counter star
you reach the fork in the road
you violate it,
you put it into ultraviolet light
they wrote messages to you
for you, which path do you take
if it’s for me then it’s for god’s sake
if left was …
Veracities
1.
Here
I cannot deny all lonelinesses
That hide in the wardrobe
Or under the bed
When you enter the room.
They are mine;
They are a third presence between us
But you shouldn’t find them
Any more than faint. …
How Did I Get Here?
I look into the doorknob
Because you’re at the mirror.
Stumble down the stairs
In the middle of the night,
Nobody cares,
You let yourself fall behind.
I take my broken bones,
The gnawed ivory,
And speak your silence.
You’ve …
Disappointment Converted
Falling away from the sky,
In a rising cloud is your crooked eye.
That haunting look
You give me
When the surprise
On New Year’s Eve
Doesn’t quite live up
To your absurd expectations.
As the sky disappears behind unknown …