Chatter and aching Building and breaking Too deep to find, detect or settle Shouting and hushing Constructing and crushing At nighttime, morning, and in the middle Rumbling under my calm smile Pulsing with a liar’s bile Unsatisfied and yearning Rebellious and returning Hands and heart, mind, body, soul Itching and self-abused Unable to resist the… Continue reading I Like Her
Endless nights, sleepless dreams Passion builds inside Darkened days, restless heart Exposing what they hide So much to wonder So much to hope Tiny words, distant thoughts Trapped too far away Anxious tones, new regrets Weighting down today So much to mourn So much to fear Burning breath, racing pulse The two become one mind… Continue reading So Much
Free feels like A gust under and around Storm from inside Words unbound Loosing the wisdom Creating unfound Breathe out dust From before But the ghosts From before Will always haunt These words, in times The story decides From the ground Who roots Or is ignored From before Or Yours
Blank screen softly glow Imprint my thoughts if they would flow Locked behind my aching eyes Ideas are swirling like the snow Fingers frozen even though Words are screaming deep inside Me Type a key, delete a few Scrape together today’s review And I know it doesn’t matter Painful happy words undo Harsh and loving… Continue reading Typical Poem
Weighted breath lashing the dark and the light Drawing in colors and shades and glares Licking up clarity, contrast and bright Drinks the sweet evening shadow Laying down cool touches warm soft earth Wine drunken bed spread all over the sky Sprinkling her ink into meaningless verse Inhales the unspoken release Veil smooths over exposed… Continue reading Midnight Speaks
It hurts when it is missing Silly foolish searching Uncovering I need you More than you would want me to be there There’s an endless universe Of wishes wants and wondering But aching unearned expectation Wanders back to where it’s not Dark, sea, sky; I try to drift To where it couldn’t touch me Even… Continue reading Discipline Equals Escape
Believing the water Clear with no seafloor Unchanging substance Obliged to erode Refracting reflecting Drought seeping dry Streaming in veins That pulse with the season Hidden and riddled I don’t know the season Under your eyebrow Under your rib Dripping and crashing But not like a seashore That moves for the moon Preparing the tides… Continue reading Faith
Taste the light. buzz. little doses. slow drip addict. it was fun. now need the fix. the tocking ticking digits. and guts can’t stand the empty. need another lick. Click. Can’t remember. his sad sound. her fresh curls. under the comforter, not comforting. dark, hiding, in the hole of sick. vomit and heart, replaying the… Continue reading Lasting Love
The good. The polite. The kind. Soft and steady. Calm and ready. Serving in love. But what if I serve in dissent. The hard. The bitter. The abrasive. Impious and unexpected. Alone and unprotected. Could it be good And used for his glory. Or just as a foil In his pre-determined story. This may be… Continue reading Vocation of Dissent
Those little glowing numbers set in the dashboard inspire a false sense of control. Hour after hour. Each new destination, every sliced out moment. Ticking clock. 58, 59. Right on time. Schedule and priorities paste together daylight minutes. Long and short, early and late. Cubes of purposeful movement build the Monday Tuesday Wednesday. More not… Continue reading Time Deceives
Cindy Koch 