Category Archives: Poetry

There was a house that love built It sat upon the holy ground atop a cliff just by the sea It was made of the strongest stone with promised etched into each brick It’s roof weather through the mighty storm … Continue reading →

On a starless night so many years ago you pulled me deep inside with a single kiss. I was just a child still frightened by the dark hiding in a corner nursing a wounded heart I was broken and so … Continue reading →

It wasn’t that long ago we were saying our good byes but I never got to say thank you for all the things that you taught me most importantly what forever means at least when it came to me and … Continue reading →

Every night when I hold you the world just seems so right To this day I can’t believe that the woman in my arms is mine. It’s like a cross between two dreams to watch rising sun dance across your … Continue reading →

We can’t stop the motion of time that nauseating spin we call life itself Much like a top we spin and move until we topple over and die we can’t slow down the way the world somehow comes back to … Continue reading →

We’re punching doors and stoning all the walls We’re breaking down the barriers and burning our world to ashes This kind of rage just comes too easily what’s another act of violence anyhow? We’ll watch it on the news with … Continue reading →

There was a time When the world was much bigger The days seemed longer And life's little mysteries Were still mysterious We had not the time for calculus Nor the wherewithal to question God We were simply content to exist … Continue reading →

It was many many years ago I was green and young in life I didn't know that there were girls with hearts of ice I never could have imagined the harm that they could do to well meaning boys and … Continue reading →

How do you expect me to cry for you just because we’re saying goodbye Yes, it hurts for me to lose you and I’ll miss you until the day I die But now that the truth has been spoken I … Continue reading →

We came into life this way bare to the world our legs neatly folded arching up toward our chest with our back slumped as if to greet our knees but never quite touching. We then grow older we learn to … Continue reading →

I remember that it was one of those Twists of fate That brought us together through The blinding hate I don't quite remember what made me Think myself wise My heart too often broken by Such sordid lies But there … Continue reading →

I hooked you with a single stare It was over before it began Like fallen pray you were lying there Holding death within your hand You had a void and I touched you there With the ease I rubbed my … Continue reading →

As I sat along the rocky shore gazing out to the horizon watching as a sun of hate set over a sea of tears My eyes followed the path of a boat a boat I myself made made so many … Continue reading →

It was the end of everything For both you and I The world that we knew Was now set to die But since that world brought me Nothing but pain I could care less that it Will never be the … Continue reading →

I'd give my hand to be with you I'd give both just to keep you But you've gone back Back home to Louisiana Back to where your world is right now I know it's all for the best that it … Continue reading →

I remember it was a senseless night Which all of the world just seemed so right I couldn't begin to tell you why I was a lonely heart that beat with ease Because you were smiling through the trees And … Continue reading →

Just imagine the stars How bright they must be tonight magnified be the teardrops brought forth by all our pain It's amazing how cruel life can be how heavy her hand can feel All we want to do is smile … Continue reading →

I remember when I was a child and nothing ever seemed worthwhile I fell to knees my for praying It was the wrong game that I was playing So young but never cracked a smile Just trying to survive for … Continue reading →

I love the night how the shadows fall all around forming a cocoon about us that cloaks the world in darkness But there we lie as lovers lie holding one another tight It's a small pocket of happiness in a … Continue reading →

The world ended last night so we went to the roof of the building to watch it all unfold Underneath a fire-lit sky we unfolded a blanket and set out our food as demons devoured children we devoured our chicken … Continue reading →

There is a magical time When the stars are out But the sun has not yet dropped Below the treetops afar When the sky is a crystal blue And a million shades of black It's when the streetlights come on … Continue reading →

Oh it's easy for you my friend So damn easy To sit upon your ivory tower And spew forth the black venom Of hate and malcontent To sit upon your archer's rest And fire your wretched arrows Into the backs … Continue reading →

Every night I lay there alone in the darkness etching into the wall some magical symbol ripped from ancient lore It's a spell of love and a curse of fate Because it's fate my love that made this bed cold … Continue reading →

Who is this I'm staring at? With tear-filled eyes And quivering lips I've never seen such longing Buried in such heavy eyes But it's the melancholy expression That swallows me whole Such hatred for life And contempt for fate Who … Continue reading →

There were no stars out last night the midnight air was painted black the moon hid behind the clouds like a shy stepchild waiting to shine There I stood under the orange glow of a streetlight tapping out some old … Continue reading →

They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree just rolls downhill and into the stream carried by the current into the sea washing up on some distant beach The trail I blaze must be my own even if … Continue reading →

Upon the kingdom Nameth in the days of old there was a lovely princess whose hair did shine like gold and though her face was pure the color of virgin snow her heart was black and heavy no love to … Continue reading →

I lit a candle for you my love though small and quaint, it's all I have to give but you know my dear there is not a star in that burns hotter nor an ocean larger than that little candle … Continue reading →

I see it all so clearly the past the future the present I see the blood and sweat the pain and agony the tortured betrayal I've survived, prevailed through days of torment and nights of angst but for what? what … Continue reading →

I've known pain Digging, scratching, scraping pain splitting my soul in two like a knife thrust into my chest a pain washed in tears gone dry and sprinkled in pieces of shattered dreams Yes, I've known that pain I've known … Continue reading →

I remember one day walking up to a cliff I stood very brave on the edge and looked down unable to see the bottom was I for it was hidden in the shadows fearing for my life I backed up … Continue reading →

It’s like standing in the middle of a field with no trees no animals no one Though the grass is green and lush Though the sky is blue the air is warm smelling of sweet scents and life is good … Continue reading →

Walking through the midnight air in the garden of the pure living a life that is not my own tied by vines the light has shown Everybody thinks they know me Everybody thinks they hear me The frightened child inside … Continue reading →

I was a traveler rendered weary by many miles of senseless journey through the forest along the shore upon a flowing stream I rested removed my shoes with the water tested sliding my feet into the water's core My ears … Continue reading →

The pipes moan and drone to the sorrows of their player With every solid key press a heartache soars up to the air and shakes the earth with it's booming voice With every gentle note a tear is turned to … Continue reading →

It's all about the stillness of the bare trees as they stand against the world all lit up and the eerie glow produced by a cold, starless night It's all about the pit pat of shuffling steps from feet walking … Continue reading →

Oh precious light Why are you so dark? your brothers and sisters are all shining bright Are you dark because you're lonely? Are you lonely because you're dark? Please tell me why dear light you're not shining true. Did someone … Continue reading →

Knowing that you are so far away I hug the air around me tight In my mind dreaming it's you I opened my heart as I opened my mouth To kiss your sweet red lips Sometimes I breathe deep In … Continue reading →

Pitter patter The drops fall hard Onto the metal backs Ringing loud and clear Breaking the silence of night And piercing the ears of those below Smash smash The drops hit hard Shattering the calming night Wrecking the sleep that … Continue reading →

All I wanted was to hear you say that you loved me and wouldn't sway but your words came from far away to remind me I'll be alone today All I wanted was to see you All I wanted was … Continue reading →

I walked out one crystal night and the air was cold and black every star held bright and true against it's midnight back The moon hung low above the trees as silent as a ghost and I sat there in … Continue reading →

An ode to night is an ode to darkest sky I live for thee I cry in your arms of black I live for thee to see you come again I look for thee to save me here and now … Continue reading →

If I stand here silent at any time of day I can hear the hounds calling calling me away You see just beyond my realm there's an endless sea of black it's filled with drowning souls but to them I … Continue reading →

There was a time in which this place meant the world to me It was my sanctuary my place for me to be But now time has opened my eyes This place is deaf to all my cries I don't … Continue reading →

I sit here and long to be the way that I was to have an open heart and to sing a song of love but it will never be as such I know that I'm trapped in darkness save this … Continue reading →

I saw something different when I looked into your eyes Although you smiled and said hello I saw through all those lies Because I know I hurt you it's that I can't deny Though you said you forgave me somehow … Continue reading →

I combed the earth in desire Now gasping for breath my life is dire I see the end I see the fire the flames drown out the singing choir Below the cloud that heaven brings Lays a child of senseless … Continue reading →

Sitting alone in the dark of night One bright and sunny day I stared down a piece of paper Not knowing what to say I meant to pour my heart out Let it bleed throughout my pen But then the … Continue reading →

It's on the darkest night after a silent day that love begins to turn cold and hate comes out to play I can only hope that this pain will subside I know that my love is true I want you … Continue reading →

What kind of world is this that treats me like a dog she beats me, starves me, chains me and breaks my skin with it's flog But yet I now expect that I know this world is cruel the human … Continue reading →