Unfinished Recital The words stopped so suddenly Falling to the ground as if Gravity no longer held The delicate balance Of sound to air He called a gathering of the children Even held one, bawling, in his arms For to give them the blessing of the lord For almost five heartbeats The Silence permeated the air As if those were the last words To ever be spoken He fell to the life giving Earth The gift given/taken back As if the Earth just could no longer Sustain the weight of this one man The proverbial straw All that could be […]
Unrequited
Unrequited Stars shine in the abstract Darkness where thoughts whisper Where secret wishes Meet and become one My coat on your back Winter sings in our ears Wind bites, chills From your fingernails Not that spine shiver cliché Even still, my heart sings You listen to my melody Your eyes attentive Street lamps bare me Those omnipresent stars uncover me Lamps, eyes and stars Thoughts and whispers and pain Pleasure as well Sadistic masochistic You slowly biting Claiming me for yourself With teeth marks Imprinted upon dark flesh Are you the wind then To bite me so… You spin intensity […]
Hot Air Balloons
Hot Air Balloons While at play they will often stop To stare in awe, imagining themselves inspired Some pointing, some exclaim, others silent Minds that want to float free On the air they dream To be as solid as the thought of home Unanchored and drifting Precious with the learning They have yet to gain Wonder Of wonders Back to Sentiments of the Cerebral More Poetry by Silencio Barnes More Poetry from the Eternal Figments of Reality Series
