Soul Fairy
You wish to be
You wish for everything
Then pay the fee
Broke you say
Not a penny or a dime
You have a soul
Then rich you are to me
You wish to feel
You wish to be
You wish for everything
Then pay the fee
A little soul for me
Tickles the lips
Sweet sweet soul from you to me
You will have everything
You wish to feel
You wish to be
You wish for everything
Then pay the fee
What you give unto me
I give unto you
Tasty and sweet
Your soul to me
You wish to feel
You wish to be
You wish for everything
Then pay the fee
Do you not know of me
Funny is the fee
You never see
But always need
The bit of soul in me
The Sacrosanct
Cardinal sins of the divine
Cannot force the benign
Even with teardrops dry
Echoes of vain remorse
Celestine words chiseled with despair
Calamity of the soul unveiled
Plagues the sanctity of the sacrosanct
The shrine inspires no hope
The water pure no more
The pulpit shakes and cracks
The pews laden with dust
The chorus forgotten
The pipes frozen
The children defiled
The church reviled
Calamity of the soul unveiled
Celestine words chiseled with despair
Echoes of vain remorse
Even with teardrops dry
Cannot force the benign
Cardinal sins of the divine
Willow
Published: Mississippi Crow Magazine, Fall 2009.
Willow, of a specter’s dream, breathe
You fell lightly down the dew covered well
Like a broken feather your bones whistle
Caught up in the wind of your end
You forget why
What irony
It dispels all that is you
Crack against the dry bottom
It becomes useless
You don’t even remember who pushed
The Eyes May See Differently
Salt scraped from eyes
Where, oh where are you
Born with brittle sight
I think no less
Pitted spirit
Left to mourn
Broken nye
Cast the mold of myself
To make anew without you
But spark no more, glazed the mind
Meek no more, the shadow of my mold
Always lined with vile self
Oh, tender self wake
What I made masters over me
But dawn burns no more
Grinning despair
The smile kills the truth
Animal to myself
I know not where to go
Always it ends in revenge
To what
To ourselves, foolish child
This convoluted shell
Breathe no more
And dancing free, kissing lips, joyful tears
Prized as yours
But now another's
The mirror of your past lied
You are no more
Respite
Though we all carry a hope for respite
I wishful plight
Remembered night
Anon the sight
We look yonder
Away whence we came
To houses new and glades green
Forgotten childish play, childish toys
The magic dies
With a sigh
Our skin crinkles
Our eyes narrow
Our souls crumble
The magic dies
Then child we see once more
And in the sparkle of their eyes
We either cringe
Or know whence we came
And laugh the glee of respite anon no more
Or die once more
Gone
And therefore I walk down this road of broken glass
It dulls my mind with the discord of this reddened symphony
Lost is the string of the grey stained path
The pavement is cracked
The land is lost in the mirror of the glazed eye
What have we song our lives to become
How can we scrape ourselves from this abyss
Our nails can not bite deep enough
Our screams can not pierce wide enough
Our sickness cannot motivate enough
We break
Gone
Reality’s Dream
Lavish sensations
Air devoured
Your eyes drip expectation
The aroma permeates
Stealing every corner of your house
It clings to the walls
Teasing you with thoughts of mischief
So you plead the like
Please bruschetta, your favorite
Or stuffed mushrooms, maybe chicken parmesan
Can we say vegetables and herbs of the freshest sort
Are all the invitation one may need
But how the air feels, and we have yet to even see what comes
But then time halts to a close
The doors of anticipation fling open
Dinner is here
The cook, bustling about, warns us not to interfere
But I must take a peak
So quick, it won’t disturb
Wait, I recall what brought dismay upon me last
For chef held my sweet ending to his sway
I curse you, my over indulgent sight
So I stay
And my hopes do not get toyed
Then the feast takes its splendor upon the table which I sit
My eyes gain their request
I shiver with a warm glee walking down to my little toes
Then the adults take their seats
They laugh at the wine
Cry at the cheese
My eyes, my ears, my nose, my tongue
So full they all sigh
Answered my prayers be
My belly full
I skip up the long stairs to fall into bed
Closing my eyes to a kiss on the cheek
As night becomes the play of reality’s dream
What
What is that which devours
Or tears deep and then throws away
What is the difference between the two
To break and throw
To consume and destroy
Is not both to fade
But we come to the method
Which would you like better
For let’s say your kitten or dog
How about that pig on the farm down the street
Or your kid
It tickles your anger doesn’t it
I’m sorry about that
But how can I not say that which makes you mad
When it seems the only way to make you see
Or is it think
I would have to say it is both
How to not offend
I guess it is too late
Maybe you shouldn’t have destroyed in the first place
Wait, look at me
I’m just as hellish as the rest
Dammit now what am I supposed to do
Start with myself I guess
Goodnight