When I'M Alone

When I'm alone, 
 my head is  hot in the clouds 
like vapour;  thoughts 
condensing like showers
after hours of pause and stares; 
 beneath chin, cupped hand
 holding dream drops,
and in the other,
a quill  and an ink overhead,
soaking with ideas,
blank sheets, to lay
 a head on,
 'tis soggy with emotions,
beyond  misty eyes,
salted with bitter pasts


my sober 
moments of use,
diffuse into evening hour,
in slumber I'll be,
head on puffy pillows;
like clouds in a blue sky,
blue days, sour grapes,
floating images
 reminders of wavy past,
rippling to my now,
laid on a bed 
with only one beating heart
at my left
and no lover's embrace 
to make it right
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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