Circular water
too near the edge of the falls
the promise to drown
Godspeed is lightspeed
we see until we are blind
not invisible
Holding fast they plunge
in momentary freefall
defying the crush
We are dark matter
more of us than meets the eye
feel our gravity
Two plummet headfirst
upturned soles to God’s heaven
the tickle of love
Ripped seams in space-time
blessed beings emerge headfirst
the dead prefer breach
Plumes of graceful froth
envelop twin beating hearts
up until the sere
Nothing left to burn
suns die everyday out here
to leave voids of love
cc: CC '23 peace, love and light to all
Category: Poetry
Silence glistens here
Chilled pools beckon promising
Reflection under
We are born of stars
So proud until we pulsar
When fusion ceases
Among all two find
A sense of having been there
Empathetic eyes
Eons erase hope
What once would light forever
Turns to gamma ray
Shall never lose me
Shouts beyond the din recede
To vast empty stretch
Pridefully suns sear
Hot too fast, too self-consumed
No cheeks yet to burn
cc: CC '23 peace and light to all
Stars are formed in clouds
of gas and dust, nebulae
nuclear at core
The eddies mist cold
lavender melts under snow
bleeds purple on white
Stars provide enough
energy brightly for years
the exact lifetime
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I’m really going to
make this one rhyme,
sort through words’
dirt and grime
for the sheer sake of
poetic petty crime,
in meter, en pointe
with a squirt of lemon, a
bit o’ lime
hey
did you know
in my prime
I was a mime?
before that
an enzyme
let’s catch up,
maybe next time…
cc: CC ‘23
My tone implied the detail
she needn’t know
cc: CC 23
I wish I was
a wisp of wisteria
winding to entwine
once wound we would
while away the day
I twine clockwise,
…you?
cc: CC ‘23
I cannot protect you from it forever, but I can shield you from it, at least for this short while
cc CC ‘23
I can see the marks left by her lips
on the glass of the picture frame
where she kisses
each night
good night
his forehead
cc: CC ‘23
You know who ruins the world?
I’ll tell you who ruins the world…
adults
fucking adults
ruin the world
cc: CC ‘23 a NYC kid
My thought wafts in the smoke, a tiny dolphin behind aquarium glass We exchange a smile before she turns, swims away cc: CC '23
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