hide and sink. [like glass splinters]

By Six-Out




I'm tip-toeing on the broken glass
that I dropped. my lips taste like gin.laced memories
and it's almost midnight again.

the stars are playing hide. I'm too blind to see.k
and the pieces on the ground. they're saying
it's useless anyways. like the blood dripping from my toes
I danced too close- and I couldn't give a damn
if I tried.

so I'm casting aside this shirt. drenched in the blood
from the heart that set up camp on the unstable sleeve.
because it's time to take a walk. and leave the footprints behind
because I'm walking on spent time. no use in counting past seconds
when the future holds something I'll never touch.
and the moon is my best friend.
because the stars still have me counting.

so I'm. lost.
penning this nonsense. it's almost like drawing a map
to the place that hurts the most.
only- I can't mark the -x. because even in ink
my tears sink.

so I'll wander.
and hope the stars come out to play tonight.

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© 2007 Jon Rodgers
Published on Wednesday, December 26, 2007.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • Dreaming in Stanzas On Sunday, March 2, 2014, Dreaming in Stanzas (293)By person wrote:

    I miss you. Come back to us. :(

  • Ravenblade On Monday, March 29, 2010, Ravenblade (307)By person wrote:

    Jon, your poetry never ceases to amaze me, whether long and epic or short and profound you put words together like they were just meant to be. Great write, thank you

  • Dei On Wednesday, January 9, 2008, Dei (663)By person wrote:

    Some day, I will soar through the cosmos with this planet as my vessel. I will cast out my nets and rearrange the stars so you can count them all from behind your closed window.

  • italianbella On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, italianbella (183)By person wrote:

    absolutely stunning I was left in awe of the vison youre poem evoked..magnificent

  • Rachel On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, Rachel (210)By person wrote:

    Everyone sucks. That's pretty much it. Fuck them.

  • Velvet_Raventon On Thursday, December 27, 2007, Velvet_Raventon (446)By person wrote:

    Except for Six Out cause he writes awesome poetry :)

  • Velvet_Raventon On Thursday, December 27, 2007, Velvet_Raventon (446)By person wrote:

    Not that other people don't, but you get what I am saying: this poem rocks!

  • toy soldier On Wednesday, December 26, 2007, toy soldier (26)By person wrote:

    Well done Six. IF this didn't mark the X, i would say it came damn close. -Mike


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