You scream in shades of red ( Read more... )

The low water bridges are flooded again ( Read more... )

You question the stability of your own stomach ( Read more... )

You would have only those ( Read more... )

My heart clutches
When I hear your steps
Closing in closer
Shivers, both delightful
And cruel, stinging my skin
As I perch silently
Behind the closet door
The game goes on
You know all my places
But still you take your time
Torturous pleasure
Is your favorite offense
And I love waiting
Recalling the past times
Retracing memories ( Read more... )

Waiting in the light
From the frosted window in my room
I wonder if I arrived here in sleep
I do not know what is real anymore
Lost in a depth
Of lingering touch ( Read more... )

There are things I know.
The pace at which you
Run from me
Reveals your urge
To tumble,
To fall into something
You cannot outline.
The trace of your scent
Scattered around my world
Tells me that you will remain,
Whether or not you return.
These feelings -
Obsessions, compulsions,
Addictions -
Are shyCompared to the depth from which they gurgle ( Read more... )

(Memories tickle)

Tangled in that hypnotic dance
In the hazy butter glow
Subtle yet permeating
On the tip of the moon

(Daydream this away

Expansion of this
My world is condensed
Into you and me
Dancing on the tip of the moon)

The earth below was still

I saw wandering starsLost in aggravation ( Read more... )

Racing toward salvation ( Read more... )

Another handful of poems... the challenge sections are bolded.

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Spill your poison
Seductive and sweet
(I am not so easily fooled)
You want me
Alone, shattered
In your hateful mind

I am untouched (not oblivious)
The earth runs
Deep along my fingertipsI am grounded, though ( Read more... )