Alike
We are so much alike
I know what you are thinking
And I agree
Our one mind makes a mess of me Continue reading Alike
Author: Carrick Cross
I.Write.Poetry.
Reality
They say we should live in the moment What that means I really don’t know Quit filling my life with slogans Cause I’m not in your reality show Make-believe is my chosen profession Fooling myself is a full-time occupation Fantasies face no recession No resistance in my imagi-nation Open enrollment with no postponement What is and is not has no relation In the near term I see no cessation That’s cause I’m good at make believe They say we should live for the moment What that means I really don’t know Quit filling my life with slogans Cause I’m better … Continue reading Reality
Erase
Still have that picture in my mind I shake my head back and forth But our last sketch is etched in time I headed south you turned north The trail went cold. That’s crime. Thoughts crossed couldn’t count the cost The more I was near the more I feared Now I see what was all too clear You left me behind while I was still here Why You sang when I was crying Erase Why You came when I was dying Erase Why Your hope sent me flying Erase Why Your grace asks no trying Erase While my heart keeps … Continue reading Erase
Misconception
Misconceived was the notion Who knew what I was thinking Misperceived pond was an ocean Soon lost at sea, self, soul sinking Fell in love with the notion of love More the thought than the motion Tell me love do you have the potion Spell, to undo the spell, undo the commotion Drowning drowning down deep in this well Deep in this well you call your ocean Pull me up Pull me out Before I drown Dry me off Dry me out Let me breathe on my own Breathe on my own Diving into the deep sea blue Shallows seem … Continue reading Misconception
Ephiphany
Being away from you is like leaving myself Seeing a day without you is deceiving myself That I could ever find my self alone Don’t know who I am, no believing myself Then, an epiphany Materialized out of thick air How to see you When I couldn’t see past myself When I didn’t know how to care Some live and die by the tongue Thinking what they say Saying what they think Instead of thinking who’s ok Just watching others sink Then light came to me Life in you. Ignite life in you. Your ideas. Your thoughts. Your words. Your … Continue reading Ephiphany
Age
Seems nothing prepares for the effects of time When the skin wrinkles and muscles fail The criminal age sneaks up on youth And before I’m ready away he sails Leaving me wondering why time ails Why no one ever told me the truth That I must grow old or not grow at all Only yesterday I was young and worry-free Why has time taken its toll on me? Life. Life was on an upward trajectory Time. Time now changes the way I see The way I move, the way I look, the way I be I ran through the signs … Continue reading Age
Clock
From that moment your eyes glistened
When your sigh spoke my soul listened
My mind went numb my heart unlocked
I hid the key inside my lifelong clock Continue reading Clock
September
Minds clear
Hearts fair to partly cloudy
Reality settles near
Sifting thoughts; some clang loudly
Against the walls of my mind Continue reading September
Poetry by Carrick Cross 