Headlights catch the highway
old thoughts of the day
worthless reasons
he fought for you to stay
the road seems dark
on an aimless journey
when you hold steady
spiral and crash
wake up to the wall
that man with his flashlight
hanging on to your pulse
more full than empty
the rush of a blood army
keeping you on your feet
while down the street
loud engines accelerate
making destruction
worse than what appears
and with each passing one
you hope to be anywhere
with anybody to take you
far from home
Monday, December 31, 2012
Never Arrived
It's too quiet for the cry
of a car crash, playing
over and over again,
but you wouldn't know
the sound if you heard it,
you wouldn't know the lights
of a rescue car, reflecting
off my ghostly face,
wondering how you
never arrived to see.
of a car crash, playing
over and over again,
but you wouldn't know
the sound if you heard it,
you wouldn't know the lights
of a rescue car, reflecting
off my ghostly face,
wondering how you
never arrived to see.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Aftermath
Icicles melt like cold drops of blood
from naked roofs, clogged gutters;
they splash into puddles and disperse
with sounds that hush in the frost.
Backyard trees lay motionless;
they stretch diagonally,
divide the raw lawn, and sleep.
Look how they carry
the weight of snow, beautiful mounts;
for hours, it falls, it settles in the arms
of an oak and a maple, making the bark
tear outwards, like fresh fruit peels.
This is the sacrifice of nature,
the sound of quiet death.
These are lazy limbs that lost the fight
against untimely affliction.
Listen to the aftermath—
souls passing by, saying, "farewell, goodnight."
from naked roofs, clogged gutters;
they splash into puddles and disperse
with sounds that hush in the frost.
Backyard trees lay motionless;
they stretch diagonally,
divide the raw lawn, and sleep.
Look how they carry
the weight of snow, beautiful mounts;
for hours, it falls, it settles in the arms
of an oak and a maple, making the bark
tear outwards, like fresh fruit peels.
This is the sacrifice of nature,
the sound of quiet death.
These are lazy limbs that lost the fight
against untimely affliction.
Listen to the aftermath—
souls passing by, saying, "farewell, goodnight."
Monday, December 10, 2012
Dog Years
Speak to the one
who stays home, who barks
when you have a good dream.
He will die on, say, Christmas
or your birthday, where the loss
will seem greater than the gain,
and you'll forget that some loves
never start, that your mother kissed you
from the doorway.
When you have to either bury
or burn him, some might say,
"it's too bad dogs can't understand."
Ignore them
would be my advice.
who stays home, who barks
when you have a good dream.
He will die on, say, Christmas
or your birthday, where the loss
will seem greater than the gain,
and you'll forget that some loves
never start, that your mother kissed you
from the doorway.
When you have to either bury
or burn him, some might say,
"it's too bad dogs can't understand."
Ignore them
would be my advice.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Pouring on the Front Porch
For all she knew, he sat to watch
the power-line crows, the red-haired lady,
her sister running in the rain,
and what a shame that she stood too far
to see the blood breaking though his eyes,
the sweat puddling his crooked lip,
the idea
growing toxic
inch by inch,
night by night.
the power-line crows, the red-haired lady,
her sister running in the rain,
and what a shame that she stood too far
to see the blood breaking though his eyes,
the sweat puddling his crooked lip,
the idea
growing toxic
inch by inch,
night by night.
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