- My blouse glows orange
under the blacklights.
I am a moving
traffic cone.
Caution:
amateur mini-golfer
in action,
it screams.
- Tall trees still alive,
yellow leaves shine,
gently falling to the
ground
Hot days follow
each other, never ending.
Texas
Water is still.
- Black hair
Blue eyes
Red lips
Grandma at Thanksgiving.
- The sun warmed my back,
while bitter cold stung my
face.
All that was ahead of me
was the sting of the
wind and the frost of
the sky.
- As he stood there,
over
me
Not only was his body
trembling and shaking,
but his blood was thinning
and his heart was
breaking.
- Lies and love told
passing through a
screen.
--Flashback--
A night of bruised
hips and red faces
Flirt?
Mixed signals.
- My hands shake
as the horn plays.
All the memories,
the good times will
never be forgotten.
The bitter cold
brings the vicious
ceremony to an end.
- The paint
swarms, like
an insect,
eager to
consume the
green waste
of the gray.
- On a frosty
afternoon
the sun shines
above the clouds
forgotten on a day
like yesterday.
- The silent sound of snow falling
fills the atmosphere.
I should've asked him.
- Awkward limbs
wrapped around
awkward places.
A cold night,
yes.
Expectations shattered
and plans made.
Eye contact cut-off
by that night.
- Shadowed days. Warm
basements, I lay
there, your head
limp on my shoulder
your warm breath
hitting my sweatshirt.
You look up
at me & my heart
melts away. Dripping
down to nothing.
- Your living room became
an ocean.
Your couch a boat.
When it began to
sink,
I clung to you
to keep from
drowning.
- Bubblegum lips form over
the pain of weak hearts.
Kissing away diversity and
color.
Holding malicious creatures
between its gnashing teeth.
Love?
- Leaves dance
across a bleak
surface. Glinting,
reflecting the sky
that they fell from.
- Cold, warm breath
fogged up the air in
front of me.
Cold raindrops
caught my eyelashes
slowly dripping
down my face.
He leaned in and our
lips met....
- Butterscotch flowers
line to line red dragonfly
shines away, green soil.
- The leaves, rocks, fall in
the lost pieces of the past,
an apple tree gone.
- The blankets wet
with the many tears that have
been stored away.
- The sound of a car,
The smell of a pizza,
gives my life meaning.
- Heart racing
tick tick tack
word by word--
procrastinating is
not easy.
- The weightless leaves
flow, in the black abyss
stuck and trapped
until decay.
- Sparks burst--
fireworks fly
the tingle of his touch
embraces me.
Our lips meet and
create a symphony.
- Red lips stained
the glass filled
with merky clay
old water.
laughter left the
lips that left the
marks.
- The wind whistles
through the dented screen.
Distant giggles
echo down the now
abandoned
street.
As my eyelids are dragged
d
o
w
n
by exhaustion.
- She stared at
me silent,
Her arms sadly
slumped at her sides,
Eyes speak more than
words.
- You looked at me
through a computer
screen and your pixelated
smile traveled miles and
miles to keep me warm.
- The bright powder
clouds the air--
it settles on runners'
hair, like dust.
Music pounds
through the crowd,
and then,
we are off.
- I'm so tired of the
rain falling softly
on the ground,
Just enough to
make my feet
wet, but not
enough to let
me drown.
- The letters taunted
me. Only the click-
clack of keys under
my fingers gave me
comfort when my
bones started to
come alive.
A breeze
full of a million
thoughts trickled
through my mind,
beginning
to finish a masterpiece
- A ceiling full of stars,
a spark in the night
followed by many more
innocent sounds of
laughter as we sit
where no one knows
where we are.
- Last night
I realized how
much I love you.
When you wouldn't
even look at me
my heart fell into
my stomach
and I struggled to
keep from throwing
it up.
- Tissues and Nyquil scattered
all aroundme. I drift out of
my body and stare down at
myself, a faint smirk
crosses over my face.
- No one thought our love
would be everlasting,
our mysterious connection
will always remain
magnificent
it's a creation that will
be kept for eternity.
- The diesel fuel cascading down,
magically kissing the future.
To love the power-engine.
- Symphonic blues cruise
their disillusion fascinates
paleolithic beasts confronted...
by the lethargic facades,
painted in the sky.
- I sat there, just sat, my mind
locked up by my heart was
raging.
My heart wanted something
love?
honesty?
anything...
I watched as her lips touched his:
cold...
I could see the ice drip off them.
I hoped my mind was playing tricks,
but my hope was betrayed by the truth
and the truth was betrayed by love,
its best friend.
- I had anticipated the
happiness and true joy.
It was breath-taking.
Everything was beautiful.
- Born between Aids
and 9/11 my
generation has
experience with
trauma. Numb
from the
diseases cast upon
the Earth
- Society can
shape you into a molded
form.
You aren't going
to fit into the perfect
puzzle of society
so...
be yourself,
raise hell &
change the world.
- When we he would do a poem,
I would get butterflies
in my stomach.
His powerful words grasped
me and held on tight.
- The beast falls
from an industrial sky.
- Chatter of gossip
spits from frozen lips
breaths of air
condense above our heads
the crowd cheers,
but the cold harshens
the tone.
- Bird cages,
freeing the souls
that are trapped
in the normal life-style.
- Today is such a dope day.
- The passion in one's spirit
all at once
surfacing in
the string of words
that spill from his
heartfelt face.
- There are more of you,
than there are
of us
and yet,
you're scared of me?
you're afraid of me?
- Black enough
to wear the
jersey on the
field next
to your son.
- Friday night, I
skyrocketed to space.
Then you spread constellations
across my skin
and I crash-landed
into your arms.
- Could collect
enough stars
on the way
down to
turn the
burlap sack into
a balloon...
- The skyline
kisses the twinkling
city lights,
cars bustle by
and the moon glows
on my goose-bumped legs.
- Early in the
morning, the
plastic rake snatches
the rustic leaves,
holding them captive
in the bag cage.
- Tears are replaced
by a nervous snicker
as the lecture ensues,
teaching me the
rights and wrongs of
the life I must
survive.
- Hair in a bun,
she rubs over
my tattoo and
says,
"It's a scar.
It makes me
sad that something
so pretty can hurt
so bad."
- When I told
him about you,
he asked if I
threw a penny
into a
wishing well.
- She twists herself in
the air at least 100
feet high--still spinning
and spinning
as all
the seconds
go by.
- Small raindrops
dance with my freckles.
Metal bars under
my feet,
fun childhood memories,
new memories,
stolen kisses in
the rain.
- My head,
just a resting boulder
on his chest.
Rising and falling
with each breath--
his racing heartbeat
steadies mine.
- Tears well up
in my tired eyes.
A heavy heart
pounds,
through my delicate chest.
A chaos of confusion
circles the air
around my mind.
Tip-toeing in to
make things worse.
- The red dragon
fly in my eye
emits ink in the elevator
up memory support
dead on the cheese platter.
- I scream:
a riddle in the sky
on a foggy night.
You drive up to my
house. You trace the
corners of my
mouth... Pause,
*Embrace*
then leave again softly,
as if to say,
"I don't need you
anymore.
- Staring into his
eyes, I can
see the pain
I've caused.
His heart is
beating a million
beats per second.
"I'm sorry"
escapes from me.
Just loud enough for
him to hear.
- She wore a
smile on her
face.
Only to prevent
the world from
seeing the
tears about to
break.
- Rivers run from her
eyes as her hands
grip the bowl.
Confessions that should
have been left unsaid
hunched over throwing-up
her pride.
I hold her hair and think.
- 11:00pm became
1:00am. Memories
scattered across
the floor like a
flurry of snow.
Keeping the new,
throwing out the
old-wasted.
- Distant shouts
fill every molecule in the air.
Broken hearts left unstable.
Questions circle around my head.
Standing alone.
Who's to blame?
- My sister
looked at me with
evil eyes
as I told her
I will spread my
wings and fly.
Evil eyes said, then I will
clip your wings.
- A clean gutter not
attached to any sewage
glistened reflecting
sun to all corners
of the pool.
- Seeing her
twirl and laugh
in her blue
tutu. Adorning
eyes on her
beauty, Oh
what I would
give to
have my
innocence
back.
- Hearts racing
Embracing
Opportunity is a can't miss
Stolen kiss.
- The dark sky cried
inside, I stared out
thinking of nothing.
Slicing through the sky,
a magnificent luminescence.
- I drive past those
roads once more,
day after day,
I watch the green
grass turning yellow,
the leaves leaving
the trees, the roads
cracking as winter
approaches.
- An autumn aspen leaf.
- Almost paper-like,
has a scent of wildfire
smoke, human like in
the way that it has
nerves/veins.
- Her wood burning
tool was hot. It
steamed as it
touched the wood.
- It was her escape
if only for a small
amount of time.
Only leaving her and
the sizzle of the
wood; and smoke in
her eyes.
- Shiny screen
worn from the time
I have dropped it.
White.
Marked with various
finger prints.
- Something so
small means so
much to me
sitting waiting
wishing for a
buzz.
- This net has lines
and stripes, but is
mostly empty.
It's actually a
division from one
side to the other.
- This object is not
allowed to be touched,
but reminds to be
aggressive, work with
my side, but
against the other.
- The old clock
yellowing with age.
- It holds me as a
hostage in each class
before I am saved by
the bell.
- The roaring engine of
a blood-red lawn mower
cuts the mint green
grass into cheese grater
pieces.
- I dragged my
feet across my
carpet, getting
closer and closer to
my soft freedom.
I leaned forward,
face first into the
refreshing coolness
of the pillow.
- Lights flash
scream and yell
the orange wave roars
in-com-plete!
- Shining lights
hung above us
like a thousand twinkling stars.
While the Earth
crumbled around
us, slowly losing
our grip.
- Whispering kind words
in her ear,
knowing that it is
exactly what she wants
to hear.
She falls for him &
he walks away.
- As the Indian guitar
played, I smiled
at my parents
and ate my
biryani. Out with
my parents on
a Friday night.
- Under the stars' total quiet
staring at the fire while we
make our smores.
Puppy trying to jump
in the fire
to eat all the sticks
that are burning.
- Soft red lips,
and a warm feeling
from an unfamiliar face.
- a cool breeze
danced through my
hair as I sat
and watched the
world pass by.
- On Pearl Street
A sticky, hairy
man walks up
and asks,
"Want to Party?
- Unwanted attention
needy hands
lustful eyes.
I stand as the boys prey.
I am but a fox in
a sea of hunters.
Wishing my shirt
wasn't so low-cut.
- Tail wagging,
wrinkles flying,
bounding toward
the kitchen
new bone
sticky drool
laying in front of
the open door.
Chewing with a
view.
- I wipe my tears
of sadness away
and leave the tears
of joy streaming
down my face. Because
I know that she is
in a better place.
- The lake shimmers
as the lure hits
the surface. I slowly
reel in hoping that
a fish will fall for
my deception.
- 3 stranded among brands.
with wasted battery and saved screenshots.
coming home with more than we had
when we left, our
pockets lighter.
- It was quiet as
the nail polish
hit my toe nails,
and slowly moved.
- Dusk comes and
her mind is in constant
motion. Laughter
fills the basement
as the still drunk
teenagers talk of the
prior events.
And she just sits and watches.
- The warm smell of barbeque,
The grass, cleanly cut as I ran over it.
The laughter of other kids--
for that moment, I had no cares.
- My head on a fluffy flower pillow,
bundled in covers upon overs,
Bach playing soothingly
in the background,
keeping me in deep sleep.
Dreams of what I want my life to be like.
- Laughter, love and wildness filled
the atmosphere mixed with
black smoke.
The fire flickered as we all snickered.
The wind blew & drew blankets over everyone.
The smell of warm marshmallows tingled my nose;
the taste--a great night.
- Her words flowed out of
her mouth like a waterfall, spilling
colorful sounds and words into my ears,
causing my emotions to swell
& spill out of my eyes,
just as the words did out of her mouth.
- Everyone is silent.
The only thing heard
are the running noses
of those whom
hold back their tears.
- Tears drop...
they hit the
cold
hard
ground.
- From the dark, dirty clouds
Fall pure, transparent water.
- He touches my
waist
to lead me
gently but firmly
away from
the source of my tears.
- The tears of
the past
don't have
to affect our
future. Live
it out with
happiness
and let the
sadness roll
away.
- On the table
before us are
many small, round
teacups filled
to the brim with
desire.
- Waiting in the bone-
chilling rain, with doubtful
hope he will turn around
and apologize, I've lost
all control.
- I am living,
I am writing on
a notecard but
I am living.
- The clouds
annoyingly
lingered tempting
us of what
may follow.
- Dirt roads silent as
night falls. Stars
scatter across
the sky making
the milky way
visible. Coyotes
sing crossing barren
field.
- I find that I only smile
when he smiles...
Is that love?
- Black
needle injecting ink
like sun into flowers.
The pain of feeling
alive courses through
as the picture fades
through.
- Your touches
are like
little bugs
on my
porcelain
skin.
- Slowly falling
out of reality
and the only things
keeping me here
(feet on the muddy ground)
are you & your embrace.
- The peer pressure
felt like a dress
size too small.
- Within her soul
cries the champion,
longing for her
voice to travel
among the waves
of the sea.
- Huge black wings
billowed in white
light, the feathers
like a favorite
pair of jeans.
- A spur of the
moment affair,
every word we
said was right.
"Is this okay?"
She asked me,
and then she
closed her eyes.
- I grab his hand
& force him to feel
my heartbeat
so he knows
our hearts beat
together.
- It falls away
like rotten flesh,
revealing tender pink emotions.
- Savannah winds
blow through
the lion's
mane.
Silent, it hunts.
- snow falling,
wind blowing,
music playing,
trees dancing.
- Leonardo DiCaprio's disappointed
tears staining his fine Italian
silk pillow in his 4th
favorite bedroom while he
dries his eyes with hundred
dollar bills.
- And I am so deep
in his eyes
That when he
closes them
I am drowning
and confused.
- The knobby fingers click
furiously,
bathed in the soft blue glow
of possibility.
- The fog rolled
across the asphalt
engulfing the trees
and cars as it
moved.
- The undeniable
daydreams
of
leaving.
- Old & new sting when combined
I still just want to
forget
it and you and me
in a world of dark
that will calm me
late, dark
droplets falling.
- He shattered his
glass of water when
she told him the news.
- A canvas as black as nothing.
Speckled with countless tiny white spots.
A curved smile brightens the night.
Weightless,
Yet heavy.
- The cool breeze blows
the sand into different patterns
as the sound of waves
crashing onto the shore fills
my ears.
- The swirls of the
tree branches.
- Looking through the
beautiful pine trees
scattered across the
forest floor covered
by a blanket of
snow. So quiet and
peaceful the only thing
heard is the birds
whispering to each other.
