Hemorrhage
If you’re walking toward no destination, do it with conviction.
For the water waves the flag and will not ask for your permission.
The sun pulls you under but the moon keeps you up top.
The early bird may catch the worm but it can’t catch the cop.
The world is burning down and all of us ignore the screams.
Through solace we can only find within our shattered dreams.
Amongst the Stardust
I found her lighting
the glistening rays of sunshine,
completely unique,
amongst the stardust of her peers.
She stands out amongst all
when she luminous with grace
like a painting hanging on a wall
mysterious, in every pencil trace.
She is my kryptonite—
the photosynthesis,
I live not without;
for she’s the source of my energy,
the powers of my beating heart.
Her eyes wage light
in such magnitude
which have purposes,
in various multitude;
for she’s a shining bright star,
I sought in the galaxy
that highly resides,
brightly with majesty
coming for you
watching you every day,
wrath festers in my blackened heart.
you act like your life is purely self-made,
but i was the one who let you have your fame.
and then there’s him, the one who mindlessly does everything you say.
he, the boy who gave all this a start.
we three were the bestest of friends, always at play.
so long ago, before you pushed me all the blame.
and i, for taking the lifelong sentence without a fray,
didn’t ever consider that you could be trying to outsmart.
when we heard the news that day, of the blood shed from our sharp blade,
we three, being “young and innocent,” created a frame.
i was the one to pay.
both of you were the ones to pass right under the poisonous dart.
alas, your love declarations for one another had just been made,
and to separate true love would be an unforgivable shame.
and when i came back from that horrible place of grey,
you appeared to have forgotten what i had done for you and your sweetheart.
funny, it was. for you to have decided to simply fade.
when he went along so easily, i furiously realized your whole game.
i now wander the halls alone, wondering whom you are next going to betray.
in the days of us, we made a wonderful chart.
i wrote your names on that to-kill list and prayed
that you two will one day burn under my livid flame.
Water Bearer, on Scales, and Shoulder of Ram
Am I scripting this Horrorscope of mine?
with its time-warped masts orbiting full blast!
Or did Natal Stars steathily align?
and so inflate our Zodiacs as fast!?
...Must I become the water-bearer now...
and then...weighing draughts anyone can take
from, and welcome, as ladlefuls of “Ciao!”?
Am I myself the Haruspex who
through these entrails and barriers will graph
the course prescribed, still wondering lost, yet found
as a common, though Alien, space craft
who shall touchdown and infiltrate the ground?
...I’m not strong-enough to abdicate the task
...I draw water... why? cautiously I ask...
#Sonnet #Challenge #Zodiac
i taped a smile to my face
You took the clear, wrapping tape
From our highest shelf.
Pressed it on my mouth's corners,
And did the same thing to yourself.
Forever dimples showing up
Keeping us from appearing hostile
People always like the feeling
Of someone forcing a smile.
Our skin is stretched upwards
A drooly line of depression
A curved slope of a
Predetermined expression.
But when we return home
And our tape has worn away
Our true emotions can spill
After a fake, selfless day.
The tape has stained my face now
And I'm left with streaks of tears
But I'm happy you've been thinking
I was happy, for all these years.
