Friendless Home

Back, returned, I'm here
Home is where the love is at
But yet I'm alone

Bloodsucker

The crawling creature stalks its prey,
Waiting, patient, then it strikes without say;
Envelops its meal, sucks its blood like sweet juice,
But this all reminds me, reminds me of you.

Isaiah 43:19

Remember not the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

Justice, no mercy

The collaborative choice that
Christens our crime,
Enjoying the jousting that
In jealousy is due time,

Rehashing the reluctance
Of rhetorical rhume,
Dig me out of this ditch,
I beg me exhume.

If the sky could weep...

A sunset or a bloodlet?
Wounded, the sky leers.
Sanguine or respite?
Claret prolific, sans one tear.

6th-Hour Horizon

This auburn afternoon
Is dyed crimson in hue,
The saltwater shades
Collapse in my view,

An apex of incarnadine
Ashes inseparate,
Envelops the edge like a
Hand that is desperate.

Light of Fear

Incandescent fear
Life's dull umbrage illumine
Oh the irony.

Similar Differences

I like sports and
You like books,
You use spoons
While I use sporks,
You toss salad
While I grill ribs,
I watch Braveheart,
You'd see the Notebook instead,

You like plans,
I hate them so,
My vocabulary compared
To you is low.
I play Halo,
You volunteer,
When Christmas comes,
You bring good cheer,

You laugh and sing,
I am tone-deaf,
I play guitar,
You play clarinet,
But if there is one
Thing that we share,
It's the water we drink and
How we breathe the air.

Mystery, you are

You're an enigma,
A confined charisma,
The laconic essential,
A self-muting crescendo.

Ssss

Safekeeping is

Your somber sobriety,

Your ensemble of

Secret sovereignty.