let’s cut through it I’m just a man, nothing more and the way you did your eyes tonight is sexy the shape of your face reminds me of a girl I used to know someone who used me not her fault, I deserved it she was sexy too so is your face I can’t tellContinue reading “Just a Bukowski Tonight”
Tag Archives: loneliness
One
The cross I bear across my brow for thee Makes up the cloth which sees me through the storm And in the faintest moments of my glee Adds paint and pain-ed pallor to my form The world around makes light of who we are It mocks the very essence of the soul In pale paradeContinue reading “One”
this place needs a grump
haul yourself, sticky and unyielding, from the womb of sleep it’s barely midnight dreams were clingy and horrible babysitting grown people drowning in chaos need a drink throw on a wrap and walk to the taproom slide onto a leather perch at the end of the bar take in the people: four acting student typesContinue reading “this place needs a grump”
being saved
once again this suffocating sea of shit has come close to stealing my breath once more she gives me hope the promise of beauty a prospect of happiness I’m beginning to get used to this not accustomed to having an angel just my self, my hate and a bottle stewing in the dark visited byContinue reading “being saved”
alone again
here I sit single again alone in the universe for a while, though, I can fool myself and connect I’ve found another together we can bond be happy in silence be not alone for a while until we kiss say good-bye the bliss leaves with her my life goes on without her I am onceContinue reading “alone again”
tragedy
the father crouches in the dark, naked the skin splits apart and the son emerges out of the father’s back the son rises, looks around in sadness headless post-birth loneliness he knows not what he has to do the son ventures into the streets – still headless and dripping wet people shove by – fastContinue reading “tragedy”
sleep alone
pass me up, look me over, let me go deny my love and send me away continue this madness that slowly eats you give up one who would love you sleep alone cry alone without wiping your tears show me the lines on your face live a life – half-living – dying every day washContinue reading “sleep alone”
solitude
my path seems to be that of isolation just like every one else’s except with no companion no community I simply do not attempt to hide from this path to escape this isolation this triple-sided destiny of the self, the others, the world I embrace the loneliness and walk alone in peace
my home the universe
walk on the moon float in space hold the sun in worship cover the glare from your eye have the presence of mind to relax and take in every star in whole don’t burn your mind out trying to recite this constellation after all, it’s just the same sky it’s my sea – my lonelyContinue reading “my home the universe”
a little boy dreaming of the stars
before me I’ve laid a path behind I’ve told a story now is the waking moment of my condition I’m just a little boy dreaming of the stars before I know, I’m back beneath this enclosure bound by this triple-sided destiny my witness is the heart in my hand just dreaming of a longing forContinue reading “a little boy dreaming of the stars”
