Archive for October, 2005

Diving Into Death

Fuck it Pitch yourself off a cliff Weight shift Gravity snakes around you Yanks you down A blur of motion Here come those rocks and waves Growing bigger From your perspective Of failure Here comes the finale Your last splash upon the world A chance to paint something shocking To be something remembered Instead of [...]

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Unspoken Direction

Deep within a dark forest Winter comes swiftly As snow slowly spirals down Between the bare branches Whipped and chased by a frigid wind I stand with hands buried deep In pockets Reading every sign I see That says to leave To vacate That the forest made a mistake In sending a brochure Beckoning me [...]

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

Sinking Out Of Sight

Slip silently from the ship To float alone in a mellow ocean Laughter fades slowly As the horizon swallows the boat The wake disappears Silence broken only By gentle lapping Of waters covering Pulling Sucking the soul Safely into oblivion Close your eyes to hide Close your eyes Hide

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

A Night in Hell

Panic creeps up on you As you watch the clock count up At a quarter past two You figure they stopped to grab something to eat At three thirty You start to pray there is no DUI At four fifteen You drive aimlessly in hope At five fifteen You look up and call the hospitals [...]

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Walk With Me

Doubt brings tears to my eyes The sadness brings with it hope For years I bled the knowledge I would forever be alone Given up on feeling Anything except the abyss of alone Never would I have thought Would have known That I could again love But now I am home A love never felt [...]

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Power of Love

She can rip my life apart By simply sleeping on the couch With every foot fall that leads Her further down the hall My lungs pull tight Trying to put out the fires That rage in my chest Twisting and turning me As I lay whispering apologies To a room that’s a bit darker To [...]

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005