Oceans set in full retreat —
Rivers coursing through the sand
Point the way to
Where the seagulls went.

Rediscovered rhetoric —
These horrors, so nostalgic,
We've seen it all before.

Rejoice, the nearer oceans,
For the water's edge
Creeps closer —
En route to full immersion
Never stop to wonder
What it means.

Ask your question,
So the world may feel
A little lighter —
Even if the answer proves
Too heavy to take on.

The pain, let it out,
Loud enough to shake the world —
Cough and spit,
Cough and spit.

Their color nor their shape,
Not the window given —
It's the light that can't be draped,
The joyous soul within.

Tales untold
Across time —
Of growing old,
Swallowing hope
For those we raise,
To help them become
The one thing we did right.

Tainted serenity —
Petulant,
Quasi angry.

You're not mine,
I'll step aside —
I'm jealous, not selfish.

All of us
Free of mind
Fear the place
Where fate resides.

Inner dialogue askew,
Absence of humility —
It's not you. It's always
Been me.

No compromise, no in-between,
It's all the same sensation —
Love or hate,
Depending on the situation.

Greedy men with seedy wants.
Another one, another cunt —
Wasting lives pursuing want.

When time evaporates,
Slow down to compensate.

They've shown wisdom
Far beyond their years —
Don't just wonder
Where they stole it from.

Hungry eyes
Locked in a dance,
Intimate across a room,
Thanking all their stars
That they are not alone —
In fear
Their fidelity ends here.

It should have been you,
But it's not anymore.
Even the best wood
Will rot when it's
Drowned for too long.

Tending wounds, barely healing,
Scratch the itch to dull the pain —
Lust and other filler feelings,
Opening the scars again.

A life observed,
Suffering vicariously —
This is who
I wish I am
When I cannot
Be me.

Follow me,
Said her past —
Showing her
All roads lead back.