A collection of my poems
Branches
We walk together
Our sorrow and ecstasy shared
Until the fork in the road
Our stories diverge
But our souls persist entwined
We walk different paths now
Our futures branch away
Yet the roots we grew together
We will always stand on
As we strive ever upward
Toward the sunshine
Born Broken
Pain passed down
A circle of anguish
Spirits tarnished
My inheritance
Ashes and defilement
Abuse and degradation
A defective child
Trudges on
Inside my heart
The cycle spins
Can I stop it?
Ruin
Decayed relationships
Aged by mistakes
Painful memories
Abyssal sadness
Thoughts of what
Could have been
Mistakes
Crooked words
Love in excess
Muddled intentions
Mismatched spirits
A perfect brew
For crumpled comfort
Moments
Moments in time
Passing like tears in rain
A world indifferent to us
Yet every memory worth it all the same
Nobody may remember our stories
Every precious first and last
Our joy and woe
All things come to pass
But for now, under twilight
Reflections wave in the water
And fractured souls share a peace
At least for tonight
Faint Polish
I stand in the shower
I look down and see what’s left of the nail polish
More and more disappears everyday
Little by little
Chip by chip
The paint fades but the memories remain
You’re hundreds of miles away now
But when I see those specks of paint
It feels like you’re right next to me
I cry wishing I could feel your presence
The shower rains down and washes away my tears
And in a way, my home cries with me
Little Family
In a time much shorter than you deserved
I held you
Both whole
and in ashes
I watched you pass
Cradled in my arms
A child holding another
I continued on
Average days
Your loss only became real
When I looked down
And noticed your absence
A home left bare
A hearth snuffed out
Now I look at Sofia
Tail swinging
Soft eyes
Boundless enamor
And I’m terrified of the same
You arrived soon after
A child in need of a home
A spirit in need of a friend
You sat in my hand
Is this what will always happen?
Forever staving off solitude
Replacing lost kindred with new
Mourning friends departed
Until I too climb and swim the stars