Struggle

Piercing through the haze
Of dust and musk above the sand
Where few spots of green, in glory...

Every bell became an orison,
Nothing but ringing ears and swollen eyes,
Preventing life from...

A carousel of letters, loosely strung together
to make words, sentences,
whirs in my head....

One heart.
It was like this at the start.
Two pieces now.
I wonder and hope when all...

Climb ladder,
to paint soffits
below the gutters.

Scrape, scrape, scrape.
...

She has her struggles, this is true
but, with courage, she struggles through
like a lion with...

My brain is held captive within the steel cell of my skull, its desperate pleas for freedom a recurrence of...

Sailed across the ocean
Flew away to the sky
Driven by desires
Soaring for your...

Rigid teeth drag over the soft and fuzzy surface
Scratching until bitter juice trickles down my arm...

Her fake smile,
Her red face.
She's ran a mile
In the wrong race.
She's a teary...

As wood-bird sings the ravens’ longed-for end
Where thought and memory, strength and wisdom meet...

You like to see me hurt
You like to see me bleed
With your cobra shaped teeth
You...

She walked into the bus station
She'd given the last of her money to a beggar for his clothes...

It's bulging eyes were staring
As it released a cloud of ink
I couldn't see what I was...

Silently, she shouted
Without evidence, she proved
With surety, she questioned
...

The Snake
Slithers silently
Around the
Large tree
Edging closer
and...

Where once they were

The coffee cup, against mine, remains on the shelf
One day I...