Best Poems Written by Skye Karas

The Most Leaves Fall In Autumn

Ain’t no sunshine when the sun goes down 
And lately I’ve been withering in the light of day 
So the dark creatures come out at night and stare at my thighs with those greedy eyes 
They confuse my birthmarks with price tags 
They label me weak because of the curve of my waist 

But no one really sees how the soft are the strong 
How the faithful become the bitter 
How the most leaves fall in autumn 
How greed spreads like some unconscious virus 
How fire becomes ash and ember and suit 

People only ever pay attention to the flames 
Which are brighter when the sun goes down 
When my ideals of infinity drip from the black holes of my pupils 
When, again, I start believing in fairytales 
And those humble tears of freedom 

But every night I see those hungry eyes come closer 
The forgotten, the empty castle, the typewriter
In the little red room on the little red desk with the little red chair
I sit there 
Hollow 

I write of worlds that appear worse than ours
I write of sorrow 
I write of the bittering hatred
The bitterer liquor 
How the rain and the ruin is always prettier when the sky is falling

And night is calling
And there ain’t no sunshine when the sun goes does 
So I freeze in some sap of self destruction
When those dark creatures with their greedy hands come to try and take my sanity
When my ideals of infinity drip from the black holes of my pupils

And I finally see,
Why you can only ever wish upon a star

In the absence of light

Copyright © Skye Karas | Year Posted 2018