Month: December 2018

Please
Give me
A sign
Of your
Presence
Don’t be
Just a
Ghost
Story
To me
Because
I know
Once
Upon
A time
You existed
In my
Reality

Give me
Your fears
Your defeats
Your sorrow
And I will
Teach you
To feel
Your way
Through
Darkness

Your gaze
Is warm to the touch
Whoever is caught
In your stare
Becomes enthroned
Proudly displayed
And glorified

I want that

You’re the
Best thing
That has happened
To me
You make me
Try harder
You’re the spark
That ignites
My will to live
Even though
The world’s
Against me
Together
Nothing can
Stop us
Who cares
If you devour
My soul
In the process?

I don’t know you
But I like to
Think that I do
Know the reason

I think I know
Why you’re married
With kids
Or why you’re
Raising a child
All by yourself

I think I know why
You run through
The woods chasing ghosts
Or can’t stand still
In a concrete jungle
Filled with steel trees

I think I know why
In a crowd of people
You either want to
Fight the power
Or flee the barbarians

I have some ideas
About why you’re
The way you are
But maybe it doesn’t matter
If I am right
Because ultimately
You’re a fable
To me

Swimming through the depths
Locked onto one target
When another
Crosses your path–
Do you
Give chase?
Can you even
Break lock?
Or are you
Doomed to chase
Something
Someone else
Told you
Was a
Sure thing?

Flipping through
The facts
Until something
Relevant
Is found
And can be
Wrapped around
A situation
To your liking
So you reign
Triumphant–
Most smartypants
Of them all

I’m crying
And you don’t
Think me
Worthy of
Your attention
And through my tears
I can see
You don’t really see
Me closing
The distance
Between us–
As you look away
Then look back
Look away
Then look back
Closer
And closer
I am like an angel
In disguise
But what happens
When I finally
Reach you?

Now that
I’m no longer
In the know
I’m part
Of the rumor mill

You got to
Live your life
First
And all I
Can get
Are just scraps