Constricting Poems

Daddy

...My best friend saw me born.
Coronation of blood,
Tearing through his long beloved.
Floppy neck and flailing limbs,
Protesting my own birth.
Constricting cord,
A life noose, murderous 
Cut from...

The Threefold Threat

...When the dusk bleeds 
                     epitaph roses,
and the blackbird sings
                     wilted elegies,
I search for a glimpse of gold
beneath tender ingrains of
soundless te...

Lunar Eclipse

...The moon would be a dull, gray rock without the Sun's light. 
An opinion would be a thought without one's voice. 
A man would be useless without a purpose.
So, all the men that stand before me are...

The Ward Nurse Has A Wooden Leg

...scuffs in the pearl white floor 
	when she leaves the room, 
for empty hospital hallway memories, 
	haze of sterile gloom

like snails, the chronic men 
	each slowly wear away, 
their minds le...

Pearls of Prayers

...T i me
I’m a mistress to your fleeting cycles,
constantly constricting,
russet-deep pupils
that see the maroon rain~
veiled in honey and turmeric flames…
Today I lift my hands
in s i l e n c e...

Chapter 167--- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLYANNA: Holly Damian and the Hakim clan

...September   2051

Molly Dolly and Holly were busy celebrating the end of spring  inthe garden.  Sidney joined Adonis Kyon CJ and Damian  in the weight room.  As they busied themselves 
With variou...

Eldritch Hysterical Annihilation Syndrome

...I walk o u t...

I am lost in unapproachable light—a spectral broth
I am tasting the screaming silence—the archetypal observer
dissects my essence-fossil Passion
a seismic rupture betwee...

Long and cold shadows embrace the earth, as darkness slowly settles down

...Long and cold shadows embrace the earth, as darkness slowly settles down,
Soon there will appear corners where the light will no longer dare to enter,
And the river, covered in its autumn coat, wil...

New Life

...Hermit crab human scuttling about
In my new life. Ill fitting suit.
Like wearing your mother's clothes -
Clip clopping around the kitchen...
High heals filled with little feet...
And dreams of a...

The daily grind

...Trailing clouds of glory do we come 
Until by the end we are left dull and glum.
How it all came to this
We are responsible
 For being so remiss 
The magic of our early moments 
 Emblazoned in ...

The False 4th Estate

...“Truth
a distraction”
the media pouts
Constricting
those voices
trying to shout
Dumber
than dumb
brain dead by degree
Digging new graves
for the few
— still left free

(Dreamsleep: April...

Enchantment

...Enchantment

Love is not the opposite of hate
that fiery passion
which turns against our heart
like a python through the blood
constricting life

love is what we yearn for
to create deliciou...

February 13th, 2023 old man winter gave a one two punch

...February 13th, 2023 - old man winter gave a one...two punch

Overladen snow covered crackle and crunch
though, this skeptic owned a doubtful hunch
that such 24/7 round the clock whether coverage
...

Pressure

...Do you ever feel like you are dying
Like someone is sitting on your chest
Constricting the flow of oxygen
feeling the shortness of breath
Pressure that threatens to steal your last breath
I'm no...

Crash Override

...

Anaphylactic identity, constricting logic on the 
course towards infinity. Denial is drawn like a tarot 
reading, citing that it is all in your head. Hidden 
mysteries written in code ...

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