Bodies

I fear for these young
breakable bodies, though their
hopes have yet held fast

Image by Flavio Botana from Pixabay

 

Smoke

Wrap your arms around
smoke and mirrors – learn to love
this curated self

cc by hortonjac via Flickr

Forgotten

I grew in my mind
a poem potent and pure –
which I then forgot

cc by DaveBleasdale via Flickr

Resolution

I resolved to be
stronger, but then promptly went
all weak at the knees

cc via Wikimedia Commons

Stroke of Midnight

At the stroke of midnight, where will you be –
Asleep in your bed, afloat on the sea?

At the stroke of midnight, will you think of me –
Adrift in my bed, heart a roiling sea?

At the stroke of midnight, then shall we be
as oceans merging, hearts unmoored and free?

 

Madness

Wringing out the brain,
to spite the page beneath it —
a daily madness.

cc by Drew Coffman via Flickr

Stone

I am among stone –
soft voices of ancestors
murmur in my blood.