hit the highwaydoing a hundred and tennot caringnot afraid of death it was fun while it lastedbut who knows what’s around that next corner people pulling youthis way and thattry a different hattry seat of your pants it was fun while it lastedbut who knows what’s around that next corner mixing a gin and tonicsitting …
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Category:Poem
dead dreams
how do dead dreams diedo they just slip awaydissipate while you cry do they go out fightingor do they lock up to a daywhen they hope for reuniting with that spark of hopelearning how to copewhile new dreams take the stage how do old flames burn outdo they sputter and smokedrift away while you pout …
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light it up
burnt out street lights lining my way ahead is empty black space i will light it up you’ll see i don’t need love but it would be sweet if you were here with me when i reach the end rain pours down again gutters run with the wind people scatter across the street no eye …
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spark
alone walking into the ocean, don’t know when i’ll be back… a vague white spark.here arrives.heart, beat, jump.thunderized. (i come alive) it even smells like rain. (i could’ve died) here comes the painshowering pouring downhere comes the samelonely broken clown a vague white spark.here tonight.heart, beat, jump.thunderized. (i come alive) it even smells like rain. …
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satellites
I watch the satellites Streak across the night skyEchoing signals to somewhere unknownMartians and robotic men Arriving in flying saucers To conquer manRocket to the moon Sign me up for a space suitI want astronaut dreams Shooting star Trip across the black nightMeteoriteBurns out so bright I watch the satellitesStreak across the night skyEchoing signals to somewhere …
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sack of sliver seconds
my apologies for being a person lost when everyone around is pretending to be found. i am the rock in the middle of the current. i am the current. i am the ocean it carries and moves. and i move. the world moves. we are ever interconnected. i am sorry i can stand in a …
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klink
down by the ocean, the gulls glide on airsweet sea salt moisture, tastes like herewelcome home Carrie, welcome backecho our memory, never forget slipping down the alleys, garbage stacked highsutrid stench wafting your nose while you walk bywelcome home Carrie, welcome backecho our memory, never forget just as were open, the doors all seem closedall …
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The World Eclipsed Me – 7
words by barbara doduk 7. and the question wasn’t answered and ended in a why over the hill into the valley cave soft and sweet lingering there hovered tasting the longing for more and angels sang above the window ledge and held the stars in their place formed the clouds to set background for morning …
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The World Eclipsed Me – 3
words by barbara doduk 3. and melancholy flowers droop vase edges stuck on empty ledges flowered over bloom the pedals weep and bleed gloom brown patch purple glow of perfume stench killed by love and loving to be dead in all the lies he said and winter washing in over snow bleak bitter clouds after …
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The World Eclipsed Me – 6
words by barbara doduk 6. and with a rush over the inside out the point was made without much more and the fuss was to begin with all that stuff over who is who and what owns what and the argumentative combat zone sheltered edges razors length of cold shots fired at the armour shield …
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