From the beginning the poems began. All good things lay there. Yet no one wants to go home. To what end? We all return to the master. But my problem is His mercy Because my life breathes in The in-between. The flavor between the drink The silence when my heart’s not beating The tingle between… Continue reading Living In-Between
I saw it in my dream or future. When I will put my gods to sleep. Now's not the time. It's too soon. Or way too late. Now They numb, gnawing my nerves stinging like pleasures. They stroke, scraping their nails, across my surfaces. They kiss, biting icy dry lips underneath my glosses. I feel… Continue reading When the Time Comes
Wanting or wandering freedom That doesn’t ever exist Where love is Is always a sovereign A rule maker Authority lover Who keeps and reveals the right Searching for freedom Thrills for the light And still There is sameness to see Under ocean Deep blackness Above sky bleak pressure At the bar Drink alcohol All drowning… Continue reading why?
You told me the trick. It was too good to be true. I told you, forget it. I couldn’t suspend disbelief. Because it didn’t make sense to my senses, my sight and my touch and my guilt and my shame. He said, Hocus Pocus. And then, it was so. I thought it illusion. Too good… Continue reading Delinquent Magic
One from one, bone of bone Flesh to flesh, soul by soul Two left, walking breathing hiding flesh and soul and mind divide Eating talking loving dying Parts and holes, deep and wide Two grew, rooted twisted sideways Not his soulmate, random bride Two by two, years and trial Lust for beauty, own your lie… Continue reading Another Adam
Patience Discipline Stop Before it starts It intensifies Or it dies See what happens I guess Patience Discipline Think Before you speak It could lead to something You don’t want Can’t have Patience Discipline Pray Before you doubt Before you cry Before you disbelieve Could be the silence Before the rain Or the rest Patience… Continue reading Patience and Discipline
Savior Save you. Now. A meaning and purpose on my own is nothing with out you Washing away my own to own another Save you now Atone. My own. Hosanna alone. Are you mine alone? The demon you can’t face Fills my home Now. Savior Save me. By my safe embrace While your face looks… Continue reading Save You, Save Me
Hangs there. Invisible to the eye who looks upon. Heavy upon the chest of those who breathe it. She tries not to inhale that quiet air that she cannot see. It stings the back of her tongue thickly swamping shallow into her lung. Drowning in the quiet air, gasping at the hidden tears bleeding down… Continue reading Quiet Air
Cut it off Pluck it out Rip and tear Muted word Count the cost of it’s life Its too precious, Oh, my precious Silver and gold and pearls Slobbered inside pigs’ jowls Dripping sticking Toss it Or hold it inside Treasured up Keep and watch and wait Don’t let the breath stay sitting still Too… Continue reading Dot. Dot. Dot.
Is it the same. Fire burning my insides. The same kind of pain that also burns you. Does it feel the same. Ripping tearing at the what-ifs. Sickening vomit stirring pleasure. I wonder if you feel it, inside up through deep throat and under. I thought I saw you, pull it back, behind that stare,… Continue reading The Same
Cindy Koch 