Monday, October 20, 2014

Unconditional

Only now do I know
That love, before
Was not.

Only know do I now
'I love you' before
Was a lie

Because you were not in my life.

Only now do I know
That love refuses to die

In the face of denial
Cowardice, fear
And imagined reprisal
It will stay there inside you
Always the wiser

Only now do I know
That love is the meaning of life.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Apprentice


Blank face
Dead eyes
Ask no questions
Tell more lies

Affected sincerity
All of the time
Perfectly ugly
Selectively blithe

Candy floss words
Endlessly sound
Gushing profusely
Out of your mouth

An oil well burning
Spewing around
Toxic marshmallow
All over the ground

Seeping about
In caramel slicks

Clogging my wings

Making me sick.