Tuesday, November 12, 2024

this machine

the cog is back in its place
there is nothing normal about this
from the inner to the outer space
nowhere else does this cog fit

back in the chair again
dreaming to survive
eating up the pain
whispering, "still alive"

a scream written in braille
feeling where to go from here
why succeed when I can fail
driven into the dirt by my fears

the bell will toll for one final time
till it all collapses around me
will the punishment for all my crimes
finally set me free?

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

silence, the snake

words stumble into tripwires
the machine starts to churn
igniting the core, finding fuel
the engine starts to burn

one by one they fall
dominos, broken on the wheel
shattered pieces of existence
too burned out to feel

those that hoped for justice and truth
are buried in the same earth
as the ones that wanted to burn
everything to the ground

when the whispers segue into screams
nightmares start ending the dreams
the trap of sleep is crushing strong
who cares what is right or wrong

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

head games

i heard drums thrum

soul taut like string

ready to break away

ready to scream or sing

a lonely kite in the sky

kissing clouds without a care

dreaming of a love that was

never even there

just a ghost of a memory

haunting corridors of my mind

looking for the piece of me

i had left behind

in the darkness

in the fear

in her eyes

a lonely tear

Saturday, June 12, 2021

A pause, or perhaps the end.

I've written in this space for close to 14 years. I think I am done. 

Adios, readers. 


Wednesday, May 26, 2021

so wrong

the smell of burning sulfur

comes from somewhere close

arms raised to the skies

as a cold wind blows

the scent of hate is strong today

the water red with blood

there is a dream, it's dying 

a face stomped into mud

with masks off we are all the same

to the void, we sing our songs

skulls and bones with a different name

how did things get so wrong

Monday, May 24, 2021

In Me

 There is a void in my days with no way to fill it. If my mind is not occupied with the random happenings of life, there is a sadness that lurks like a killer around the corner, watching me, waiting to murder any hope of joy.

 There is a blank space in my pages with things that I am too scared to write. What if the words rise up from the page, move on my arms, travel up to my face and crawl in my mouth like so many spiders. 

 There is a darkness in my heart that I dare not poke. This animal alive, grinning and slithering, filled with poison, forms dark lips to spit the question, "are you going to act like a pussy, boy?"

 There is a scream in my soul that just will not emerge. The sound rolls around in the box of my rib cage, growing stronger with every passing day, waiting to explode, like a murder of ravens from inside me.

Every prayer a fuck you to the deaf gods.

Monday, April 26, 2021

a desire to burn

fire on my finger tips

words die on my lips

a smile of corpses, mile long

sing the same sibilant song

some foil from last poem still stuck in my teeth

red tongue, black words, gums bleeding

licking lips in serpent dreams

seeking a venomous kiss

a kiss to kill me

a kiss to burn

a kiss to teach me

a lesson never learned

through torn lips

a grin, a grimace

a promise, a hunger

a desire to burn