They say that space
Is simply nothing
The heavens
An expansive voidThey must be wrong
For nothing that is nothing
Could make me feel so small
Surely the sky is fullWhen I see your eyes
Orbiting my gaze
I look into the heavens
And feel a void within.
Tag: poetry
Star chaser
If you’ll be the moon
I’ll be the tide
If you are orion
I’ll be your beltEbbing and flowing
With your motion
Coming and going
Like the cycle of seasons
Quiver
They say there’s an archer in the sky
And surely his bowstring grows taut
When he’s aiming at his prize
Perhaps the boar or the horseWhy must you aim at me
You,
Celestial and otherworldly
Surely I’m no trophyYet I find myself cornered
My pulse gone flat
Just like your bowstring
Pulled by your touchI beg you just let go
Better to be slain
By an arrow from your quiver
Than to quiver all my life.
For the guy at the hospital who had a nasty sounding cough.
A simple looking man
The kind that you might trust
Who likes mustard with his ham
And bread without the crustYou sound like you’re dieing
With bloody sneezes
Painful moaning wimpers
And wet wheezesWhat’s it like
To feel yourself expire
To watch your breath evaporate
To know the straights are dire
Scars
Scars, I have a few
Not a lot, just enough
To know they’re markers of pain
Yet feel it no longerLike they’d had enough
And could fit no more
That part of me dead,
With resilience as a parting gift.
Heart attack heart
I woke up clutching my chest
Doc says my heart was attacked
I don’t know what it’ll gain
But I’ll try to reenactYou caught me accidentally
Like a fatal ricochet
You smiled like I’d never seen
In a private displayHow can I describe you
Far too many a detail
If the Devil’s in just one
Well I’ll surely derail.I’ll try to do you justice
With the passion you’ve installed
You dropped it walking by
And into me it crawledMy god you hurt so bad
My gut twists and wrenches
Feeling you creep inside
With vicious gripping clenchesI’d drink all the poison
That you’re recommending
So that you’d call me yours
Even if you’re pretendingYou’re by far my favourite cancer
My heart is yours to attack
I’m terminal you know
My heart is yours to attack
Heart attack heart
I woke up clutching my chest
Doc says my heart was attacked
I don’t know what it’ll gain
But I’ll try to reenactYou caught me accidentally
Like a fatal ricochet
You smiled like I’d never seen
In a private displayHow can I describe you
Far too many a detail
If the Devil’s in just one
Well I’ll surely derail.I’ll try to do you justice
With the passion you’ve installed
You dropped it walking by
And into me it crawledMy god you hurt so bad
My gut twists and wrenches
Feeling you creep inside
With vicious gripping clenchesI’d drink all the poison
That you’re recommending
So that you’d call me yours
Even if you’re pretendingYou’re by far my favourite cancer
My heart is yours to attack
I’m terminal you know
My heart is yours to attack
Scars
Scars, I have a few
Not a lot, just enough
To know they’re markers of pain
Yet feel it no longerLike they’d had enough
And could fit no more
That part of me dead,
With resilience as a parting gift.
For the guy at the hospital who had a nasty sounding cough.
A simple looking man
The kind that you might trust
Who likes mustard with his ham
And bread without the crustYou sound like you’re dieing
With bloody sneezes
Painful moaning wimpers
And wet wheezesWhat’s it like
To feel yourself expire
To watch your breath evaporate
To know the straights are dire
Quiver
They say there’s an archer in the sky
And surely his bowstring grows taut
When he’s aiming at his prize
Perhaps the boar or the horseWhy must you aim at me
You,
Celestial and otherworldly
Surely I’m no trophyYet I find myself cornered
My pulse gone flat
Just like your bowstring
Pulled by your touchI beg you just let go
Better to be slain
By an arrow from your quiver
Than to quiver all my life.