Silhouette
Made yourself
at home in my heart
Hollowed out holes
in the shape of us
Silhouettes
sneaking peaks thru
poetry in poems Continue reading Silhouette
Author: Carrick Cross
I.Write.Poetry.
Souvenirs
She collects hearts
Like souvenirs
Pens love rhymes
Like buttoneers Continue reading Souvenirs
Inside
Inside every old man
Sits a boy who
never grows up
His mind plays games
Some on its own
Some as he claims
his body’s on loan Continue reading Inside
Unspoken
Dear Jane I Didn’t want to upset her but I feel much better After such a sweet Non-love letter I’m free Unfettered Links broken Unspoken for Continue reading Unspoken
Then
Don’t know how
Don’t know why
But from the first moment
When you were moving in
And I was moving you
As you gazed into my eyes
I knew you were for me Continue reading Then
Breeze
Every night I fell
Asleep with you
Wrapped in my arms as
Marvin sang and summer
Breezes blew Continue reading Breeze
Sullen
Not so much missing her as yearning youth Missing years Dismissing truth Sullen season not Christmas cheer Mulling Musing Me Continue reading Sullen
Much
If she’s not much to speak of
Why do I talk about her all day long
If she’s not much to look at
Why do I gaze at her face Continue reading Much
Random
If what we expect
is ordinarily strange
then extraordinary
must be only plain
If what we get
is always random
then what is odd
is more of the same Continue reading Random
Reruns
One kiss can
Last a lifetime
Living in reruns
On every channel
In my one track mind
All play the same scene
You and me, that kiss Continue reading Reruns
Eons
time stopped
outside our door
ticking tocking
covetous
for the love of us
seconds signal
minutes mingle
ours disappear Continue reading Eons
Outside
Heart plotting
Head nodding
Lean forward
Blue eyes blink
Begins to think
What life is like
Outside the border
of his world order Continue reading Outside
Matinee
With
reality on hold
the story unfolds
Our lips meet on screen
Eyes see the unseen
Float on a dream
to the steamy streets Continue reading Matinee
Skylark
On skylark wings
She sings
Unspoken lyrics in
Unbroken song Continue reading Skylark
Captured
My life
An open book
In idle moments
Her beauty stalks
Hiding between pages Continue reading Captured
