a thought
by Aki
Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-12-11 19:05:00
milk laden hours
that seep out
with salt and tears
that stretch
with languid limbs
cusping my chin
slight pressures
that hang
ready to fail
ready to fall
looking down into
the coming burst
that’ll open
spreading me
in red droplets
that no longer
contain the malignancy
of words lost
on endless sheets
of notebook paper
i once…
i once thought
had meaning enough
to make
my heart beat
to lead my body
silhoutted by
the evening star
you gave me once
the sunrise
ironic sunset
that birthed
my own soul
in ink and blood
high speed pulse
with feathered
cotton candy clouds
that drifted over
the sea of leaves
full of secrecy
we watched the dead
as they lay slumbering
in wooden carcasses
and God
smiled at me
promises made
while songs repeated
eternity encapsuled
in that one moment
when i was…
the night stands
on sturdy legs
grasping my throat
with intense fingers
that push into me
breaking the voice
i held inside
the silence thick
and suffocating
while time melts
to leave me limp
with mother’s words
her words
shannon’s words
rosalind’s words
crystal words
all one
that shatter
and fall
in razor edges
to scar me
my enegry syphoned
with demand
lack of supply
my body
mind
soul
heart
all barren and bereft
inside one day
that turned into more
when i needed
for once upon a time
that never happened
the way i see
the leaves of green
fading into something
i cannot hold
mounting my form
to eclipse my
private thoughts…