Tuesday, September 29, 2020

a second chance


the wind moves all the branches in this tall tree not just a single one

I write down my own thoughts

mixed with everything that I've kept from the others before me

only my dreams are entirely mine

(the ones I forget)

I just woke up

and all i want to do

is

to eat a slice of apple pie for breakfast

and to be left alone in front of my samsung notes

so I can continue my dream of last night

I'll add a bit of yellow

for comfort

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

God hardly hears

a new solar cycle began
I wish I could go home
there is nothing I would keep
except the memory of your face
fresh water in my hands cupped together
I drink endlessly
the thirst won't go away
all handles are missing from the doors
there was no warning
against the heaviness of this silence
which we consciously made
how can you defend yourself
against of what you already are
a basket of warm bread on the table
to go with a sad song
closer and closer
(like words)
the chair squicked against the floor
my heart completely stopped
a single pair of tears
to testify for my troubled soul
and no one to really care
no one at all

Saturday, September 12, 2020

the vast lands of darkness

my hand in your hand

feed me dreams, my love

speak to me about happiness

then send me away to "put my house in order"

(as dying Pushkin said)

who am I ?

when do I laugh? did I forgive myself ?

my eyes borrowing the color of infinite desire

to be with you at the end of every day

tell me what do you see when I'm hurt

when I'm inhabited by everything but faith 

look again. can we escape?

we came to life to bargain endlessly
 
to never win 

this sky hosts only echoes 

and death 

- an insult to each promised love


Saturday, September 5, 2020

this cannot be a poem although it may very well be one

from the heights of my happiness 

(where I now reside)

I'm digging my own grave
 
thought
 
by thought 

now that's dedication! 

bones so clean 

so forgotten 

and the sun

up there 

on the other side 

of the highway
 
like a humongous sign reading "waffle house"