Tic-Tock, Away


I once knew all of your secrets

I could have directed you to all of your scars
and told the story of each of them

I knew what kind of day you’d had,
just by the way you walked up the driveway

my mind was once filled with the knowledge
of you
and now, as each day passes
time becomes the great thief
tic-tok, tic-tok
away you go

the second hand circles
your once familiar voice fades
so too does the sound of
your frequent laughter

tic-tok,
there goes another part of you
the important dates...

your sleeping breath,
now a desperate musing

tic
all of your favorite things
-tok
leaving me
more and more
to myself

tic-tok,
I find it impossible to recall
your touch

I curse the sadness that follows you
regrettably,
more than I embraced the joy
that accompanied you

oh how I wish
I had remembered better

With our arms wrapped around each other
We knew love.
Looking into each others eyes,
We saw our eternity.
Embraced, entangled, and connected,
We exchanged our hearts.
Sharing now the rhythm of our souls.
We live as one, to grow apart.

love to just come here and read you again ~

and the growing continues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpVmUGW18uY

what a cool journey kc, through a boy's eyes to a man's. 4:59 of bravo!

all part of the journy we call life...thank you

So long...Farewell...Goodbye, this one hit the spot. The things i have always wanted to say to a certain person, but never knew how. Thank u, ur poetry is inspirational!!.

http://youtu.be/-Oqrd4GmZ3g

thank you for the very kind comments...

u r awful modest...u need to take more pride in ur work. see what we all see...the great poet in u! i have read ur work over and over and i cant find the word to express what i have felt. all my emotions seem to be struck at once. the word "amazing" is not big enough to describe ur work. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

u r awful modest...u need to take more pride in ur work. see what we all see...the great poet in u! i have read ur work over and over and i cant find the word to express what i have felt. all my emotions seem to be struck at once. the word "amazing" is not big enough to describe ur work. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!

The Luxury of Decline

set me free
let me go
I don’t need you anymore
I can fall apart all on my
own

constitutional compromise
meets perfumed flavored alibis
on the corner of
I’ve been through this ****-
before

where all the wounds I healed
you’ve opened
every time I bleed
you numb
and all the words are left
unspoken
`cause every time I reach
you’re gone

condescending little lies
tore the mountain from its rise
so long to build
such a swift decline

dredging through the brevity
grain of sand in an open sea
I’d swallow, but I can-
hardly breathe

all the life I once
possessed
sheathed by the
acquiesce
we were on our way
and now I find…

that all the wounds I healed
you’ve opened
every time I bleed
you numb
all the promises prove
token-ed
`cause every time I reach
you’re gone

set me free
let me go
I don’t need you anymore
I can fall apart all on my
own


kc
© 2011

I really enjoy your Writing...
A Thought brought tears to my eyes, Thank you.

thank you for taking the time, not only to read, but also to reply.
i do appreciate it very much.

tonight the August air is still
though predictably heavy with
humidity
that’s the way it is the south;
in the summer

the moon is full and brilliant in the north sky
I’m sitting in the middle of my backyard
sipping a glass of wine,
enjoying the day’s last cigarette
and I am at peace

all around me the night is teaming with life
a few lingering fireflies dance under the
wisteria canopy
that hangs from the Bradford Pear,
just this side of the back fence

tree frogs are calling out to
one-another
the bull frogs loudly proclaim
their presence
crickets and even locust
scream for their recognition
a coyote howls in the distance
and now, that little rat terrier next door
is joining in (as usual)
I genuinely hate that mutt
with his four inch legs and
Napoleonic complex, but tonight,
I am at peace

in among the Pin Oaks next to the run-off creek
that borders me to the west,
on a crooked branch of the lone
hickory tree, sits my bi-weekly visitor
his magnificent silhouette is easy to spot
with the backdrop of the bright sky
he is rather large and being very vocal tonight
“who…who…whooowoooooo, who...who…whooowoooooo” he calls
and we wait,
moments later, from the far off distance
the exact call returns
and we are both
at peace

as menacing as he may seem
to the rabbit that lives here,
seemingly to feed exclusively off of my
tulip bulbs,
and the squirrels that remain hidden
in the trees around him
I find a comfort in his attendance

unlike the cat that just scurried into the bushes
at the corner of my house,
I look forward to seeing him
I usually talk to him, but tonight,
I simply sit here
with my feet wet from the dew that clings
to the narrow blades of grass that are
trying to tickle my ankles
the same grass that is home to the
spiders and worms, the ants and toads,
the occasional box turtle and snake
I just sit here and listen and
I am at peace

the night is blaring, but
there are no sirens
no cars passing by
filled with people too busy
to actually enjoy themselves
no children playing
no screams of fear
just me
and the night
full of activity
and it is exquisite

I apologize;
I thought for a moment tonight
I would write a poem
a poem about those arms, her arms,
the ones that hold me gently
when I need it
and firmly when I don’t realize
I need that too

it was going to be
beautiful
it would have been
had she existed,
and God knows
we all could use a bit
more beauty,
but as I sit here rapt
by the din of my surroundings
the arms have been replaced
by something unexpected
and I am at peace knowing that
in the shadows of this crystal moon,
lies enough beauty
to generate the jealousy
of a thousand suns



kc `11

I look forward to your posts!!!
Nice write

I have enjoyed reading though all of these.

thank you, you are very kind.

ha, that's quite an investment. thank you.

bounce...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si-v-5YC2Iw