Destruction

I can feel the incessant
ticking
beating of time
I can feel the
foundation cracking
Webs of fractured lines
but the house
the house is never
never going to fall
Because you will never
never stand for it
until you lie
lie underneath it all

Forget it

Not many
would say that
I'm worth it.

They forget
so
easily.

All Over

It rang in my head
all day
I kept thinking
and thinking
the neurons firing inside
that all I reallly
needed
was more time
more
pain
then I could do it
then
I could
I could give in
and do what I was longing to
it was like
reaching out to touch the fire
even though you know
its going to burn
my skin tingled
and it was
all over.

* **** ***

maybe
these words
are all
we are

these words
will always
mean something
to me

Nice

I can't save it all
I can only
hang on
what is left behind
after you
take my dignity
I try to be
so
nice
but when you smile at me
you twist the knife
deeper
but I will smile back
as I bleed.

Listening

I put my ear
Up to the door
and heard the
ghosts
dwelling behind it
singing through
the house in its
emptiness
and
entirety.

Yours and Mine

We were outside
in a field
out of sight
not even six
or seven
when you pulled down
your pants
to show me
I wonder now
at having this memory
at my age