The Poets Korner: Lighter

Lighter

I need a lighter to set my soul on fire 

Throw my bones upon the pyre 

And watch me slowly burn 

I have one desire 

To see you love me more 

To see you being drained 

Of everyone before 

To hear your deaf lips whisper 

Things only I can hear 

To have my fading shadow 

Be your only fear 

Lying in your arms 

No longer meant for me 

The safety of your touch 

Pretends to set me free.

The Poets Korner: Remembering To Forget

Remembering To Forget
Woke up this morning
Then I closed my eyes again
I remembered you were gone

I remembered that picture on the night stand was face down
I remembered how I missed you
I forgot how to forget

And before I woke up it was working so well
My uncurious unconscious dictated my feelings
Filing my head with music and happiness up to the ceiling

Where the only thing that mattered was jumping sheep
With pink polka dots
Wearing green hats

Woke up this morning feeling loss
I remembered your favorite song
I remembered how you smiled when I sang it
I forgot how to forget

The most important thing
The one thing I needed to remember I let slip
Sliding out of bed

I slowly started to push you back
Into the depths of my mind
Starting my day, I’ve pushed you out of the way

Here in the waking world I remember how to forget
A smile crosses my lips  

The Poets Korner: The Dust

The Dust

The dust rises from the beaten ground 

The drum of a thousand feet 

Pound pound 

The chant of ancient voices invoking freedom 

Singing an unwritten song

Calling mother Africa

Calling back generations 

Calling together gods that existed before the nations, stations, and invitations.

Beaded arms flailing digging up millennia

This is our history written in dust and stamped into the earth

And its given birth to everything since.