These are small poems I wrote in ten minutes!
Nostalgia
I write for the memories I have
and the ones I want
like a tandem bicycle they travel through my brain
Photos of people long gone
and ones to come
spiraling stretches of envy and
want over pillows
smiling faces atop unlined maps
that stretch onwards.
They’ll circle back eventually
when there is time.
sleepless nights of laughter
and a few tears
colors muted and bright that
decide to change
nostalgia paints me warm red
among a blanket of blue.
It wakes me up every night
with the memories of you.
Eclipsed
Rubbing hands together – fast –
unsure of the sweating palms,
which lay unburdened,
despite my traveling mind.
The doorway is darkened
by the laughter of others.
Warm voices call out:
saying goodbye in my mind.
Ripped lights shine brightly
through their shaded pasts.
Some radiate more
But the others twinkle in want.
Do you like me?
Is uttered by others,
but even a clear answer
is muddled by translucence.
Intermingling thoughts,
revolving words,
how gaily they gesture
how thoughtfully they move.
Filtered through moments,
It is hard to find out the truth.
Nothing is black and white in the world,
they are all ribbons.
A shadow breaks across me.
Momentarily, I am plunged
into a darkness unknowable,
into a moment of bliss.
Am I the light eclipsed?
Do I enter your mind first?
Or am I doomed to shades
of darkness and rain?
Shadow
Flickering,
filtering,
you cover me –
a shadow
warmth into cold,
moments unfold,
I await you
until tomorrow.
Bittersweet,
underneath,
“Surrender,”
you whisper.
Rippling water,
unending tides,
gasping for air,
no shore is insight.
Clawing hands,
desperate hold.
You mention
words unknown
The light breaks free
when I leave you
And the relief:
Just momentary.
Claws sink in,
so we start
up our game
without rules
“Cause you see me,”
Your smile wanes
“and you can’t go.”
Restrained, I stare back.
Flickering,
Unending
You remain –
A shadow.