Tag: scribblesnbits poetry

  • Close Your Eyes, Passerby

    Close your eyes:
    A tortuous path ‘round leaves,
    a smoky inhale,
    an acrid, honey exhale
    smiling sweet in the pane.
    It’s nice, they say,
    when your eyes open
    and that place you stay...

    The ocean at the end
    of the lane, 
    out there.
    Quietly waiting
    with the sun, we stare. 
    
    Digging my own grave
    inside a bottle of Jack.
    Living life worth leaving
    and it ain’t half bad.
    Kill me with a smile;
    never take it back. 
    
    Don’t know what’s waiting,
    passing through trees out there.
    A hazy, white wolf 
    with a welcome-home glare. 
    
    A knock at my soul
    hello to the ones who stay.
    Chilling with my friends
    fuck the rest away. 
  • Benched

    The bench spoke to me. 
    I waited so long: 
    the daily walks,
    the nervous glances,
     - hoping. 
    I made excuses, 
    now thinking about it, 
    to walk by. 
    Deluding myself to believe.
    
    No,
    
    I do like walking.
    
    I do like that bench.
     
    Around and around
    that gnarly,
    blood-footed path.
    
    And then
    sat, 
    
    “please leave“ it requested. 
    An underwhelming introduction, 
    but 
    chills and flutters
    still. 
    I walk on.
    
  • Lunch Break Microcosm

    Watch the ants wander
    Cherries soften into earth 
    Scattered leaves garnish
  • Sanctuary

    Cradle in the arms of pine needle anemone
    Wash in the light of magnetic, bleach sand
    The biochemical hum of gray matter overlapping white
    Subtle lucidity of this square foot garden
    
    Find your sanctuary,
    Build your peace
  • Honest Tea

    Of all the colors counting
    my favorite one is you. 
    I couldn't be more happy
    if all the snacks were blue.
    Statistically speaking - tongue tied - 
    vomiting words, 
    but all completely true.