- 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.
