Short Uncrossed Poems

antidepressant

black death
heart rattle
against bone cage
trapped in a chemical labyrinth
smothered in a shawl mind haze
living tears dried, lost
not cried
spark fried
brain wires uncrossed.
but life
lost....

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Sound of an
empty feeling,
A walk to clear
the lost,

An existence 
drowning in lonely,
As if our path
uncrossed,

I feel inside 
your presence,
A sense of a 
goodbye touch,

To dream this
long without you,
And dream of 
you so much....

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Merry go round of life
Plains uncrossed
Peek a boo sites
Attending situations mask
Stories intertwined 
Boggling understanding
Waits for the right response
Telling anger to take a stomp
Turn around
Pillaged ground
Looking ahead 
Solutions mound
Beckoning corners
Turned...

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When meanings have been broken,
When your cross has been uncrossed,
When the reasons that you gave me,
In the labyrinth have been lost.
When your house has been emptied,
When your bedroom is swept clean,
I will come and wake you,
From your long and endless dream.

more at http://labyrinthoflies.com...

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A sigh--
as strong as the 
rivers' flow,
where dark pain
forces the flower.

Oh! To sleep through sound
and uncrossed
dreams.

My mind groans 
for the woman
just beneath
the great horn.

The years drop off sharply
into the river,
just beneath the bridge--

to flow back to the sea. 

To evaporate and come at us from a different angle...



Next time?...

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Another sunset slipped away.
Another full moon missed.
Another fair maid perished young,
before she was held and kissed.

Another book, unfinished.
Another poem, lost.
A lonely "I", undotted.
A forlorn "T", uncrossed.

Another bridge of dreams,
built o'er the sea of time.
Another thrice-doomed melody.
One more imperfect rhyme.


29 December 2023
written ~2:10-2:20 AM in Broomfield, CO...

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melt with me against a toxic sunset of lust
light the burning candles

illuminate the red hot metal lanterns
dive naked into my arms raw

take of my flesh as i take of yours
lose ourselves one in the other

devour the creamy liquid of my origin
and i the nectar from your petal

wrap yourself in the flag of me
i too will fly your colors

let us wage a war of sex on one another
and leave no border uncrossed...

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I have wished on the morning star
to help us find the way we've lost,
the kindness we gave without cost.
The love...it now seems very far--
a ship that's lost is what we are.
Beliefs have become wildly tossed...
I have wished on the morning star.

Entered fantasy--door ajar,
have ideas that in past were glossed,
a line that now can't be uncrossed.
We continue into bizarre...
I have wished on the morning star.

October 13, 2002

Rondine...

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POEMS THAT MAKE NO SENSE (1)

another kind of pink 
bothers me
a blue razor rusting 
in my throat
black backboned 
unbendable
blend meanings into
leafy greens
uncrossed white iced 
particles
melt into hazy faded 
greys
gold threads of barbwire 
silver
groan purple through 
mauve moans
red blood rivulets
seep deep to
their feet
splashing beats on
soiled brown musty
sheets
in

defeat


© Kim van Breda—7 October 2015...

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Lines crossed cannot be uncrossed
For this no eraser exists
You read my words and imagine yourself there
You there in her place
Yet her place is my place
We are inseperable
Where she ends I begin
When she cries 
tears fall from my eyes
When she smiles
my teeth are revealed
As she breathes
my chest rises and falls
My words not meant to cause pain
so I step back
I do not want you to step too far
I do not wish you to fall
Please step back
before you cross the line...

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A hole that can’t be filled
an ocean that can’t be crossed
a phrase that can’t be spun
inhaling your exhaust
The measure off the scale
the truant thrice reclassed
the memory twice forgotten
the die that’s never cast
A spider web unwoven
a future distant past
a God beyond religion
a sail without its mast
“To Trip The Light Fantastic”
to burn the bridge uncrossed
to fasten moments end to end
—to find what time has lost

(The New Room: February, 2022)...

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