from a broken past its pining

a voice never far from whining

for her there's no silver lining

still has long lists of her goodbyes

kept a record of all their lies

hot tears bubble in her red eyes

a rip in an embroidered sheet

dust under other peoples' feet

why couldn't life be safe and neat?

if only she'd learned better tricks

how to absorb life's bitte...

Read and leave comments (0)

days come and go

no stopping them

like leaves that wither on the stem

yellow they drop

no longer free

now mere atoms in eternity

we watch them fall

with them we go

flotsam on that tidal flow

a wave that climbs

into the sky

going none knows where or why

washing the stars

bathing black holes

dousing galaxies like blazing coals

is ...

Read and leave comments (0)

she sells veg at

a market stall

red raw flesh is not her bag at all

shuddering at

a carcase hung

spring lambs slaughtered far too young

inconsistent,

she likes my meat

licks and sucks and chews it neat

often rare if

I worked away

then it hardly leaves her mouth all day

when it's overdone

meat makes her sore

but ointment brings her back ...

Read and leave comments (2)

she's painting me

my portrait grows

she's had some trouble with my nose

a full-length nude

laid on a ramp

not easy when you're prone to cramp

she has carte blanche

her brush is free

she can do what she likes with me

today I lapsed

I got erect

she wandered closer to inspect

brushed my tackle

with sable hairs

soon we're nipping up the sta...

Read and leave comments (0)

at rest at last

she sees no light

finally gave up without a fight

left no partner

or one to mourn

her destiny beneath stone and lawn

how did she live

for eighty years

yet leave behind a dearth of tears?

or is there life

beyond this vale

that gives a meaning to her tale?

maybe she got

her just dessert

to make up for a life of hurt

Read and leave comments (0)

I read her mind

she's like a book

no chapter worth a second look

my life-sentence

jailed on a page

brackets bar this printed cage

her musings pour

bound by rude glue

she rarely takes you anywhere new

she intends to

edit me out

I'm two two-dimensional; I cannot shout

other fellows

fill the pages

to supplement her bulging wages

li...

Read and leave comments (0)

the church bell tolls

empty the hearse

I can't forget her final curse

sods fill the grave

I hear her words

in the elms shriek angry birds

they've all gone now

it starts to snow

her spirit just wont let me go

I rarely sleep

my life is tough

they didn't bury her deep enough

ten years go by

her plot's run wild

today's the funeral of our ch...

Read and leave comments (0)

softly she breathes

night coats her head

I wish I lay in a different bed

some women thrill

one look inflames

their kicks come from playing games

she's too banal

her lips lukewarm

the polar reverse of a sensual storm

no excitement

zero surprise

I know exactly what's behind those eyes

it's been one year

itchy my feet

not enough her being ...

Read and leave comments (0)

she conjured my fate

juggled my dreams

with her visions my memory teems

I was treading water

sitting on my hands

she took me off to distant lands

hands that soothed

performed illusions

making sense of my delusions

shelter in her cloak

solace from her eyes

with my pain her mercy vies

that charming smile

she shone abroad

seemed to lift my...

Read and leave comments (0)

you can't stop it

love gathers dust

its downhill from the end of lust

so hot she squeaked

her touch a scorch

nothing doused my flaming torch

wet mouth a snare

long limbs a web

we knew this inferno could not ebb

ugly but chic

lithe and svelte

a body that would never melt

we sit here now

old and forlorn

wishing we had never been born

Read and leave comments (0)

the tears are gone

her eyes are dry

dawn breaks unblinking in the sky

I've confessed all

my conscience clean

surprised she did not make a scene

all those women

the casual lies

yet no questions or fluttering whys

no hint of shock

her sheets are blue;

I told her what she already knew

she'd sucked it up

loved me so much

forgiven all just f...

Read and leave comments (0)