Poetry · Writing

Upside-down

Freezing tips of fine

knives peel my skin back

like a banana peel.

Dangling in Limbo

toes flying in comfort

of a home I once knew

cheeks plunging

deep into a shadow

pulling me deeper.

Breathing the darkness in

back of my throat

rushes down

swirls around the soul

and leaves before

my toes can touch

Earth.

Poetry · Writing

Split

I found different versions

of myself

stored away in pockets

like lint

and bottom of caves

like Silence of the Lambs.

Dealt a pair of sixes

in the bottom of this pit.

Flipping a coin

two feet

switching between

light and dark

like a light switch

in an instant.

 

 

Poetry · Writing

Camouflage 

Tidy line(s) making

toy soldiers march

through open canals

to mute beaches. 

Retro timing strikes

nine on the battle

clock

that restless alarm

screeches, wake.

Battles with daily

motivation leaves

tan lines around

naked eyes and

bruised ribs.

They march on

and on

and on. 

Poetry · Writing

Headlights

Dancing between life and Limbo.

Staring two hundred tons

in the headlights.

Dozens gaze into Limbo’s eyes

stepping into Violence,

just toes into a pool,

testing the water.

Bubbling jacuzzi, steamy

from the eyes,

blood-shot, and

already leaving this

Earth behind.

 

Poetry · Writing

Contour

The outline sketched

didn’t follow the lines.

My my my if they only

saw it now, bowing before

the broken plans. Reading

between the lines on a rainbow

of dreams in a past life

tortured by this inferno.

Trapped in Lust and crawling

to Limbo. It’s quite here.

Conjuring an escape into

a brand new blue print,

far from a lost planet.