The blasts threw us back
poetry
Spyder
Heat
Accidental Death
I sank into the corner
Outside looking in
On my tiny little frame
And the pain it was in
Curled into a slender ball
Head buried into the darkness of my knees
Fetal
Surrounded with cherry colored
Little bottles
All filled with different pills
Prescribed candy from a doctor
We just went out to have some fun
Then one shot of Patron
Stacked into ten
Or more
Maybe we really went to
Kill our pain
With a shot right to the heart
I told her “get me 9-11”
My body was soaked and trembling
Pins and needs pushing
Into my skin that was
Pale and crying
Black eyeliner streaking over white powder
Face of a mime dancer
Naked and cold
She brought me a warm blanket
My body one with the floor
Not feeling well herself
Yet knowing I was worse
She knelt down
And softly said
“shh, you’re ok”
As she calmed my withdrawn body
Massaging my feet and my legs
My angel knew just what to do
My heart tremored not as fast
I popped a few random pills
Begging for the pain to pass
I started thinking of people like
Amy Whinehouse and Heath Ledger
I started thinking of people
Like my only brother
Is this what it is like?
To accidently die
You can’t even count the pills
You’re just praying for sleep
And the pain to subside
I believe I was saved
By the angel at my feet
Because I could of sworn my spirit was dying
When I was only meaning to sleep
He
He is my distraction from you
He paints me with all the colors you withdrew
All the beauty you claimed to adore
With a mouth you compliment
Suck my lips
With actions you torment
Stab me as I turn my hips
Away from you now
Your lies vomited out
What a mess
Hope you enjoyed our last kiss
When I’m anxious and lonely
He is anywhere I ask him to be
I don’t need him to fetch me the stars
Or pretend to care about my scars
He is my clouds he is my rain
He is my distraction from the pain
I don’t accept your gift of misery
I’ll swing from he to he
Like monkeys in a jungle
I’m wild and I am free
No, he will not tame me
I just need him to take me
At least one of us is bound by truth
He is my distraction from you
Ascent
Ascending
into freedom
I know you want me
Coming in your kingdom
Stretch that lace
Round my neck
Crack that whip
My nails down your…
Hypnotic pulses
Regenerating
A lovers connection
But I am not bound
To my knees
To adorn you
My hands are not tied
skin to skin
To absorb your sin
My mouth is not gagged
Screaming for permission to speak
My words run wild
And I follow their lead
Right out the door
Free
Liftoff
Flight
Thief
…My thief
I know I deserve you
I fought long and hard
clawed and marred
Through death and a beaten heart
Through malicious lies in front of
Innocent eyes torn apart
I feel you coming
The blood dances
through my veins surging
I feel you close
You submit my intuition
I don’t need you to save me
Just steal my mind
Pump your words powdered with
Poetic ammunition
Revive my inspiration
I don’t need you to say
“baby it’s all gonna be ok”
Just steal me from my bed
Carry me into the rain
Pull me by my braids
To a dark and soaking place
I don’t need you to fix my past
Just steal my future
End your night into my day
Your mouth stealing pleasure
After me like a vulcher
I feel you coming closer
Postured and on the hunt
Ridding my doorway of
The wolf in sheep’s clothing
My relentless thief
A stolen invitation
Criminal
Mugshots
Patterned against my white walls like
The gunshots
You patterned into my permeable soul
Behaving like such a hotshot
When I’m the one who harpooned you
With one shot
Lovers in lust couldn’t stop
Until you belittled me with
Lies and small talk
Clarity leaked out and
Pushed me on top
Packing all of our memories in a box
I used to think they were pictures
But now I see it plainly
A criminal and his mugshots