Graphite Poems - Poems about Graphite

My soles press soft into sidewalks. I leave a trail of graphite steps They etch out my first sentence— a diary in crayon, a novel in margins Time sharpens the graphite steps I stroll through my city growing younger White tiles paved over the dirt path I loved but look: beneath the cracks, faintly traced, ghosts of my graphite steps Size 5 kneels where...

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When silence speaks Nothing is heard. Our breathe is a like a secret Window, hotly working. You squinting at a friend and Trying not to giggle. Or writing long exams in a room With circling graphite, Scantron sheet after scantron sheet. Or in Mass, The death knell of silliness, Leave or lose your wind bag. Or in your mind, Be still your mind. This is the fifteenth line. Please be...

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Even if I die, My heaven would still be my earth. My spirit may leave the body, But the zest and zeal will remain embossed. Reasons to see it as heaven are justified and over long. Yes, the other side for me would be full of fun. Yeah! I have a deal with mom, I would never leave her alone. Without me, she...

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The world says,” Mom is always beside”. Oh mom! When I need you, where do you hide? The world says, “Mom is a child’s best friend.” Oh mom! Why, you couldn’t comprehend? To my childhood, your presence was ecstatic. But I miss a mom, who has never been emphatic. I left the house, which I thought was mine! Still had a trust,...

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Graphite greys surround The ancient in deathly stare Horizon brings hope A long forgotten orb peers Through Nuclear fallout, she smiles http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/war-8.php...

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