The simplicity of a heart devoted Ring already binding Tightly to the aorta Closing a valve to ink that noted The very life of finding Disconcerted in a plethora Small grapes that sour Make fine wine for my saddest hour Drink until I no longer cower Ask my question to […]
Stuck in the middle of Nevada Neon fish in the sky, flashing lights The yellow cab pulled up in a blur I said goodbye to my best friend I think he kissed me on the lips Or maybe I just imagined it Men never say I love you before goodbye […]
Simple smiles fail When the heart no longer flourishes Arboreal lines across an aging face As the fall leaves find winter Falling for a spring that will never come A summer with no sunshine A love that is not mine © The Sad Owl
Hourglass to umbra The time spent in shadows So light and heartfelt Wine in the bloodstream Not meant for us we fumble the stars and words hallow Pray we might leave well Supple torn supplied seam It would seem that the sand is running low The ground dug out just […]
Endearing In the dark fearing Hands of the clock stop So minute, fragile and falling Like the length of a hair stretched to its end Broken and holding onto the faintest scent So quiet like a ghostly whisper calling Asking how was our time before then Taken with the wind […]
It’s probably just a habit Certainly and forsooth Whisky glasses’ ice turn like planets Sadly the way I move Jagged, ridged, redd Lagging head and dread I can’t tidy my mind though Something like the way you make my heart slow Love as blind as the ocean deep Dreams of […]
Contorted blue hue mix swivel center black Distorted turns like a tornado, abyss to not come back Sink in deep waters, drown liquor, sicker than a ship, toss and turn more violently than the waves Weather storms , black clouds thicker, lightning flicker, disappear behind the door of a mind […]
What was it that I saw that night Small chill in the wind, icy words took flight I wondered or perhaps wandered, aimlessly Without a notion of the anger it gave me Walking into the dark in a frame till we Painted over the past Was it the regrets still […]
We are family Flock and fairly To be so weary Wearily reefing Cutting the wind Lights be dimmed Arranged in our seating Did I lose you in our organization Was it the impulsive me with imagination That you thought so highly of and sought after While I aimlessly fought for […]
I… haven’t heard your voice in a while Now less timorous in character and style Uncareful and uncordial Cold and unforetold The last time you spoke… well to me In great enthusiasm you announced that without me you’d be happy I left promptly so we could see Was that truly […]
