Battlefield.

My arms ached
from being behing my back
tethered and bruised
wrists bleeding
down my fingers
clenched
as the vultures
wings flapping
in a triumphant gesture
feasted
upon my bretheren.

Us and Them

I sat next to her
watching
my older sister
my friend
my hero
as she listened to
the phone
in her hands
almost dangling
her eyes
two hosts
to disappointment
which lke a parasite
lived there
flashing out
from behind them
as he said the words
barely audible to me
"I don't know
what I would do
without
my two little
girls."
Our eyes met then...
mine wide
with anticipation
hers slitted in pain
He did not mean
us.

Pride 1

I have been
licking
my open wounds
so long
I never thought
letting them go
would help them
to heal.

Come

It does not
ever matter
how much
you need lust want lack fantasize
or silently beg for
something
or rather
someone

Sometimes,
he just
won't
come.

The question...
burned in your eyes
when I answered
I became
the enemy
and I didn't
know it
couldn't hear it
through your pretty
words
and soft
caress

All heart

Everybody knows
there's nothing
like it
nothing I can do to hide it
see through me
a sheet of glass
staring out from
inside the class
always making a song
in my heart
you don't want to hear
it sets me apart
longer still
the wait for release
an understanding
some kind of
peace
if you aren't with them
they can talk about
pieces broken
inside and out
questions answered only
make the riddle grow
all heart
and nothing else to
show.

Sick

One small choking noise
and my constitution
broke apart
burning back
the holding
the feeling
of wracking
shaking body
Two hands graspng
the stain
on the rug
looking sideways
I was
laying down.

Sunrise

I watched it
this morning
with sun
glasses so dark
it still seemed
like night even
though the
sun was
still there
I thought how
it is that
sunsets
and rises
are so much
alike
but somehow
never see
eye to eye.

Cherry Spark

I know
what you're
thinking
I know what you said
but whatever you're
imagining
its so much better
in my head

All I have to do
is sit here
quietly in the dark
and take in what's
in front of me
and watch the cherry
spark

Surrounded

I was just
going by
Looking to the left
I saw a brick
wall
Looking to the right
I saw a
sign

"Free ticket to Heaven... Inquire inside."

Either way
I could have taken
the offer.

dinner tonight

All too often
people make me
feel
as though
the only thing
they want from
my company
is to
eat my
lunch meat.

steer

as the wheel
turns over
I know that
whatever it was
whatever I left behind
its dead now