A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Centipede Catwalk Solid bone A thin line of advancement where I know I won’t fall As long as you’re watching me, but sometimes you’re busy, looking into Your father’s eyes Ocean blue stains on a white canvas, blinking more often than they see Soul submerged, YouContinue reading “WD 131 “Centipede””
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WD 122 “Abzu”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Abzu Fount of all blessings Allow me to stay dry just a few seconds longer As I sit at the edge in a swimsuit, towel slung over my shoulder and my feet dangling in the Slow current Mark the passage between, lands untold Healing, degeneration AndContinue reading “WD 122 “Abzu””
WD 119 “Beginning of Endings”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Beginning of Endings When we fall We fall without a word Asteroids dropping white flecks of paints on the blacktop sky A crematorium that scales beyond the weight of a thousand mortal bodies Because things change and they change quickly The Dinosaurs and the titans knewContinue reading “WD 119 “Beginning of Endings””
WD 117 “Bleached Bones”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Bleached Bones Agoraphobia Keep a calm mind Even when the walls of your house begin to melt into spiders I’m feeling your acid rain, on my bare skin Bleaching the nerves white, blank, ghostly Till the sins of childhood are wrung out like a bloody ragContinue reading “WD 117 “Bleached Bones””
WD 95 “Ghostly Tremors”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Ghostly Tremors After that accident, we made a promise: It is not for the dead to bury the living. But we are a catalyst Just as any ghost story told to a child A warning to the living There are some dreams better off Forgotten AndContinue reading “WD 95 “Ghostly Tremors””
WD 85 “Trauma Coping”
A poem inspired by The Muse of Cold Earth. Trauma Coping We speak Heard through the walls, like the throbbing of heavy bass or A muffled scream into a pillow as we Choke on the watery deluge rising from our core chakra You tell us, what we are, what we feel and how to dreamContinue reading “WD 85 “Trauma Coping””
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