You haunt me

Your ghost haunts me daily

It looms over my head

Fills me to my feet

Overburdening and overflowing

Melancholic love

Consuming

A smile would give life to an apparition

A moment in your eyes

One moment before the rest

A touch can soothe the burns

A moment lost in caress

One moment before the rest

The spirit fades into memory

And you in its place

I lay down my arms

I prostrate at your feet

My fears laid open before you

One moment before the rest

Hourglass

The grains emptied slow

Millions of memories and feelings

Filling the reservoir below

Can you turn it upside down?

Can you take back the blows?

Can the sand return?

Somewhere closer to home

Or is it gone now?

Will I never be whole?

Shrapnel

I couldn’t avoid the shotgun blast

People want to talk

Their words are atom bombs

Blowing up my love

Un-needed, reckless destruction to my heart

Her heart, her eyes gaze away

People don’t realize the impact of what they say

Could destroy an evening

Could destroy a life

Silence is golden

When ignorance makes you feel bolder

Don’t tread on my spine

It sharp and prickled

Spread about with land mines

I won’t let you get between

Me and my destiny

My love, she believes in me

Consumed

When you found me
At my weakest
My front, at its strongest
Palisades erected
And your questions deflected
Yet now I long to be one with your form

Your words rained down
Golden arrows of sun
They bit and pierced
The layers off the wall
Your smile exposed me
And now I long to be one with your form

I don't think you're a mind fuck
But you penetrated my brain
My thoughts now consumed by you
My words can do little to explain
But I long to be one with your form
Wrapped tightly around one another
With my lips for comfort
Embracing the night
Rowing in unison
Squeeze me with your limbs
I'll go much deeper
When your pulse quickens
And the milk thickens
We'll give birth to nirvana
And be consumed with each other