Who sleeps anymore, let me know who?
With bloodshot eyes, playing at their
electronic zoos?
Games to play, and do not
forget Facebook!
Meanwhile, human touch?
Nah! Not in the playbook!
October 8, 2019
I saw her sitting there looking real sad
Tears that flow down her wet face very bad
Each teardrop exists with some great moist streaks
She has a violent reaction so bleak
Tears move from her bloodshot eyes down her cheeks
Quickly flows at first, then slower it seeks
Looks for that way out from the pain she holds
Love is what she seeks now, out from the cold
I surely give her some space she desired
Then I break this silence as she required
She reached out to me as I approached her
Her tears slow down now, they almost defer
Her face is tenderly wet from the tears
We’ll hold each other for many more years
Russell Sivey
My head spins out of control, my eyes create a new ocean, my heart pounds so hard it destroys
homes, my heart screams bloody murder awaiting help that never comes, it lays on the floor
bleeding out the happiness it once knew, happiness that will never again be found
3/28/10
And STILL I cry the blood of lovers past.
In front of me like heat she dances long.
Mirage of comfort seems to never last.
Brings out of me another dreary song.
Unfair it is to me to be alone.
A broken, shattered, hopeless, tortured soul.
Oases dry, they leave behind no bones.
But I remain, it's out of my control.
Acquired knowledge stored in Swiss accounts.
He want to hold the world before he dies.
"My debonair," he thinks, "is so pronounced.
He safely hides behind his lofty eyes.
"Beware," we say, "You know too much for love."
You'll never see a book upon a dove.
You left in a blink of an eye,you left in a flash of the sky.
One minute your eyes were open and the next they were not.
Though your eyes were shut, ours was shot,
from the tears of the memories that we thought we forgot.
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