Tragedy

Journey through America with reference to American poetry

To Miami, I am bound
Bahamas...

o how the water is cold -

i am swiming with all my might

wather hits my like pins and...

You are far from me

I am far from you

And I thought

That nothing could separate us...

One long glance could rule them all,
One goodbye could watch them fall.

E.T.

What just happened is something that can't be undone.

A mugger tried to shoot you but I jumped in...

The woman awakes to sparks and night noises.
Rising, she quivers with anticipation, ready to begin...

In the darkness of my mind someone screams.
Screams for help but no one but me hears.
I smile...

I
Who write upon this page
Who send evil
Door knock
Grin
Let me in...

Let your voice roll on,

the voice that slays me to the floor.

Let me see those eyes,...

A love so meaningful,
protected by a wall of flames
held captive inside my pounding heart...

An Inch

In the wreckage of nobody,
A hollow chest heaves,
Unbearable existence,...

I thought I was your only one,

Your first, your last, your everyone.

The one who made your...

Here alone I stand, beneath these weeping trees

I cannot hear your screams, they echo silently...

Behind my eyes, beyond the veil

Lies a place where there’s no pain

And if my life becomes...

Buried underneath these muscles,

The forbidden secrets left untold.

Priceless and treasured...

(January 2012)

Today marks the beginning
Of a new year
It would be much better...

Back and Forth, Forth and Back

Battered grass with pavements cracked

Cobwebs spun above its...