First published here on October 1 2018. Come, child, sit and tell me what’s wrong. I’m not sure where to start How much to impart But the problem’s my heart It just fell apart Oh, show it to me. I'm sure we can mend it. Here. See the duct tape That keeps it in shape? …
Category: English texts
This Time With You
This time with you Another déjà-vu I also know a phrase or two Some commonplaces, too Did it make them true This time with you? It was more than we could chew And not enough to make it through This time with you Was always crimson blue It came and went, who knew …
Bluebird
Sing those cerulean lies And the lily white tears Soar through indigo skies And these frilly light fears See those cornflower eyes And the built-in controls Scale those fossilized cries And the sapphire walls
Never Quite Now
I count the yesterdays The hours before noon The past in full bloom What is this maze? Our time runs ahead We were always tomorrow Never quite then I count the moments The hours with you The future broken in two What is this haze? Our time runs in circles We are always already gone …
We Are The Wrong Kind
We are the wrong kind The ones left behind Broken souls Drawn to black holes Yet this one kiss This moment of bliss Resounds in my mind You were my kind We are the outcasts No happiness lasts Scared little kids Counterfeits Yet this one moment You and I own it The memory blasts …
3.3 Billion Beats
3.3 billion beats of my heart - why can’t a few be just for you? Won’t there be enough for me? Take my every breath tonight, tomorrow I can still be free My every tear to soothe your soul, to make you see 3.3 billion beats of my heart - why can’t a few be …
The Way We Were: Rethought
I first published this text in German on January 15, 2018. Find my original post here. Even after years of separation There is no true alienation Between two souls, who once knew one another Who revealed themselves, one to the other Whenever their paths cross They stroll along old sentiment Feel their way through …
The Way We Were
I first published this text in German on December 13, 2017. Find my original post here. I saw you on the train just now. It wasn’t you, but he resembled you closely. A boy like you once were. I looked over and became very quiet. It was the train we used to take. I was …
This Pair of Us
You know exactly where it sits This pain of mine Come, speak the words I cannot say Tell me how I feel What it is that makes me reel I know exactly where it hurts This heart of yours Come, I’ll speak the truth you refuse to see I’ll tell you why you lie …
Want
Words unsaid Your eyes on me Whispered nothings Your fingers on my lips Wanton yearnings Your body on my hips Wistful bliss Your kiss on my cheek
Secrets
Let me soothe those lips Take you in in tiny sips What secrets wrap themselves around my tongue Tendrils from deep within, as yet unstrung Let me taste them one by one Until they come undone
Watch
You drip time like tears lost within a muted child It slips through my fingers as your fears run raw and wild This love of ours crumbles like a portrait made of sand Watch it dissolve, watch these grains disband
Snippets 1: Trees that bend don’t break
“We could go away together. Leave all of this behind”, I said, stroking her cheek. “You can’t run away from your memories”. “What makes you so sure? We could build a different life. You and me. We are free, you know?” “Are we really? Are we really free?” she asked with a fleeting smile. “What …
Springtime Haiku
Another week, another "Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest" on Chelsea Owens' blog (do check this out, it's great fun). This week's challenge is to come up with a terrible springtime Haiku. Here's the process I went through: 1) write a springtime Haiku 2) change one word to make it weird 3) change two words to make it …
One Soul
I already posted this poem a while ago, but Chelsea Owens' Weekly Terrible Poetry Contest (check it out, please) prompted me to dig this one up. So here goes: Even if your silence weren't quite so loud If you didn’t wear it like a shroud This pain of yours would still be mine I counted …
