Category: Poetry
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Slow Down
The speed of light is crashing, Screeching to a halt, My mind pulls back, Slowing, sluggish, moving like molasses, Sweet, and crystal dark, A river of calm. I will not know myself in the weeks to come, Or even remember just what it was that prickled my heart, And shredded my thoughts, Once I cross…
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Guarded Words
If I don’t speak, You can’t hear me. In the silence, I can say what burns in me to say, And you can’t capture it, Twist it into a weapon and throw it back at me. But oh, I have forgotten as I type, The words trail off into cyberspace, I must switch to paper…
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Invisible Isolation
The door closes with a soft click, didn’t expect it, Didn’t plan it. I’m alone. I tell myself it’s okay, I like it better that way, Live in my solitude, Kiss a hundred wishes good bye, Don’t listen to the silent sigh, Just be chill, Go about my tasks, Dodge the questions my heart asks,…