Tingles, Twinges, Creaks
Tingles, Twinges, Creaks
signs that don't need to speak
of time's effect on our physiques
Tingles, Twinges, Creaks...
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
creaks, age, body, health, sound,
Form: Monorhyme
The Old Rusty Gate Creaks Open
The old rusty gate opens to
an abode left abruptly, with no premonition,
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
creaks, life, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse
The Door Creaks
on tip-toe, into
the darkness, a-ha! the cash!
he stumbles, door creaks...
waves of guilt, waves of terror
engulf him, nerves shot, gills green
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
creaks, dark, fear, sin,
Form: Tanka
Creaks
The door creaks,
I drag My lifeless body to the floor,
My tears pour and burn my wrists like acid dancing with rain,
I lock the door.
I hide away.
From the painful world that within I stay,
Why don't I just fall, slip away from the poisonous screaming?
I can't.
The door beckons me still.
I attempt to battle the grasp, the crimson
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
creaks, abuse,
Form: Free verse
Creaks In the Stairs
Theres a child
That answers the question with a thousand wishes
Witch, from his tongue, he couldn't hold in even for amusement
Because they, like a first impression,
Need the humble accompaniment of a friend
And so,
Instead of asking for 3 wishes,
It's the 4th till the end
It's when She asks at all!
"Why should it matter to them?"
"After all, I am
...
Continue reading...
Categories:
creaks, allegory, friend,
Form: Free verse