New Love Storm

Bring your lanterns in,
light them with the sound of your name
said aloud three times.
Unburden the heavy air
with one fine syllable.

Throw your light against the thunderstorm
tapping on the window.
See my shadowed face in the strange reflection,
my jaw-line changing shape in sharp flashes of lightning.
See the raindrops screaming down the pane,
glistening toward their deaths.
See the old apple core, rotting on my desk.
See the ceiling leaking,
a puddle on the creaking floor.
See my fluttered, broken movements,
and how I forget to breathe.

Tomorrow I will shield my eyes,
and chant a limit I need
but can never remember.
Tonight I’ll break a promise I keep to myself.
I’ll watch one more thing transform.
And then, I think, one more.
 

Reviews

[Touché Armada]

Despite the uneven lines (which incidentally I love anyway) and the way this seems to have been jotted down in one mad dash (love that too)
I cant say anything bad about this, the pictures were good to me, nope there is nothing for me not to like at all.. But that might be because I'm easily entertained, no thats not entirely true.. This is going to be work to enjoy in future.

[Emily B]

ahhh, this is amazing stuff. I had to read it again. And send it on to a few friends before I could leave a review. There isn't much I can say. The height and the breadth of it need no explanation. I could suggest nothing to add or detract. Wonderful work.