Pieces of non-color collect in the above. Non-color grey white black, that make no sense. Because those colors do not belong.In this sky.Spewn above, hues of dust and shadow, suspended in blank expectation.Never wish uponThat. It gathers, together, the colors do not belong. It musters, together, gloom of cloud and static.And stick. And stay.It gathers,… Continue reading Anticipated Thunder
Painting with the ashes Speaking what is dead.Writing out the sorrowInstead. Not the bloody distanceToo close to know it’s real.Writing out the sorrowTo feel.Drinking down the ashes.No one says a word.Writing out the sorrowUnheard.Beauty chases embersPraying for a light.Writing out the sorrowTonight.
She sits with her wordsThat spin through the cycles He sits with his wordsThat he will not speakShe melts into wordsThat don’t have any meaningHe melts every wordTo mean something concreteShe chooses her words She chooses her sweaterHe holds to his wordAs he sinks in despairThey both love their wordsThey both love each otherBut all… Continue reading Misunderstood
Let it be Done to me Just let itBeBut then the meI knew to beNo longer willBeBut if I letIt shall be done To unsetMe No longer meWill let it beIt is done. SaysHe
Taking it allNot giving it backNot able Not stableTo give it at all.How long How strong Does one have to beFor meAgainst meHow longO LordWhen I descend bareWhen I could not careWhen I wasn’t thereHow long until whenYou wont be there.O LordHow longLike horseman and lightningIt’s coming.And here.Double slice spearWords, honey and shrapnelYou’re here.So you… Continue reading For How Long
Shining clear Focus golden Not a color Before the colors come Shading pink Where wispy white was formerly seen Sharpens orange Slicing and scratching Dripping red Sacrifice to shadows Bleeding out, hemorrhage Bruising purples Laced with black Tracing mountains Hiding seashores Lost shape and sight and clarity To night
Your hand warmed mine, discovering a turn in the road. Caught off guard, seeing that we were not traveling on the same path. Just now. Last April, we stumbled upon the tiny grass tufts underfoot. Not knowing then, they would grow and pull our hearts across a meadow, split and break them with the rush… Continue reading Kiss Me Cold
Only until when I thought there was forever But ever ever-wavered I believed a bit too long Only until when The light fades out of heaven Graven midnight mapping Just a matter unto time Only until when Resolve and Zeal are choking Evolution claims her dead Where when has won his fight Only until when… Continue reading Eternity
Losing since her first breath In a place of nowhere Untouched alone and quiet Eye to eye, thigh to thigh What did she have to know To wander from that sound Choose was is or what could be Playing happy, weren’t you happy? Where did she have to go To find a place of meaning… Continue reading Finding Lilith
I folded up your picture. The only one I held Un-seeing what you felt like The day I had to leave. I creased your likeness empty When decided Into war When blood and brothers beckoned The day I chose to leave. I pressed you into silence While virtue had its voice Regret unsaid unnamed untold… Continue reading Heart Locket
Cindy Koch 