this morning
she woke up
with a smile
on her face
it was a very unusual day.
If I Told You
If I told you I loved you
And that I see you in every girl that walks by
Would you say it back
If I told you I loved you
That no one could replace you in my life
Would you repeat those words
If I told you I loved you
And then walked away, to never see you again
Would you chase after me
If I told you I loved you
And you turned away, deaf and mute
Don’t worry about me anymore
If I told you I loved you
It would be a mistake
You’re happy already
And I’d only ruin that
Presence
There lies a length of shadow;
a quiet, lingering shadow,
still as death that’s settled, holding fast.
It’s formed in a corner where no sunlight shines,
where nothing stands that might a shadow cast.And, where it lies, its presence chills,
filling me with thoughts of ill
foreboding born of some dark secret past.
I fear it’s on my soul that fell shadow dines,
and bounded by it I shall breathe my last.
when we smiled, it was raining.
hold onto that, hold on
to that moment
like it’s the last thing
you’ll ever remember about us.
forget everything, forget
everything else,
except the faded image
of two dripping smiles.
Dawn
The bird chorus chants to welcome the sun
the world still lies cloaked in black
On the horizon a seam of yellow and red-
a curtain soon open to entertain a new day
i tell you
my dreams out loud
and you tell me
they aren’t real.
we stick ourselves in cobwebs and
weather permitting
cover ourselves in fruit-punch
so that we have to writhe and wriggle
to get away.
we are homophones or homonyms those two aren’t homophones they sound different but they…
