These are just a few older poems I thought I'd post. Feel free to comment. I welcome any words and thank you in advance for reading :)
1. ~~Pyre~~
It would be as if 'twere death
So light the pyre
Let the flame burn bright
For there is where the heart shall perish
On this cold moonless night
High and hot the flames will lick
The months that passed
The clock that ticked
The love that used to be first
And foremost in this world
And it would be as if 'twere death.
Empty and cold this bed has been
No more laughter
No more caress
A ghostly presence
That had gone unseen
And left when eyes
Stayed closed, hence,
With one deep breath
The heart is thrust
Into the scorching fire
Incinerate my love
My living desire
For one I never possessed
And it would be as if 'twere death.
Where pieces to the puzzle fell
Together in perfection
Have now fallen far and wide
Never did they fit;
The naiveté in Ignorance's passion kiss
The truth in Knowledge's pale face
Has now all come to this:
Yellow flame turned to blue
Smiling faces and places
Once regarded fondly
Bubble and melt away
And glowing embers
Embrace the ashes
That was once his loving words.
I sit within myself,
Staring at the gray incineration
I think to cry
But my eyes remain
Watching and dry.
The last paper glows and then
Crumples,
Wrinkles,
Disappears,
Converted into ash and energy;
A sigh from my lungs
Escaping long breath,
Exorcising the memories.
I have now said goodbye
To a lovers demise,
And so We no longer exist.
*2006 SAE
2. ~~Rape of the Snowman~~
Yellow fingers
Caressed my body
Causing me to sweat and tear
And I crossed my arms
To hold in my chill
For that was my comfort there
But still she insisted
On holding me
Her fire arms embraced
And I felt myself grow warm
As warm could be
A sensation I could not erase
I fought it so
I cried and begged
Pleaded for mercy
But she would not let go
One by one my buttons drooped
And my cloth fell off
I could feel myself sinking
In my nakedness,
Disappearing,
As her flames did scoff
At me.
My arms they fell
Back to the ground
And my nose began to slip
My smile it turned
Into a frown
As one by one
The coals dropped from stress
When she was finished
With her blazing torture
I was left a watery mess.
Not a puddle or a stream
But a lump of lukewarm snow
Unrecognizable; a nobody;
A leftover
Winters dream;
It was the end.
So at last I let the tears flow.
*2006 SAE
3. ~~~ Small Pieces ~~~
The shadows lessen in your eyes
And a smile that broadens in my presence
Causes me to wonder of you
A word, a breath, a thought
Jumping from your mouth to mine
And I find
I'll take what small piece you can give
A brush of your fingers on my hand
The sweet smell of your skin
I can see your heart on your sleeve
Like no one else can
A misunderstood mirror
Reflection of myself
And though I have been warned
In your arms I'll bleed
Something about your aura
Glows brighter than any other
I will allow you
To pierce me with your stare
Drive your will freely into me
As I abandon my reason to your wind
Twist me, turn me, lift me, kiss me
I'll take whatever small piece you will give.
*2006 SAE
4. ~~~He~~~
In the afterglow
Of your gaze
I saw a thousand days
When you spoke
Without sound
I am God,
Your actions said.
They bound me
To your eyes
To your essence
To your poisoned kiss
Sin skulked in the shadows
Whispered to me as I passed
Invaded my brain
With tumor fingers
Of desire
Words
Glided over my body
Electrocuted each cell
Hair on end,
Trembling skin,
Quickened breath,
While you murmured warmly
In my ear
This reckless ache
This thirst for the knowledge
Of each part of you
The desire to swallow
Every inch of you
This wanton sustenance
The need to
Satiate this hunger
For your flesh
This craving that
Burns me whole
Every time you pass
With an askance glance
Speak to me of your dreams
Let sin slip over my body
Caress me with revelations
Of that which I covet
Eyes, lips, fingers,
Forked tongue
Lick my soul
Bite into my flesh
Inject my blood
With the wild lust
For pleasure unbound
Assured damnation!
Let worlds collapse into themselves
For nothing else exists
Let this sin consume our virtue
Gorge our reason
Slake our wants
Until we no longer ingest
Any other nourishment
Except that which we devour.
*SAE 2006
5. ~~~The Goblin King~~~
I cannot hide the fact
That the Goblin King
Visited me last night.
He snarled at me
In his green skin
And black hair.
He seduced me,
I must admit;
His fathomless black eyes
Drew me in
And silenced my breath.
In his embrace I lost
My sense of self
I swam in his touch
And ached in his kiss.
And yes he laughed
Oh, how he cackled
To know how
He had entrapped me.
And at the pristine moment,
Of my tingling and writhing,
Breathless,
In his embrace,
In his tainted kiss,
He reached into my chest
And plucked my ecstatic heart.
I watched it beating in his hand
Dripping loveblood down his wrist.
His evil grin grew into a scowl
Gaping and wide
Then I saw him devour my heart;
In one swallow it was gone.
And I awoke empty.
All poems copyright SAE 2006
