Monday, March 25, 2024

Noting Nonary

If I get lost amidst the details
Fade into the atmosphere 
If all that’s left is background noise
You can always find me here

Lying between the sheets
Caressing reverie 
Tangled in fabrication
Weaving the world around me

Such a strange set of armor
With gaping holes and pinching seams 
And nine years of corrosion 
Caused by stagnant dreams

If I get stuck in all the synonyms 
And the endless march of time
If all that’s left is twisted words
We can find clarity in rhyme 

Riffling through these sheets of paper
Lies and truths snuck in between  
The years are marked in paper cuts
And spilled ink I can’t scrub clean

Such a strange bed to lie in
Full of every comfort and every tear
And nine years of cultivation 
For I've always found me here

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Breakers

Dally here in calm waters
Etch these memories in deep
All the gentle waves and moments 
Real or not, they’re yours to keep

Yet in time this may falter
Or perhaps it never was
Unearthing twisting shadows 
Still trying not to see the cause

Clutching to any semblance 
Really, the smallest drop of remorse  
Empty hands finding nothing
Waves hitting with such force

Echoes keep you here
Daring you to not let go
Take it all in the name of
How things were, how they might grow

In time, what will be -
Slowly giving up more and more
Until you’re beaten down or until you
Pull away and make a break for shore

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Voices

Just give one more explanation
Until they understand 
Still trying to survive
Taking yet another final stand 

Take a few more for good measure 
Heat them up until you burn
Eat their words so they feel better
Vomit them out and never learn

Out in the real world for a change
If only you could find
Clues to where reality begins
Ending what’s only in your mind

Still searching for the seam 
Intent to tear it apart 
Never could grasp the edges 
Made up of mind and heart

Yank it all down around you
Hitting at the voices in your head
Echoes lashing out 
Aching to be said
Darling, it's time to drown them out, or watch as they spread 

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Forevermore

Today you'll be my inspiration 
Offering myself in return 
How strange a transaction 
Accepting all the highs with every burn
Vast swaths of things we have yet to learn 

Each moment could be a treasure
All lost in time's sea
No ways left to measure
Days piling to eternity 
Take one more for you and me

Once more, forevermore
Hold tight and learn anew -
Of all the things that I adore
Love, they mean naught compared to
Days piling high with me and you

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Embedded

Didn't I used to fit here -
In between the hard and soft
Dragging us down all while they
Tried to hold us aloft 

Hidden amongst the faces
Endless variations of the same
Bound together and beholden 
Embedding deeper all the blame

Didn't it used to make sense
Getting caught up in all of it
Echoing back the phrases 
Take a seat and don't forget 

Strive until you break out
Make mistakes but never say
Attach your meaning to it
Lose yourself amidst the fray

Lie down just for awhile
Empty beds grow so small
Reach back through time, and let go of it all