5 posts tagged “poetry”
(work in progress)
He says he'll be home by midnight
Don't bother to call
Now he's turning down the boulevard
Looking for a house he's never seen before
A stranger greets him in the doorway
And ushers him inside
There's darkness all around him
And it's feeding off his lies
Another accidental lie
In his accidental life
Another accidental lie
Ends his accidental life
The stranger in the doorway
Is stranger than he seemed
Consumed by rage and passion
He ties up their son
Another accidental lie
In his accidental life
Another accidental lie
Ends their accidental life
I'm reading The Magician's Nephew, and researching Narnia. These lyrics came into my head:
Maybe we'll travel by wardrobe
Maybe we'll save the world
Maybe we're meant for something better
Than the things we predict will unfold
I'm the catastrophe
Rising from the boiling sea
My tidal surge or wrath
Floods the homes of sinners
Bow before my act of attrition
I purge the earth
The Golden Calf falls
I scourge the land
Fire consumes the Lambs
(1)
Strong line of his jaw
A diamond stud in his ear
The curve of his lips
They part slowly, form a smile
-To feel the burn of his skin!
(2)
I knead your fingers
Push forcible into skin
Contrasting colors
Caught up in a red moment
Feelings are likely to flee
(3)
Eyes like burnt pumpkin
Skin like living coal
Hands move expertly
(4)
A discrete affair
Hidden inside bathroom walls
Secure the cheap lock
Heat. The only evidence
And a longing left behind
(5)
It's a graveyard heart
A crowded mausoleum
Love in a casket
(4)
Rich and filled with soul
Lay hands upon afflicted
I hear, “Salvation.”
(5)
Ice covered river
With your frozen limbs and hands
But warm blood beneath
(7)
Oceanic blue-
Maudlin, sad hue so dreary
What’s beneath your depths?
(10)
The steam room is hot
Clouds of sweat and blood pass by
Spirits are broken
(16)
It was a faux paux
Now, it’s cool to wear burlap
But only Prada
*Note: I have kept the origional numbering of the poems. I really can count better than that.
