Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Strange Love

Strangers everywhere
Falling in Love in a blink
Two unknown people, all it takes is a wink
or a smirk then butterflies
Following which they will think
"What a rush I've had,
Like never before - 
What could it possibly hurt
To try it once more?"
Looking back over shoulder
A nonchalant attempt with intent
Her eyes are much warmer this time
But you are never content
For your flight is leaving
And her taxi door closed
Your baggage is heavy
Your dreams - not as you supposed
The cab runs away, into the pour
As you stand like an island
In front of the door
That slid open for your entry
But instead got cold air
While both you and the door wonder, 
"Why isn't life fair?"

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Foolish Boy

Foolish Boy
Can't you see that Loves not a toy?
How could you be so fickle, so coy?
You Failed to see the dire consequences
Great walls between friends, will start off as fences
Buying the broken is futile when the victim is priceless
Your swung bat of intentions was masquerading as viceless
You struck deep hatred in me, so don't be surprised when
All the king's horses, and all the kings men, can't put you together again
You were instructed with caution, advice you cast aside
Which is a shame, for now you shall ever abide
In a dark corner of my mind and my heart
Where the same scene plays over - where what I loved, gets ripped it apart.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

*

Black star unseen
Shines black, not bright
But only when all thats left
Is light

Paradox of Want

Bittersweet desire
Longs to be fulfilled
But when the void is void no more
The desire then is killed.
So then therefore it's bittersweet
This desire felt so needed
For even though it hungers so
We can never fully feed it.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Secret Wish

I press the Coke bottle to my lips
I raise my wrist, letting liquid slide
A thirst unquenched
For I wished for whiskey
A desire I choose to hide

Monday, May 19, 2008

Coffee Stranger

Unlike most, I hadn't noticed her as she walked in.  My nose was deep in a book as she ordered her drink.  She sat down as my eyes lifted from the pages, and we shared smirks from the corners of our lips.  We hurried away from awkwardness with the breaking of eye contact - I tried to escape with my book - but I wanted to see her ... so I glanced again.

Simple black shoes on crossed legs.  A knee length skirt showed only barely from beneath a long sophisticated khaki jacked - still buttoned - her purse still tucked under-arm.  She wasn't staying long.  Her long sandy hair half up, half down, ornately tied behind her head the same way the rest hung over the side of one shoulder.  Blue eyes, I remember, that now looked around the room, trying to seem busy as she waited.  She must've known that I had noticed her, more than just an object.

Her coffee came, was placed on the counter nearest me.  She took it, already leaving, walking off into the rain.  And I wondered who she was, and why she wasn't staying.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Granted

You took my heart for granted
Once, and then again
You snatched my heart right off my sleeve
With your slight of hand
At first you promised me love
But then you chose to neglect
Now you wonder why its broken
Well, what'd you expect?