I write poetry. Some people like it. I don't know why. If you like it, don't steal it. I will hunt you down and beat you with a half-cooked spaghetti noodle covered in Prego.

fear

build your walls up high
make them strong
don't love
or I'll get in
and tear your heart
to shreds

bruise

tear-shaped bruises
on my hands
on my soul
it's all your fault
for hurting me
this way

when I ask

when I ask
who is there
sometimes I hear
an answer
I am here
sometimes I hear
silence
am I here

Memories

I have so many memories
Hidden in the stars.
They fly up to the moon
And bounce away from there.
The stars pick them up,
Holding my memories
Within their distant light.
Every time I watch
A shining star follow
Its vanishing course,
I know I have forgotten
The memory that it held,
But I can't remember which.

waterfall

watch as they come down
slow motion
dancing light
beads of glass
breaking on the rocks
rain against my face
music in the falling
the magical waterfall

Living Rush of Words

Living rush of words as
Water flows on the rocks
Steady rhythm drums as
Beating heart in the chest
Even breathing calms as
Air enters in, then leaves
Poems live simply as
Nature allows them be

The Rose

You are so beautiful
in outward appearance
with your crimson petals
stroking my skin --
perfectly formed,
flawless in every way.
But when I reach
to hold you,
I find the thorns
are sharp as ever.

Slumber

If death is eternal sleep
Do the dead have dreams?
Do they remember them
When awoken?
Or do they forget?
I wouldn't know.
I don't remember
Dreaming when
I was dead.

without a clue

climbing on the ceiling
riding on the sky
doing everything crazy
they're wondering why

dance on the rooftops
laugh at the night
cry at the wonder
shout at the might

swinging from a cloud
weaving through a rainbow
doing it all your way
they don't even know

From a Forgotten Poet

I hope that one day
people will read my words
and analyze
pick them apart
until the poem itself
is forever lost in rhetoric
because once that happens
I will be famous

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