She Pirate Thatch 3
She had a map tattooed on her torso
Of places I've desired to go
North America looked fine
And Her Brazil was divine
But, Panama I liked even more so
(Inspired by and dedicated to my friend Daniel Turner)
Pirate Thatch 2
As I woke up this morning with her
I tried to recall what occurred
Although what lay on the floor
Was a patch nothing more
I could have swore, she was wearing a fur
She Pirate Thatch
A one eyed pirate named Thatch
She couldn't find clothes that would match
As she went through her closet
But found no composite
So, decided to wear just her patch
Patch of Earth under a Thatch of Sky
Each man must have a corner
A patch of earth
To call his own
Under a thatch of sky.
As the Homeless
Have their the memories of one,
Crawling back through
A ball broke window of the mind.
And even a leaper
Must have his ledge,
A bit of rock face
To jump from.
As sure as the dead,
Lay claim,
To the plots for graves
That, in the end, receive them.
We met in the first showers of october when country was brown,
Buds still frail, flowerets closed and our souls chaste.
But with one kiss, ten fingers and one match,
You set fire to my thatch heart...
Now our love is a ghost that rages in the night
when the lights are out and the wolves are loud.
There seems purpose for living for today;
Perhaps man shall fall in love every time he stands
And break to bone every time he seeks new purpose.
Now I know why the skies are blue,
It's a way bodies of high heaven spell the word envy
every time they look down at you...
The endless celestial beseeches thy hue, until then
There will be no more black moons and graceless nights -
Old rusty lanterns of our chests once devoid of flame
clanging respitelessly in winds waged by past lovers...
Only a warm bed and sugary heart songs.
11/01/17
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