Connection

It sits before me, gleaming

It mocks, taunts, laughs

Waiting, enjoying my pain

I reach for it, draw back

Explosive pain engulfs my chest

Searing and slicing, a hot blade

Its coolness adds insult

As it watches.

Sweat slicks my body

Its still sits,

Reflects me, my opposite

Unfeeling, Unafraid

An image flashes in my mind

Time is short.

I grasp it now

The pain is unimaginable

Enveloping, crippling

I push forward though

Push its buttons

I place it against my head

It whispers poison in my ear

I endure it all

Because I know,

You are on the other line

The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Rhyme turned Poem)

"Doth protest not," the spider thought

As he climbed the metal drain

Blackened skies, no silver lines

Signaled only pain

Fervor, haste, a quickened pace

Alas, it was in vain

Droplets high, throughout the sky

The end, it came with rain

Though sun poked through from heavens high

The spider was not slain

Droplets returned, back to high

So spider could climb again

Money

The end goal

We work for it

We can’t eat it

We can’t drink it

Yet we need it

It makes the world go ‘round

Yet it’s different in every country

Those who don’t have it want it

Those who do have it want more

It causes wars

Yet it makes children happy

We go through years of school for it

Yet it teaches us nothing

It isn’t remotely human

Yet it can be dirty

It can be blood

It can be fake

Its name is Money

Its the end goal 

Alone

Gritty sand graces my back               

The stars mock my surrender

Though they understand my plight

The waves of the tide crash and break

They sound hungry

Like the stars, I lay stuck

My celestial counterparts glimmer

I can hear their laughter

They know loneliness

Though it is learned over millennia

My severance is still fresh

Once part of a whole

Now food for the waves

Their cool touch enrobes me

I can hear my heart beating

Yet it is still broken

She was ripped from me

Most of my heart went with her

The hungry tide claims my face

I shut it out till I burst

It burns my lungs

The stars wink though my casket

I hear them laugh

The world fades

She is calling me

Regrets

Sigh,

Acceptance, Impatience, Exasperation

Growl,

Lust, Determination, Anger

Scream,

Surprise, Release, Fear

Laugh,

Enjoyment, Mocking, Hatred

Cry,

Sadness, Defeat, Love

Life,

Short, Fast, Painful

Death,

Forever, Easy, Near

Live your LIFE, savour every SIGH, GROWL with pride, SCREAM out loud, LAUGH till you CRY, and when DEATH comes knocking, shake his hand with no REGRETS.

Escape

The air tries to stop me

Bony fingers rip and cling

It shrieks in my ears

The cries seem to sing

With all its might it pulls and grabs

Every shred of its essence, quivering mad

I fight right back

I push to go faster

Sweat beads on my brow

Body brimming with laughter

The howl is ear-splitting

It’s too late to stop now

Defeat makes it crazy

Anger pours from its great maw

I fly down the stair set

The screams fade away

The beast is all gone now

It has no more to say

Rain

The chalice of the mind

Hold it up to the spring

From it flows boundless knowledge

Who’s waters dissolve all

Ignorance, Hate, Dishonesty

The rapists of logic

Pervious to the relentless truth

Yet some deny the drink

They wallow in filth

Masquerade with liars, cheats, deserters

Madness cakes their bones

Denser than flesh

Amalgamations of former beauty

The rain washes nothing away

Too few drink from the spring

It has been forgotten

The waters are murky

The reign of Chaos is the only rain now

The bigots and close-minded run wild

Though with hope may come clarity

In the battle of intelligence

For when it rains, here, it pours