zuzus petals

"I would unzipSky from earthTo invent horizon.I would takeThe contents ofA million volcanoesCooled byThe waters Of the Atlantic And smooth itAcross the sky With all ten Of my plexi-glass fingersI would..."

"Uprooted,The legs of A thousandUnknown soldiers flyLike thin rice paper Strung in sentencesDraping crudely on wet cementWith the faint Sound of waterLapping against ceramic.'I wish to bring our worlds..."

"The sun rises Over me Like it does Over bronze statues, Making my cheekbones Appear golden, Consumed by A fiery blaze Of fine silks. But my eyes, So hollow, Seem non-existent In their sockets. I b..."

"Each time I crane my neck To see the small Plastic lipstick stains On the mirror I remember The reflection I no longer see In the frame On my bathroom wall. Each time I strain my ears I can hear t..."

"Shiva Dances along the delicate paths of crushed shellsAs high tide brings forth ribbons of debris upon salty sand.The peeling away of wet sin like saturated clothingSoothes shivering flesh with the w..."

"Soft intricate patterns fall like ivy In the afternoon. The delicate shadows Greet my hands As they anxiously Creep up the windowpane; An attempt To count each raindrop As it reaches it's end. I mys..."

"The heart of individualityConforming traditionallyCollecting eyes all blueLike mine, his, and yours.Brown is like a sinTo stare at each otherAnd ourselvesIn these blank walls,Like knocking on linoleum..."

"I wrote my song with phrases I heard from you. Borrowed from bits and pieces of your many melodies. I found them hidden away, deep inside boxes cloaked in cloth, Scribbled on scraps of paper. I can al..."

"Eternity spoke in shades of blackIt chanted like fast rainIt followed through a diamond mistAnd whispered of a dreamEternity walked among the shadowsAnd danced upon the cloudsIt rained upon my resting..."

"I wax poeticIn times I dig beneath the snowAnd kiss The frozen earth;To caress the frostThat turns to dewThen back to frost.I wax poeticIn times I run my hands Just aboveThe stillest watersAnd feel It..."

"Father of the unconscious mind Take my hands And walk with me down under. Reach inside my sleeping head; Make logic of my world. Be there when I wake To comfort me; To take the blame When reality just..."

"All I am is a symbol, an icon of human existence.I am here to be everyone summarized.What I suggest is so weak, but I really wouldn’t know.I’m not the one to ask.I am just an icon and in brief yoursel..."

"Tiny wooden eyes of glimmering lightLeaving shadows like numbing prayers to godCrept upon silenced birds of black and white Released upon a single beckoned nodGallant soldiers return from bloody warWi..."

"In my world, Iris’ light is reflected Off of crystals hanging in the window. Children reach for them with tiny hands To move the garish light about the walls And to watch the jewel-like pendulums Swin..."

"Don’t tell him his soul isn’t cryingThat his heart doesn’t acheHe sends himself on a guilt tripRecalling each last mistakeChorus: Like a lost child to fireOr a moth to a flameFind the path out of exil..."

"It’s time to take Your rose-flavored medication; Lift your rag doll head And show me once again That your eyes Are part coal and part diamonds. The words you don’t speak Mean the world to me, I only..."

"I am Inches away from submersion; Seconds from tasting Splintering hailstorm tempests Which I know will Tear me to bits. I crave to be put back together again Like every other time When ice tore fles..."

"I hate the way my reflection on the pewter doorknobs is always reminiscent of times when I’ve dared not see who I really am. Distorted images of a face (certainly not mine) stare right back at me as ..."

"She looks so biblical With her shawl wrapped tightly against her head, And underneath her pale white shell Somehow I know she’s not plastic. But, her eyes seem stale in the moonlight, As if she’s s..."

"His acidic tears burn my eyes More than they burn his For he has seen nothing Whereas I have seen too much.  The lethal mixture of nobilityAnd poison hemlock bloodBrought his voice trickling down my n..."

"Crouched down she stares at me As if she knows she’ll see herself Through my eyes someday. I wish I could zip up her wrists And erase those hateful words etched upon flesh, Like the veins in praised..."

"As tiny opaque pearls Blush and break And blow away gently: Blow away, Brush aside Your wandering glint Of cool opalescent light. Entranced, the spheres Roll and bounce And beat down lightly: Beat ..."

"Now I welcome tears And wait for them To warm my cheeks And run slow, Then quick; To collect Like sugar icing, Forming puddles at my feet.I guess I don't need to explain Written December 18th, 2001 ..."

"Sometimes I wish That if I had a cross, You’d burn it And hold it high. The light would echo Off the trees at night, Leaving me To discard the ashes Of a relic I’ve never really held (Nor cared to). ..."

"I’ve never seen a muse With destruction on her mind, But, as smooth as the summer’s coolest night, Still steamy, but softly calm; I break from the extreme. Now, my throat is dry with silence, Parched..."

"Below the lenses I have seen only brown. But, as I look twice, Or perhaps for the millionth time, I see clouds With milky swirls That bring only darkness. Time has Left those wells to settle And sep..."

"The crevices in your heart Are dried at the edges And each gaping hole Is held together By thin threads. I’ve tried for so long To follow the map Said to lead to The softer parts of you, But, I have..."

"I'd do anything for you If you could catch me And all my tameness You could keep me In a glass bottle Like a Firefly And all it's firelight.I think it needs more--but here it is for the time being -..."

"I know you are just mere hallucination That if I could summon enough strength To look back, it would take you only seconds to reappear As if you’ve known forever that I would give this last glance. J..."

"You build me up then pull me piece by piece apart again. I’m a jumble, a mess, a child’s play thing. Keep me in Rubbermaid; take me out on a whim. I’m a weakened structure. You take joy in leveling m..."

"No ordinary words could make your lips Flush white then burn so deeply. No innocent kisses could be softly lain On a barren path that stretches past the horizon. Only the roundest curves of your face..."

"Was this what you envisioned; Am I a great experiment To taste a new type of flesh, To turn smoother rocks Upon your palms And torment yourself with new senses, Softer lips, and seamless fingers? Did..."

"The ink that dries upon these pages Blackens my heart With the thickest pigments And all the wrong words I keep from flowing Out onto paper. Each letter of sadness Curls these leaves So that they wil..."