A Few Love Poems

 

Let Me Lay Still in Your Silence

I feel so empty.
as if I can’t take anything in at one time
my mind is always bouncing from
word to word, face to face walking around me.
a tree blowing in the wind
overshadows a best friend’s voice.

I could watch the rain with you
for an eternity
laying in the sand I’ll stay
watching you turn blonde
dip a toe
wrinkle your nose
visionary eloquence
right before my eyes

 

Jericho

I’ve tried to recreate your eyes
so many times
in my head, in my heart
on paper

I’ve tried to recreate your smile
I hadn’t seen since our last night together
what I wouldn’t do
to see her light up the room

when I look over the mountains
I still can’t find you
the city lights dance
like we were supposed to do under them

I would leave everything today
if we could just leave tomorrow
the wind gentle on my skin
yet the moon is unforgiving to my heart

 

Breakneck Speed (Free Verse)

I woke up like I had been dreaming of you all night
I walked to my bus without any music on,
just hearing stale raindrops from the night before
trickle down leaf to leaf. few cars pass me
just as the world has been
while my feet remain in cement,
leaving my head to only turn
left to right
watching everyone continue their lives
waiting for a hand to pull me out
before the cement turns to quicksand.