Category: poetry

  • behind masque & real

    Image of a writing journal and a pencil.
    Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash
    this careless secret, mine
    one i must conceal
    i bury it darkly
    wrapped so tightly of
    night velvets & thorn
    behind masque & real

  • reflections

    reflection of woman s eye on broken mirror
    Photo by Ismael Sánchez on Pexels.com
    i do not look in mirrors or
    check my display window reflections
    as i drift on by there's not much to see
    there
    anyway

    i stole a glance at an echo
    beyond the simulacrum
    and found myself trapped
    in thrall with the ghost i did see

    what ever was
    narcissus dreaming?

  • linger

    a path in the middle of a dark forest
    Photo by Wes Hicks on Unsplash
    who dares to dream
    when dreams must fade?

    barbed wire memories and
    your musk on sweat-stained sheets—
    all that remains

  • moonchilde

    standing stones
    Photo by Suzanne Rushton on Unsplash
    drawn pale moon blind 
    reflected in black waters
    the mirror of which
    they did call you their
    beloved moonchilde

    do you remember?
    do you recall?
    before the wheel
    was sent spinning? 

    knots and lace 
    tarot and song 
    petals on sheets and
    myrrh in our hair...

    come for me under night
    the one once called
    beloved moonchilde

  • heartstone

    Photo by Judy Beth Morris on Unsplash
    we lost those
    flowers in our hair
    when winter winds
    stole our breath
    and turned our
    hearts to stone

    i have been sitting
    for so long under
    apple trees waiting
    for fresh blossoms
    to fall

  • above tomorrow

    sunlight shining through old growth woods
    Photo by Simon Wilkes on Unsplash
    a hilltop kiss
    above old creek wending,
    tangled of vale

    all grains gone gold
    in autumn hours with
    a sun hung low

    burning within, without
    you whisper a secret
    for me to keep

    my head on your breasts,
    slumber come tomorrow

  • workbook

    Photo by Peter Herrmann on Unsplash
    i can't explain
    the tears ragged
    at the edge when i
    open up a workbook
    collection of half-
    suggestive memories,
    why both urges claw
    for slamming doors
    or walking inside

    poison years weary
    and all i can think is
    i wish you were here
    whoever you are
    lingering in shadows
    in the deep corners
    of my mind

  • evermists

    Photo by Connor DeMott on Unsplash
    fingernail tracing moon shadows
    cast on your pale, white thigh
    wondering why we must ever
    only embrace this way in mists

  • scarlet tears, dry rain

    Image of a writing journal and a pencil.
    Photo by Dariusz Sankowski on Unsplash
    acceptance creeps
    it was never this lot
    to be, longing & only

    i see

    i see

    i see

    a flash of steel in
    the full of bleak moon's
    pale face fading
    behind stormcloud doubt
    an imposter waiting

    scarlet tears, dry rain

  • for the best

    Photo by Ronin on Unsplash
    we ford streams under
    between rime and rust
    between night and dusk
    running red at golden fall
    drawing our arctic under
    crone days stained pale
    unbroken strides between
    ash, birch and thorn

    checking maps, we see we
    have lost the trail
    and that, my friends,
    might be for the best