Orphaned Shadows (+3)

Youth,

the perception

—of what time throws away

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

 

 

Her Eyes

 

There’s a power that only certain women have,

a force beyond words to describe

 

Where your breath is frozen, and your eyes are locked,

with every move freeing her guise

 

You surrender the only thing certain and sure,

your downfall worth all she unmasks

 

The future and past in a war they’ll both lose

—as you give what her eyes never ask

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

 

 

 

For Those

 

For those who will listen,

and those who can hear

 

For those it will matter

—your words to endear

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)

 

 

Laid Bare

 

You have to be naked

inside a Poem

 

Exposed in its limelight,

a baby new born

 

Starving the doubt

by feeding the fear

 

Everything revealed

—your back to the wall

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2020)