“Until,” she said
Until…
It was a word filled with pain
a word filled with regret
but she said the word and walked away
leaving me alone to feel that pain
Until….
Until we could see each other again
Until we could be with each other again
Until…
Until she left him
Until I left her
Until we both left them
Until…
it was a promise we made
a hope, a prayer
Until…
Until was just a dream
her way of saying…
Never.
Endless above
The universe spreads
A wild and brilliant path
Spreading out to take me away
Take me far away from the dusty world
The soil and grime,
The heaviness of mortality
But above, above
There is so much more
Endless life, endless dreams
Stars and dust
Beauty, limitless and free
Spreads away from me
I reached out to cup the moon
And held it in my hand
Plucked each star above
To make a beaded strand
Around my neck these stars will lie
The endless promise the universe will keep
With opportunity to forever dream
Each star reminds me
Around my neck the universe spreads
An Endless string dreams
You deserved it he says
and justifies
Quoting scriptures and verses
to support his lies
You hide the bruises
And cry the tears
If you leave now
You’ve wasted all the years
You said the vow
And want to keep
This is your life now
That is what you fear
Forever after
you will live
in the shadow of
That fear
But it was your fault
he said.
There’s a whisper, a sigh
As the world slowly wakens
The trees rustle and stretch
The birds flutter and sing
The sounds of morning
Of spring fill the air
The soft melody of birds swell
Soft twitters and hums
Chirps and trills
Lift and sing
Spinning out onto the winds of spring
Morning sighs and grows
Warmed and eased by the gentle sun
Skies of blue open wide
The clouds are lazy in the sky
I wake and listen to the world
And smile
Grateful I’m alive
Newton found out why we fall
Einstein had the answers to it all
Aristotle, Plato and Socrates
Practiced science and Philosophy
Galileo mapped the stars
While Galen made and sewed up scars
Magic and myth, faith and religion
In the face of science all seem pagan
Science will answer once and for all
How we were placed on this great blue ball.
With dripping fangs and gnashing teeth
It slid across the ground
A dark and loathsome thing
Too ominous and foreboding to name.
It came out of shadows deep
A thing of nightmares and flesh
It came out to crawl and creep
And devour those that fell into its grasp
Descriptions are too horrid to think
It breathes the fear which we feel
Its mouth is wide and it breathes a fetid stink
That fills our minds and mouths and robs us of our will
The darkness bleeds out into its shape
A mass of matted fur and roiling limbs
It rises and stretches out with claws that scrape
To close upon a victim that fits its morbid whim.
It devours breath and life and hope
Swallows down upon our screams
There is no escape except with knife, gun or rope
Turned upon ourselves to end these bad dreams.
It is defeated by our death
No longer able to breathe our fears
But we have lost as we take our last breath
And all are victims and shed sad tears
The sink is almost full
Of sudsy water and dirty dishes
Her movements are sharp
The water splashes out
Bubbles skitter over the counter
She ignores them
Ignores him.
He watches her
But she doesn’t see
He keeps hidden behind his coffee
The sounds of water, the clatter of dish
She ignores him and it builds
Like a brutal hard fist
The words left unspoken
Scream loud and clear
He won’t say
She won’t say
So they scream and scream
Unspoken.
There is another person beneath me
A person only I can see
When I look into the mirror
I see her staring out
But I know my eyes
Are the only ones who can see her
She hides inside of me
Waiting for the moment
When it is safe to be free
She is scared to be rejected
Scared to be hurt
So she stays inside where it is safe
Never knowing what it’s like
To walk inside my skin
She stays safe within
And slowly she will die
Fade away until even I
Won’t see her looking out at me