A few poems.

1.

Young teenaged hearts

fumbling to mimic

one anothers heart

beats.

Hers strums slowly, gently

like weeping willows

on humid summer days.

His pulses quickly

boom boom,

like heavy thunder

hiding in grey skies.

All these years it took

to realize,

she thought,

our notes are on different

pages.

Summer turns to fall.

The thunder has stopped.

2.

Car lights from outside

in the crisp winter wind,

taint my faded walls

with shades so dark i cannot tell

where i have placed my tongue.

Shadows win a triumphant battle

against the lying lips i have grown to know.

Alone,

i stand on frozen ice

above me

transparent clouds mock what

they witness.

Plastic stars lead me to false meaning.

A photo of You and i

sitting under lightning struck skies.

Your useless hands upon my shoulder.

i can barely feel your touch.

Your lips part.

Stale words spill from your tongue.

I have studied your script

for too long.

3.

I have spent countless years

holding your hand.

You have me trapped.

I am not me when I am

with or without

you.

I have let my life pass on by,

like watching car lights

zoom past my window.

How did I get here?

I promised myself I would never

let a man take me over.

And then you came along.

So now I am stuck in your web

of empty threats.

Let me go.