Liquid lightning in starry sky
Ride the moods in ebony eyes
White flashes of electricity
Tracing silhouette of black tree
Where branches dances
with white wind
Illuminating leaves of light again
Silver strikes like a battle ax
Setting fire to house white neon attack
As firemen clothes glow yellow and red
Lightning strong like sky has bled
It’s streak of light across onyx sky
Makes for an eventful exciting night
liquid lunar light
splashing through trees baptizing
leaves where night owls screech
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Heavy gray skies are weeping;
Into the ground it's seeping.
What doesn't run off remains;
Bountiful life it sustains.
Refilling rivers and streams;
An endless cycle it seems.
Evaporates to ascend;
Rains again and keeps the trend.
liquid
warm, ready
flowing, soothing, warming
water, beverage, ice, cup
freezing, changing, shaping
sturdy, frozen
solid
The sun goes down, the storm begins to rise,A tidal wave behind my weary eyes.
The fear of being left, the splitting dark,
Each emotion leaving such a burning mark.
I grab the glass to numb the jagged edge,
To stop myself from walking off the ledge.
With every sip, the roaring silence breaks,
A temporary shield for my mistakes.
I drown the "too much," hide the frantic need,And plant the, "I am fine," synthetic seed.But when the fog lifts, the trauma remains,The same broken heart, the same heavy chains.The bottle promises a quiet night,But leaves me sinking, hidden from the light.Yet,
I like breaking liquid bread
But if I imbibe too much, it hurts my head
I like breaking bread with my family and friends
But even better is the Broken Bread Jesus has given us instead
Smell of ashes
the taste of burnt toast,
complexion’s dark
as crows yet
a familiar scent
that lingers
in every empty
mug.
Cold weather
is my body’s ditzy
enemy.
Coats, scarves,
and others embrace never
suffices, yet I still cover
up just to concede
a frivolous
anxiety buried
in my skin.
Frosty compassion
leads a search for dire
need of temptation
within unkempt warmth
of liquid lush brewing
anew into a cup of
addiction.
Bitter is sweet,
sweet is bitter.
Its nature
so capricious meddling
from hate to love,
from love to heart-
ache, from heart-
ache to anger,
from anger to
loss.
Coffee’s taste
attached to every
memory, not once
absent,
a friend, my desire,
$2.49 a cup of cheap
watery indulgence
draws me back
more and more.
My loyal comfort,
as I take a sip,
I indulge
endlessly
I feel this wave of rage
why put yourself inside that cage
turing you in sweet liquid
bottled perfume with you in it
they sell you for a lesser price
cross the counter to lesser wives
even when they smell like you
there better lies will shine through
and I’m left in this room
with an empty bottle of perfume
still your stuck in my nose
in my mind and in my clothes
O, vilest of vile high-haughty poems
To you professors’ studies are so oft homes
The fetid waters of PhD’s, nekkid, you swim well in
~ Though the proper home for you is in the trash bin
L uscious liquid
U ndulates in the pouring
B ubbles to tickle
R ibs from the
I nside out with a golden
C alming, cooling composure effect
A lcohol free (sometimes) yet
N ever disappoints especially during
T hermal reduction as a bonus
There’s tar on the floor,
Two, or three, or five, or more,
Don’t know why I’m counting, there’s nothing in store.
Sticky and dark, there’s nothing to read
You don’t rid of it, it will only breed.
Strong, loud, conscious
Living, living, living.
Lend me your emerald ears
Hear my liquid love song
Drown fears lighten tears teal
Revealing the deepest chocolate heart
I long for you like bird blue
Craves the wind beneath wings
For you make me fly and cry and sing
Without caring for onyx opinion
You know my naked truth and smooth
The rough patches of my past into pearls
Despite being a neon naughty girl
You see me as good worthy of love
You accept me as amethyst queen
And king the joy you bring is heavenly
I peel layers of me for you to consume
However you want I am a bloom
Of passionate flowers wilting from famine
Your sunny kisses mix with rainstorms
That our bodies create and conform
I can’t live without you and I don’t want to
Grow old with me in time and dream
All the things that you want to do
Tell me how we can be better together
For solo is not in the cards dealt us
We may never part but if we do
My heart will be stronger for loving you
Has conjured a new fierce spirit
That God has blessed us with
Efficiency, anxiety
Result, vanity
Success, burnout
Alienation, disguise
Unconscious, relapse
Control, coact
Apologist: own merit!
Arbitrary, reclusive
Circus, bread
Conscious, blurred
Acceptance.
Commotion, trivialization
Affection, weakness
Love, liquid
Affliction, medication
People can no longer
Human beings.
- Bruna Beatrice.
Headfirst into the sea he found her,
Madison caught Allen with her kiss;
Love left to surge bound them forever;
Free to be with her in this abyss,
Allen could breathe no trouble at all;
This realization was pure bliss;
His movements a nonverbal catcall,
the mermaid grins taking no offense;
She welcomes this monumental fall;
Fathoms down in a liquid romance,
elated with what never made sense.
He loved me with a liquid love
that never weakened, disappeared or vanished
He poured it into me with affection
so deep it felt like the ocean drank me
He loved me with no fences, bars or walls
not for one moment did he waver
His love was more profound than love itself
intense as the touch of a burning bush
He loved me from above and from below
not even once did I have to walk alone
inside this Universe of spirit and bone
He loved me with Angels at His side
and with a razor mouth that spoke all truth
Words of connection that only God could whisper
it was then that I knew, He was drawing me home
with His liquid love...
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