Metaphor Poems

I drown you in wine, the goddamn squatter 
who lives in me. Flow, Lethe, dark and deep!
But even through a drunken dreamless sleep,
like a nude drowned man in see-through water,
the memory is seen… That very sunny
day on the river, tender...Read More

Hello Mr. Barber, I’m here for my bloodletting
I’ve been long overdue for this appointment, I know
Yes, bring out your set, I am ready for the procedure
I am so grateful to relax in your chair

Now the blood drips onto the page
A...Read More

She darkly dreams in Anger Valley
discovered shortly after
Fear uncovered
by floating langorously downstream
to leave behind red hot footprints
of childhood work
and play
and pray for change,
health,
win/win compassion healing,

Or terror aggressively swims upstream Fear
to warn future angels of light
against win v lose zero-sum evolving...Read More

            

           I launched my dreams
           on the way,
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Gasping ...
The year drew in
Months, weeks and days, anew -
Filled its lungs with the breaths of life,
Hope, promise and endeavor coursed its veins,
Feeding want, deed and wisdom, now ...
It exhales lost shadows,
Weeps and expires ...
Gasping.





Written and submitted on December 12,...Read More

why is it that i am
            left  f o r s a k e n-
fear has buried me
  in an abandoned forest
of barren trees

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and when ease of mind comes
without resurrection from the
soul's crucifixion of pain's
onward torment,
i seek only solitude for 
solitude itself...

desolation and isolation
have become my greatest
strengths, 
they reach heights for 
each other and in moments
of blazing obscurity, 
i rise like a phoenix

a...Read More

in the shadows of the depth
of woe's existence, 
i was awakened by thoughts
of disregard

never ceasing to reason 
without intellect I seek
darkness, 
the gloom that greys the
ivory glazed moon in 
redemption

i fear not the obscurity-
but lather myself in
dim swarthiness of loss
and...Read More

My blurry eyes are talkin 
As I look at myself in the mirror. 
Looks like my grandfather
Fallen
Facial views this over round sounds
teary eyes saddened by my brown hopeless import Flan's I marry myself then I'll
The sunken grin my visage...Read More

I walk alone on the street
Among the buildings in a queue
Among the cars running for pursuits
Among the subjects knowing not their names
And their thoughts by which they struggle for
The scene, they walk their own crowd 
Aside from  emotions, and...Read More

Where art thou, Muse? I seek inspiration!
I have endured your absence for too long:
restore to me the gift of creation
once more, that I may sing a new, gay song.
When you return I'll feel great elation,
for as my muse you can...Read More

              If the past was male,
     the present pregnant
     improvement...
     Mentally,
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I tell you I've no use
mind removed
ideas confuse
compare to
a sports team seen
consecutive relegations 
the changing scenes
cause debts and frustration 
a one way street
in season repetition 

Down one league 
Down two
should be the big fish
but at this level new
and unfathomed twist
see...Read More

          
           

          A man from Brazil
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When I look at a butterfly
I see reincarnation
Unfolding in front of my eyes
Of one being passing 
Through four stages
So extremely different
So uniquely wholesome
In one passionate attempt
To reach perfection
Of lightness of being
Starting at the edge of 
Milkweed leaf as a little...Read More

She questions her life..
She questions her mortality..
She questions her immortality..

Curiously seeking for answers ..
Of the unknown..

Who am I..
Why do we rise and fall..
Why is there pain..
Why is there suffering..

Imbalances exist in a perfectly balanced world..
Earth is beautifully balanced..
As she spins...Read More

pageans! pageans! pageans! he shouted at the top of his
lungs. You honor a savior with gifts and trinketts.
what honor bestowest he that labors?
known mind you, that you speak love and dabble in
hatred. The country of Christ seizes to exsist
and you...Read More

Count the wrinkles, count the lines
Each one owns their place in time,
Around my mouth see my smiles
Measure them, I hope there's miles.

On my forehead see my frowns
Embedded there when times were down,
Beneath my eyes you see the bags
I'm at an...Read More

Her name was hope...

He came in with a devilish look in his eyes , it was the lust 
that separates men from Christ, I am talking doing time 
for what crime?

Your skin color got you trapped in the same place,...Read More

Brumal mist ...
Crawls o'er the spindrift
White hats and bobbing buoys
Nod to me in affirmation ...

Oh, Calypso ...
So calculable and sure
Stir me as the sand, soft
Gather me to the briny abysm ...

Deep, dark and close ...
Reticent and cosmos cold
Made sustenance for...Read More

Eyebrows thin, half-moon curves on top
   Beaming hope, 'Good Ship Lollipops'
Over bright, cheery eyes, Nature's 'eaves-drops'
   ~ My face is a happy place 

Mouth forming a crescent smile
   Its pleasing shape quite versatile
Corners creased...Read More

Your face is like a playground
with curved edges inviting
energetic laughter all around,
nostalgically exciting.

Your eyes are like a swing set,
lashes flapping with each blink.
Sometimes puddles below stay wet,
but your tears I'd love to drink.

Your brows, like two seesaws aligned
befittingly side by...Read More

My face has no time for make-up. 
If bare cheeks offend, look elsewhere -
they’re unmoved by your discomfort.
My pupils squint louchely - one there 
and one over here. My eyebrows
are, if you peer closely, unkempt -
plucking bores me, and since...Read More

i anticipated what was to come, 
the foreseeable future spread debris-
(often a routine when struggle succeeds)

when is normal normal?
if certainty becomes what i prepared for,
why am i so damn sad all the time…
unnourished with no energy to rhyme

for i saw...Read More

     Eternal battle between
     blackout and light ...
     Dark, reason ...
     Ignorance and knowing ...
     Never, nothing, always.
  ...Read More

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