Octopus Ink

Bliss

2008-10-17T03:56:54Z

she lives in bliss
arising intertwined
with golden sunlight
braided in her hair

Circus in the City

2008-10-17T03:56:04Z

Autumn in Boston
Is swirling as a
Carnival amusement ride

Tension

2006-12-13T03:43:22Z

The manipulative sing-song
Of your alternating meanings
Clouds my eyes
And the soothing tune
That lulls to sleep
My hurricane of insecurities
Leaves me with hands tied
Expecting a kiss
Or a sharpened arrow
To penetrate my cold skin
Without resistance

A Passing Romance

2006-10-04T04:52:31Z

We pass on the corner
With eyes heavy
The pull of the city
Forcing our steps
Cigarettes between our fingers
Where our hands used to touch

The Weather

2006-08-28T01:57:03Z

To reason with
The seasons as
They pass so
Hastefully beyond my
Windowsill will surely
Leave me unprepared
For tomorrow's weather

Regret

2006-04-18T02:44:37Z

You told me you loved me
As dawn rose
Smiling with all the warmth
Of the sun’s steady light
You told me you loved me
Spoke of the future
Full of promises
Ripe and ready to peel
A fruit off a tree
You told me you loved me
As I smoked
Five
Six
Seven
Cigarettes
My throat a wildfire
Of fumes
Choking, hoping
To not have to speak to you
And as you drowned yourself in
Wishful thinking
You lost me
Withering under a frigid mask
Of regret
You told me you loved me
Until you noticed the state of
My failing composure
And your eyes became soft
With sadness
And you asked
“But do you love me?”

Ventriloquist

2006-04-18T02:41:20Z

with vacant eyes
and a bloodless heart
you profess innocently
in my ear,
“I love you.”

my dear ventriloquist,
you would be eloquent
when confessing
lies to a priest.

The Morning of Jesus’ Rise

2006-04-18T02:37:29Z

Feet dancing
Back and forth
Hands stretching
To Heaven
To capture
A feeling
Of completion
Within the soul
Even for just
That moment when
The hymns are
Unbearably loud
Piercing all thought
You pray with hands
Held high
As I sit shaking
With all my sins
Locked so tight
I fear
To let loose
My demons
To devour those
Near to me
And I try to reach
My hands to the air
To have a glimpse
Of that feeling
Of fullness
But I cannot
Hold my trembling
Fingers up

The Beginning

2006-04-18T02:36:01Z

I attempted with
Hesitant faith
To comprehend in the
Thick silence
The meaning of
Our lives.

Inside the church
I knelt with
Hesitant knees
Onto the floor
And wondered how
It all began.

Sea Storm

2006-04-15T23:40:50Z

laying face down
numb from limb to limb
the sea will sweep you up
dragging you into its watery clutches
and beneath the rushing current
you will metamorphose
on the ocean floor
you lose yourself amongst the seaweed

Mindlessness

2006-04-15T23:40:12Z

You keep going on and on, where have you gone? Fast-paced, head rush, head lights, big fights, big dreams. It’s difficult to follow, to decipher the message. You’ve lost your head, your sense, your sensibility. You forget how to comprehend the meanings when it’s all gone. Sink deeper into empty space. Sing it, spit it out - the words flow from the microphones. Woes and foes, it’s all you’ve got now. Bloodshot eyes, lies, you’re dying.

Shadows

2006-04-15T23:39:09Z

shadows
shifting
memories
of moments
manipulated

smiles
from heaven
mimic empty
seas crimson
crashing waves
determined

actions
lost words
between
fluttering lines
of meaningful
silence

god
churning stomachs
changing faces
in mirrors

The Selections

2006-04-15T23:36:26Z

His features contort in apprehension,
Tough hands trembling with trepidation.
The prisoner’s attention is fixed upon a solitary objective,
Do not be chosen.
One by one the line diminishes,
Summoned by a sequence of meaningless numbers.
Had they truly ever been men?
He lingers with the other prisoners,
Naked and degraded as they are.
The prisoner’s eyes skip in contemplation,
Mimicking the beating of his heart.
A nondescript number is shouted and
Fills him with panic.

Final Actions of a Dying Man

2006-04-15T23:31:57Z

fingers
reaching
touching
nothing
desperate
longing
hope
despair
resisting
darkness
fingers
holding
empty
air

Sailing

2006-04-15T23:30:57Z

Sails flail against the hurricane
Struggling fluttering
Tides engulf their careless coasting momentum
As pounding resounding
Sirens hum
Songs sweetly to the bitten boat
Smiling teeth gleaming sharply

Ice

2006-04-15T23:29:33Z

a tap on the shoulder
you don’t want to hold her
the insides of you froze
petals are falling from that rose
you gave her by the ocean
it’s atrocious this motion
of waves that keep crashing
all the stop lights are flashing
the icy air in your chest
whips around without rest
her eyes are empty of you
they’ve lost all their hue
you can’t read them anymore
she walked right out your door
her tears are falling
she stopped calling
a tap on the shoulder
you don’t want to hold her

Bloody Teeth

2006-04-15T23:28:03Z

Bloody teeth
Sinking into my skin
A vicious cannibal
All consuming

Despair is dripping from my eyes

Slipping through my fingertips
Our love falls to the floor
No regrets, no regrets
You’re thirsty for a change
I’m hungry for a hope
Too late

Hate is flowing through my veins

You’re pulling out at my hair
Ripping it from my skull
A bloody mess
That ruins my dress

Calm Serenity

2006-04-15T23:24:16Z

Blood emulates her pain
Consciousness begins to wane
Wounds deep within her skin
Devil rejoices in her sin
Knife tumbles to the ground
Music in its sound
Chains of life broken in death
Calm serenity in her last breath

Sunset

2006-04-15T23:05:30Z

The sun sinks hastily
As night bites at its heels
Suffocating in darkness
She lies motionless in bed
Eyes unfocused
Body exhausted
She clutches herself
Seeking for comfort
Resisting inevitable nightmares
Her memories are a tangle of mistakes
Reliving each one with lush detail
Her tears drop silently
Overflowing without control
Grimacing in contemplation
Her heavy eyes gradually shut
And the sun does not rise