The sun pours over the concrete
Slipping over my feet
Across my body
Like it has my permission.
I sit
Under the persimmon tree
Feet caressing the torn concrete
As memories stack up against the rough
Like calluses formed from running
Barefoot up chain link fences
I wish I could return to the day
I stood in the tree, high,
Tongue loose in my mouth,
Invisible to the passers by.
Today
My purpose remains unseen
By fiercely hollow eyes
That stay gouged in place
No matter how the surrounding faces change.
At the Diamond J
I only liked fish for one night. It steamed faint lemon sauce and lingered. The lodge swelled around me as I sidestepped the buffet and waited. The cook wove through the swinging doors, and slid through the laughing with my plate. I slowly scooped it into my mouth and held it there.
Trees, horses, fishing. I was one of the guys, but they didn't want me around anymore. I woke up that morning to the same quilt and radiator warmth, but the night had given them x-ray vision and left me with something else. I
The sun pours over the concrete
Slipping over my feet
Across my body
Like it has my permission.
I sit
Under the persimmon tree
Feet caressing the torn concrete
As memories stack up against the rough
Like calluses formed from running
Barefoot up chain link fences
I wish I could return to the day
I stood in the tree, high,
Tongue loose in my mouth,
Invisible to the passers by.
Today
My purpose remains unseen
By fiercely hollow eyes
That stay gouged in place
No matter how the surrounding faces change.
I wait for you
in the abysmal depths
of an ocean of insanity
drowning in desires
of lascivious joy
Fire blue eyes
in constant orbit of you
absorbing every intricate detail
Perhaps your hair
and the way it seems to shimmer
like Carbanado diamonds
or
your soft silky touch
tracing waves of silence
across a troubled soul
How your caramel lips
make me forget
as your snake tongue
pursues me endlessly
capturing my awareness
You know me,
Its more than just a physical flame
that burns inside
it is smoldering embers of memories
that warms my soul
The mellifluous sound of your laughter
as my heart dances to its clarity
j
Unbuckled,
he's a detour -
on my way to the Kitchen,
has me turning,
on heels and headlights
and maneuvering more slowly
through the work area.
When unbuckled -
he's a craving,
that sends me backtracking
while using God's name in vain,
this temptation
--more powerful
than mom's pumpkin pie
with real whipped cream.
Unbuckled; nothing less
than a hot miasma of equatorial heat
--A wave found midway
between
French dueling tongues,
and a risky game of Russian roulette.
And who needs Maxwell House
with it's 'good to the last drop'...
when I can crouch Here,
like a lione
Teacher and poet. I run a poetry blog called pomegranategrenate (pomegranategrenate.blogspot.co…), and am trying to find ways to connect to more poets through social media. I would eventually like to host guest poets on my blog, and perhaps even start an ezine.