Dents Poems

I Am The Blueprint of My Own Quiet Ruin

...The door swells in its frame each winter,
paint curling like old tongues —
still you press it open with a finger,
leaving soft dents in the wood.

Inside, the walls hum from hidden wires;
plast...

Fingerprints

...F acades of whorls and aches 
I ncantations of dents and ridges 
N umbness felt, freezes and pleat
G entleness of touch, rubbed so neat
E mblems of lights and shades
R olling like thunder of gla...

not dead yet

...if it were up to me
i wouldn't be here.

i would have left
a long time ago.

but others expect things of me.
things that i have to do.

and so i do them.
and i'm not dead yet.

from the m...

The Luggage Light Brings

...
Light arrives from its flight
wheeling behind its suitcase of shadows,
exposures, echoes and consequences.

It spills its hoard across the floor,
and gathers remnant dark 
remains from dim co...

dents forever

...words 
seeking
distilling  life 
into lines
I'm here
I'm gone
I sure a/f
am
more 
than moments
and memories
flesh 
and blood 
I made 
flesh 
and blood
made me
the dent
that dents 
...

You Are Perfectly Formed

...the flaws you see when you look in the mirror
are not visible to the world 
stop judging yourself so harshly
stop diminishing your self worth 
you are not the sum total of all your failures 
nor...

I love

...Dimpled dents, not potholes I love,
Fair unfair both, all doles I love.

With most voted horses on sale,
Steeds, stallions, colts and foals I love.

Popular may be peoples’ rule,
Ought such re...

Fading photographs

...Surreal sonnets found their way
into the cavern of emptiness,  
Scrolling through rusting rhymes and concrete couplets,  
All in a chaotic cadence of crème de la crème.  
This hard-held heart bar...

Her taints

...She is with some taints:
Her nose has some scents;
Coming from some paints,
Her neck has some dents;
Shown by hidden vents,
But she looks like saints....

A SAINT WITH A TAINT

...For real love, she eagerly waits,
All she could get were several hates,
Her lips even have many open gates,
That deliberately close lates,
Her eyes have several inbuilt baits,
That still...

time weather

...time...
life exist-tents can
not...
transcend-dents-all
ways...


stan sand

...

transcend dents of time

...opposite my upstairs relaxation chair
window-corner be a pendulum clock

...above a low shelf-cabinet
and below a black and white
buddhist meditation image...

the pendulum keeps swinging
but...

A Natural Emptiness

...
The closet, once crammed with the styles of youth,
holds not so much as a coat hanger.
Dents in the carpet are the only evidence
that a bed, dresser, and nightstand filled the room.
The frilly ...

Old Car

...My dad loved that car.
It was old and I was young.
I got a scratch one day.
I almost drove away.
With that old car.
But then he would be sad.
But at least then… 
He wouldn’t know.
Sadly, I di...

Broken vessels

...Just like this vessel, we all bear
Marks of struggle, signs of wear.
But beneath the surface, deep within
Lies the essence of who we have been.

Like a glass that has fallen
And shattered upon ...

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