A lovely rose unfolds so well -
a keepsake given from the heart
to etch itself, so free of thorns -
a sweet memento deep and sound.
When given as a sign of love,
it finds a place to live and grow
with velvet petals that caress
to soothe the heart with happiness.
But, I'm that dreadful vampire rose
given by love that does not last -
eating away at memories
that in one's heart, remains inside.
My vampire fate will leave a wound
that stirs deep pain from long ago;
a sign of love that once fulfilled-
I morph to blemish what was joy.
I have so many questions,
But I know you don’t have the answers,
It’s hard on me,
But I know it’s harder on you.
It’ll always be that way for us,
Even after you’re gone,
It’ll still be hard on me,
I’m so scared of losing you.
Losing you means losing part of me,
A part of me will always die with you,
I’d rather you recover from 1,000 surgeries,
Than have to go to your funeral.
Fear is eating away at me,
I don’t want to be alone,
I wish there was something I could do,
To help you hurt less.
I’ll hold on to you forever,
You are part of me,
Maybe I was always meant to lose you,
Maybe it will make me stronger.
Rabbit,
run, run!
The farmer doesn’t sleep
while you eat
Run, run!
The storm precedes you,
as it always does
Run, run, little one!
Your heart, like mine
is merely meat
still beating, and warm
inside its fence
We are both
constantly
hungry for something
your red leaf,
your romaine,
your fur-covered flesh is in the dirt
eating away at itself,
so is my colder skin
Little rabbit,
little soul,
my warm-bellied love,
aren’t we both true hunters
of the sodden earth?
the goldfinches,
the steady warblers,
always stop their song
in the stabbing brambles
count the syllables
of silence
in perfect time
making way for thunder
God announces
himself
Cancer we hate you, you take our loved ones, we heard you are just a parasite.
Parasite go away, leave us alone, leave our loved ones alone.
Cancer we hate you, you take our loved ones, we heard you are just a parasite.
You steal our loved ones and make us cry, we want you to leave and disappear into the night.
Cancer we hate you, you take our loved ones, we heard you are just a parasite.
Painful cancer eating away at our bodies, we command you to leave and disappear forever into the night.
Cancer we hate you, you take our loved ones, we heard you are just a parasite.
Fighting to live with every breath, we want our bodies free from cancer and to live a life of fun and pain-free, go away cancer.
Cancer we hate you go and never come back, we want our lives and loves to stay healthy and happy for life.
Lifting prayers to God, today and always.
I’ve been summoned.
Lying awake, I feel a cool breeze along my wrists.
Using broken limbs, I command myself to move.
Crawling through the frozen garden,
I slowly feel familiar with my body.
Swollen eyes block my path.
Twitching, a shockwave fills my nerves.
Limited time, ice hardening on my nails.
A silhouette whose breath feels like frost,
memento mori.
A bone-chilling finger raised,
pointing the way, a trail of ice and smoke.
Frostbite, eating away at my toes.
In a hush,
muttering in an unfamiliar tongue.
A language that's somehow…familiar.
A ritual of whispers and frozen flowers.
As the ice cracks and the flowers crumble,
I take a knee, not knowing if I’ll get back up.
The entity lifts a sickle,
extending its broken lifeless limbs,
This is your reward, take it.
Your eternal reward,
a weight that’s now my burden to bear.
It’s back again
Stronger than ever
Can feel it eating away at me
As it gives me a feeling
Is it true?
Did I misinterpret?
Misguided feelings
It all feels the same
I feel alone
But I’m not cold
It suffocates as it watches
Waiting to see me break
I think I’ll give in
This has no logic
But is understood perfectly
From a perspective
I’m blinded by it
Losing my way as I spiral
I wish I could meet, the source of this pain
But alas I can’t
I’m stuck
Feel like I’m in mud
The feeling gives both pleasure and pain
I don’t mind the first, despise the other
Tried to break free
Tried to forget
Tried to lose myself
But it kept getting real
Vivid imaginations constantly
Of a union that may never happen
I turn and hold my chest
At the thought that I can’t make it real
Constant meet ups with no actual linkups
Always on my mind
Every waking breath
Makes God jealous
Feels like sin
I can’t deny that
But it feels like purpose
A peek in a future
But this future is on a cliff
Waiting to be saved or pushed
Forever held dear or forgotten
Accepted or denied
Why do I choose this?
Why do I suffer?
Why do I endure?
Why do I Love her?
Midnight is like a square.
A square patch of grass at midnight.
Folds over.
Hurts like spirals.
Midnight churning and tapping.
Weirdness.
There’s such a thing as too many midnight moons.
I have double vision.
Midnight eating away at the feel-good chatter.
Spiraling like curtains.
Opening and closing.
Midnight.
Midnight is like lettuce being chopped up.
Midnight is like a tunnel.
Midnight is like nothing you’ve ever seen.
Because it’s dark.
Because it’s dark.
Like a patch of grass at midnight.
Because it’s dark.
So it is.
After "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
how long shall I be dreaming
of this place where darkness abounds
who shall lift me gleaming
show me your light and heavenly sounds
(or are you the reaper, coming for my eyes)
none then come to douse my sorrow
can there be such, so morbid as this
a smile or a whisper, could I not borrow
a scent, enchanting laughter, one last kiss
(oh reaper no need for a raven disguise)
the wind howls at me, hurling shadows
I am but one step from the door
I think of her and my heart slows
this loss is eating away my core
(oh reaper why seek so my demise)
incessant, ticking time peace on the wall
speed up now for this lonely lost soul
take me from this sorry night’s thrall
ah but I see, can I ever again be whole
(I forget reaper, you own these night skies)
why then contemplate matters so grave
surely shall my spirit soar again
and yet my love I could not save
this place forever then a place of pain
(come on then reaper, together shall we rise)
They tactically play it out,
So you're left feeling the shame,
Then they act the victim,
Making out as you're to blame.
Setting you up to fail,
Using mind games as their tool,
For it to appear to others,
Like you're just a crazy fool.
Eating away at your happiness,
Replacing your smiles with a frown,
Being as nasty as possible,
In order to drag you down.
Drip feeding you their poison,
Manipulating reality hoping you don't see,
Dreading the day you realise,
The problem is, them not me.
Why does doom feel so familiar
While happiness seems so far away?
How many times have you heard the supplications
Asking for help, or
Begging for mercy, from our suffering.
In this god-forsaken place,
Where we have been placed, to test our tenacity.
Here in this tent city, surrounded by the sounds of industry,
Talking to strangers, about predestined arrangements
Watching the birds fly and the bugs crawl beneath the canopy
In a seemingly parallel reality, I’ve come to suffer separation
From this place we call civilization, the noise of today
Is but tomorrow’s memory, wanting to steal my spirit away.
Just leave me be. Forget about me. Mind your own business.
Leave me out of the fray. I never asked it to be this way.
Criss-crossed with trespass, egregious behavior
Upon someone else’s path, invasive presence, vainglorious -
Self-interest that clashes with everything including itself.
Vibrating like a hive of invasive species
Eating away at the fabric of our being.
Loud, obnoxious, rude, concoctions, diseases for the masses
Please take me away from this insanity. Again,
I pray. ~psp
dr. (pi)
.
"Out to Sea"
In the immediate times
we rush to consume it all
before it is all swallowed, and out it all comes salty,
like an Ocean pummelling our crumbling sures
eating away our solidarity
insouciantly the sandy impermanent escarpment caves in
on our gossamer dissolving world
and in the eye of the storm
in the middle of it all
for a small moment all is calm
while the catastrophes move blithely around us,
hitting us brashly like we’ve been hit on a caffeine high
we are simultaneously aware of time standing still and then,
the swift pull of a rug unceremoniously out beneath our feet
some strange gravity slides
towards that ridiculous prophecised inevitability
of kingdoms come and gone
we thought we knew everything
the truth is we were the dumb awake
knowing little of everything
and much of what mattered little
and all as one
we are drowned soundly, gladly,
like into an open-eyed baptismal grave
we are forever and ever
naked as a child
washed clean
out to sea
Candide Diderot. ‘25
Behind a mask,
Nobody can see,
This inner battle,
Eating away me.
A relentless war,
Never to cease,
Fighting each day,
Determined for peace.
Exhausted and emotional,
Awaiting the blow,
A fierce eruption,
Like a volcano.
Overcame too much,
Can't give in,
Empowering more strength,
From deep within.
No matter what,
Laughing or crying,
Won't give up,
Must keep trying.
(“I of the Beholder”, 2014, original pen and ink)
The Zombie Apocalypse
The zombie apocalypse began a long time ago
First as a slow burn
As it spread friend to friend, town to town
A mind virus contagion
Hiding itself within a politically correct smile
But now a full-on raging blaze
Crowning as it leaps and jumps
Rivers and mountains, continents really
In its global conflagration
Spread not by bites and infected saliva
But by bytes of an infecting propaganda
Once called fake news, now fatal news
Fatal to reason, and friendships, peace of mind
And a healthy future
Eating away from inside
Until all that is left is a shell
With yet another zombie hidden safely within
The zombie apocalypse began a long time ago
But only now is it obvious
Its course a long way from run
(11/5/24)
The Worst of Them"
Funny how you push me away
Only to beg me to stay
A vicious cycle, a toxic sway
Cut down by your words, day by day
The beating of a broken drum
Echoes the pain you've begun
Your love, an addiction I can't shake
Trying hard to quit, but it's a mistake
Your love's a monster, devouring me whole
Eating away my soul
You hold my hand, yet don't care
Killing me inside, with no repair
You show no mercy, no remorse
Did God make a mistake, or did you force?
A heart of stone, where love should reside
Put a hole in your heart, and maybe you'll feel inside
The agony you inflict, the tears I've cried
The shattered dreams, the love that's died
You're the worst of them, a heartless game
Leaving me broken, with an endless pain
Let go of my hand, and walk away
But know that you'll never see the day
When I'll be whole, when I'll be free
From the chains of your love, that's killing me
Come with me, oh clandestine friend
Staring at a child, caretakers sharpen the edges of her fatigue.
Look at the wounds they keep running over—
I hear they are a source of mystique.
As they swarm around us, watch the fireflies
Eating away the spot where my youth lies
It must be forgotten but I let it linger
Lit up by the song of a haloed singer.
Fireflies love it when we reminisce
All our days of bliss.
When we carried around a burden as if it meant nothing
As if it weren't our elders who should've held it
While they showed us false prophets
Fireflies love when we sing of youth lost to Judas knives
And all the tragedies that become our lives.
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