Monday, February 7, 2022

NaHaiWriMo - day seven

7.
 
we keep moving
the story keeps changing
looking for anchors
 
*
 
so much dead air
we search for the right words
find only silence
 
*
 
the lines used to buzz
when you tried to call someone
hidden and somehow alive

Sunday, February 6, 2022

NaHaiWriMo - day six

6.
 
all that preening
the ultimate peacock
it’s all too much
 
*
 
so excited
everything abristle
the great display
 
*
 
it’s not a secret
you’re always overdressed
blame my desire

Saturday, February 5, 2022

NaHaiWriMo - day five

5.
 
we were so cruel
using light as a weapon
and though nothing of it
 
*
 
being present
with all these small attentions
feels foreign somehow
 
*
 
all those words
stacked row upon row
my beautiful oxford

Friday, February 4, 2022

NaHaiWriMo - day four

4.
 
look up
there on the horizon
tomorrow comes
 
*
 
i was told
there are many doors
is that a promise?
 
*
 
tired of waiting
i cross the threshold
one simple turn

Thursday, February 3, 2022

NaHaiWriMo - day three

3.
 
covered in flowers
emblems to enclose your heart
a marriage gift
 
*
 
how it moves
such an alien thing
how it thinks
 
*
 
always there are teeth
they grip and pull and tear
the wrapping mouth