The scream is shy

Under a gloomy night,
Lays a puddle at 32º Fahrenheit.
There’s a black-haired girl,
A perfect seed pearl.

Endurance

You didn’t believe them when they said
 Someday, your views would change.
You thought they were old
and couldn’t understand.
You were wrong.

To Be Omniscient

The night sky searches for thee,

Sad Sad Love Song

I pulled the poison from her lips

Nah, I don’t think so

Then why do I look.
There you are,
Looking back.
A look so knowing,
Unknowingly so

Muses (I): V

Medications are unnecessary in this state

Prelude: Muses

Muses count to three in my book of admiration

The Devil$ to Whom We’ve Prayed

And so it was on the fortieth day
The prophets so sought their words to say

The Last Muse | Eros Isn’t Kind

You think love ends when you do not see me?
You think wanting you stops just because you’re out of…

Flood and Fire

He drank the water from the rich river;
She waited at home by the stove.
Drunk, he got, but he would not stop;
Lapped the water like…

Psychological Graffiti 003

Baggage conveyor belts
roll like cottoncandy cloud-cover
moving everything along
until oversized baggage grinds…

Reality

Your eyes hold the secrets we share,

Your impassive face makes me lose hope,

A “You-Thing”

What possesses the living

To associate themselves

“December Sunshine”

December sunshine 
on a glimmer frost ground,
beams and blinds
through space-time.
Down to me,
little Earth being, 
nesting here 
and…

pay no attention to the shell of a man behind the curtain

mouth speaks

The “Me” Anti-Ode

“Me” said the therapist

Focus on the “Me”

getting the dog to speak

i’ll bring you the ball, no matter how many throws

Where lives love now

Did I not once love you
Adore you and worship you
Did I not once believe in you
Serve you and kowtow to you
Do I not now…

Don’t Stop, My Heart

by m.s.wardrip

Stop my heart from breaking,