Zodiac Crossed Lovers

Eyes that shift from 

Moss to chocolate 

And a galaxy of stars

Resting beneath them

Child of air

Ruled by Love Herself

I sit on my rock

Content to watch you dance 

As you sing 

A wordless song

wristBurns

Left alone with thought 

The silent nag

The raucous silence

The torture of 

Not knowing 

Entwined with the 

Cowardice to ask

So I’ll sit in the dark 

And count the threads 

Of the ropes that bind me 

The Untamable Girl

If you think you’re 

Fireproof enough to

Kiss the sun

If you think you’re 

Clever enough to

Harness the wind

If you think you’re 

Strong enough to

Seduce gravity 

If you think you’re 

Patient enough to

Caress the full moon

...I’ll let you try

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The velvet purple sky 

Stood before me 

He dropped to his knees 

And offered me the moon

Its light slowly turned the frost

On the ground

Into a million glittering diamonds

He held his breath

And waited for the answer 

To a question that was never asked 

Consumption

The fire 

I can feel it

Starting in my 

Fingertips 

And spread through

My chest

Until the whole of me

Is burning 

From the inside out

Now kiss me 

And make it an

Inferno 

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When I can bring you

Warmth of the soul, don’t complain

When you stand in shade. 

The Tattooed Skull

The torrent 

Slicing from above

Water turning to ice

The shards 

Shredding my skin

Peeling flesh from bone

Until I finally recognize 

What I know

I’ve been all along 

A hollow thing

Tossed aside

Waiting for a 

Regeneration 

That won’t come 

The First Full Moon

I felt the cry from

The broken wolf as she leaned 

To nuzzle the moon. 

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The freckles 

Painted across his

Shoulders 

Create an entire

Galaxy 

And I listen to

Him smile

As my fingers dance

Between his constellations 

Accepting My Death

He shines 

Like the sun

That smile

Bright 

Brilliant 

Exploding through his eyes

To bathe me in his warmth

And yet when 

His gaze turns

It’s cold

My sun becomes

Just another far-flung star 

And I’m left

Hollow 

Shivering

I can feel the blood slowing 

And freezing me from inside

Convinced it’s the last of me

Ready to let go

Until he wraps me in his arms

To thaw me out

One more time 

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And I notice

Another crack

That wasn’t there before 

More and more 

Splintered

Ugly

Deformed

Unwanted

Discarded 

No one wants 

The leftover 

Shards

Of what used to be 

Cathedral stained glass

The Nameless

Fear 

Crippling and blinding

I couldn’t name it 

If even it had a name

A thousand years old

And crawling like a spider

Up my throat 

Killing me 

From the inside

Lullaby Concerto

She’s deliberate 

With every word

It’s beautiful to see

Behind her eyes as

She struggles to find

The perfect blend

Of cadence and diction

Lulled to sleep by

The excitement in her face

And the symphony 

In her voice 

Hypnotized 

By her conductor’s hands 

As they punctuate 

The rhythm of her story 

And the matching beat of 

My heart 

A Chance at Life

My lips are

Broken and blood-crusted over

Cracked so badly

Even the sweet touch

Of water sends

Shockwaves of pain

And yet I stay

Perched beneath the 

Dripping sponge

Afraid I’ll miss 

Its kiss 

Because agony 

Is my only 

Salvation

Sleeping Ugly

Sleep forever

Because the land of dreams

Can’t steal you away

Day after day

After agonizing day

The forever winter 

In a frostbitten heart is

Afraid to hope 

For the thaw of spring 

It isn’t worth

The melt of tears

And the puddle of

Sorrow surrounding 

Its frozen corpse 

Composer

Not you 

Never you 

Stand aside 

Take your place 

At the edge of

The dance floor 

And watch the

King and Queen

Waltz

To your music 

Clear As Day

The words that speak the 

Loudest are sometimes words that

Are never spoken. 

Ekko

Listen closely dears.

Silence often sounds just like

A heart that’s breaking. 

Fireplaces

My Girl

She sits 

Quiet and still 

Seemingly disconnected 

Distracted 

But My Girl

Is peaceful only on the surface 

My Girl has eyes 

That reflect all of space and time 

When you look into them 

You see

She’s thinking a thousand things

And wanting to say

A hundred more 

The tempest 

The passion

The fire of a million suns

Burns within

And she holds 

Her tongue 

To let me shine 

Genesis Two

So what will happen

When everyone

Is broken

Beyond repair

And there are no healers

Well enough 

To care for us

When the souls

Have died

And yet the flesh

Continues on