Hollow Man : Writing

Welcome to the Machine

Welcome to the Machine

A Poem by Hollow Man


I should be half way into a sweet slumber, my tired arms wrapped around her warm naked body, oblivious to the darkness, shielded from the cold, obnoxi..
The Rain and her Watershed

The Rain and her Watershed

A Poem by Hollow Man


I'm crawling through the flooded depths Of my mind, wondering, did we ever love, Sheand I, the rain andher watershed- I gathered sunlight to keep..
Toska - So It Goes

Toska - So It Goes

A Poem by Hollow Man


He’s got handprints on his chest With finger-painted heart palms And tender tensed fingertips- So it goes. He’s got a stale kiss on ..
Silence

Silence

A Poem by Hollow Man


Music always ends in silence For the man who stands but to hide, Careless for all except memory, Her careless silence, head on his chest And that ..
Neruda

Neruda

A Poem by Hollow Man


There are bodiless shadows With shadows of their own, Blood tearing canyons into hearts: They lasso stars into mud puddles And dose with children..
Oviedo

Oviedo

A Poem by Hollow Man


I held you, naked as untouched snow Safer than love’s silence in winter breath, Slow silence, concealed as flesh to flesh Lain in life&rsq..
Mariana

Mariana

A Poem by Hollow Man


I see no reason to be, since I will always be, Something, nothing, to someone and no one… I am deep as the Mariana Trench. Drowning In neu..
King's highway

King's highway

A Poem by Hollow Man


This is the end beautiful friend, this is the end my only friend And I still hurt. My face is a smoldering pit, my heart a metronome Keeping rh..
Two Rounds and Still No Sound

Two Rounds and Still No Sound

A Poem by Hollow Man


We are beyond where we should have gone Where our throats choke on each other’s anger, The days turn to hours, the hours to minutes, the min..
Wordless Words

Wordless Words

A Poem by Hollow Man


I swear you’re not real. Like grinding knuckles against shingles, blood to dust, Cigarette and shingle dust lungs cough until the chest brui..