Poetry Journal

Dead For You

I swam skeleton in the night,
The way you wanted me to be
Cuz in that violent black sea
You dove just to leave me

I fought so against our blight,
The way you thought I should
But out of the burning wood
You fled, fleeting you stood

I tried forever to do us right,
The way you made me try,
I never thought I would lie,
Now all we ever do is cry

But I hold onto a precious light
More beautiful than any wife
Worth even the worst of strife
The very meaning of my life.

Hidden

I wanna be the morning light,
Kiss you softly when you wake,
Pull you from your darkest night
Not just another blazing mistake
I wanna see you smile


Let me take your soft hand,
I may not be the perfect guy
But the stars and I understand
That every girl deserves to fly
And I wanna see you dance


I wanna drift away with you
Into the darkest unknown,
No cold future I wish to rue.
Into this life we were thrown,
And I wanna see you there


Let me watch you breathe
Softer than an angel’s skin
Such elegance you achieve
With an even brighter grin
I wanna see you smile

Pumpkin Plaster

We slithered like snakes
Creeping cautiously through,
Stopping for candy breaks
Pumping sugar into our night
We didn’t know what to do
As we hid from the moonlight

Words clouded in the cold,
As we set our sinister goal
Deciding on the most bold,
To tackle such tyrannic task
Knowing full well of the toll
We pulled down our masks

Flying faster than his shadow,
He set each pumpkin airborne
Ignoring the freshly lit window
His rampage he had so held
Ended quickly as it had born,
When a man burst, and yelled:

“This is my 12 gauge gun,
Its time for me to have some fun”