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the night calls

A Poem by AKhaus

Be still, be silent as the amber drapes across the room and the sun beckons the moon to come.Watch the subtle greens turn to pale blades dripping with..

bereft where I lay

A Poem by AKhaus

It's not life and death, it's simply night and day.It's not a tragic ending, just silence that fills the space you would once stay.What once took my b..

That you I loved

A Poem by AKhaus

I look to you and you look away. What else is there to say when it was said. Your hand slipped from mine as my heart needed your tenderness. You fo..

F*** Your Words

A Poem by AKhaus

Slow mother Slow mother Slow your words For when they start to come out you can’t stop the hurt... I hear the trumpets rattling in the bac..

Ironically benevolent

A Poem by AKhaus

The cage The bars impenetrable The iron cold to the touch The absence of touch The void in my ears Black and gray walls The cage inside me ..

wishing leaves

A Poem by AKhaus

Writing my wishes on the leaves of this growing tree.Hoping these words find a home and never escape me.Her limbs stretching beyond where I cannot see..

Now the show begins

A Poem by AKhaus

I have stopped myself from being myself.I have stopped myself from being myself.I have stopped myself from being myself.Betraying all which hides insi..

Burial Exhumed

A Poem by AKhaus

I bury things deep inside my cavernous core. I don’t mean to be cold it’s just that those feelings I am not able to feel or hold when the..

another dream

A Poem by AKhaus

The fire was brimming as the sweat swallowed my brow.I walked into a glass house only to find no mirrors to blame for my failures.At the edge of this ..

tantalus & sisyphus

A Poem by AKhaus

One of hunger and one of pointless efforts.Tasting nothing as you grasp for that branch.Pushing up the hill without ever reaching the top.Maybe it's i..