My feet have trod miles a million
I touch the flowers n cry when I kill them
I taste the sweet but I pucker at their Children
I sip the wine but the bitter bothers
And all the words I'd like to say get smothered
I gather the smoke the fire disperses
And I feel the pain that the lonely nurtures
And I cry too.
 

Moshia Pen
#drinkpoetry

 

 

RAINDROPS

Raindrops on my pillows

Thunder rumbling in the heavens

Dark gray clouds and lightening

Life can be frightening 

But all too exciting to miss

The first kiss was good

And puppy love had flavor

It was different from these days

We made love in many ways and didn't spoil the sheets

Paying very little attention

We made our ascension and enjoyed something sweet

Like meat after a vegetation diet

One just can't be quiet while devouring 

With oohs and ahhs 

Parted lips and dropped draws

Like the satisfaction of a win

Life is filled with many things 

 Joy and pain 

Love and hate

Yet still we anticipate

A world out of balance

With love and comfort only 

Where you don't have to compromise to eat

And little children can roam the fields fearlessly

Dreaming beyond our galaxy

Getting lost in their fantasies

Creating beauty from the palate of their minds

We may feel like it would be ideal

But trouble stretch us and teach us

Life would be empty without growth

What are our lessons worth

Or do they make wisdom worthy of us

The human spirit finished triumphant and glorious

We fight till we are victorious

Without the fight there can be no victory

I am trying to solve this mystery called life

Before I go down in history 

A disgruntled mans wife

A tool used and then discarded

And left to watch the raindrops

falling on my pillows...

KARMA

Go kick rocks

You sly fox

Don't out-slick yourself

Hurting the innocent

Is bad for your health

Silver tongue devil

so far from my level

Trying to reach me

I am too tall for y'all

My character precedes me

You might not follow

But soon you will feel me

Keenly I take in your deeds

But never retaliate

Watching intently to see what they equate

Study to show yourself approved then

The wicked thoughts you think for me

Might visit you in the morning

Watch out now

Though you don't see how your selfish acts affect me

This life can be most unfriendly

No need to fear me

My arms are short

But don't think you can outrun

the long arms of The Lord.

 

 

LOVE'S TERRAIN

In betwixt us too there is desert to cross

where the sun blazes hot without mercy

where the rivers have gone thirsty

And no birds fly

Though its rough and rugged love is willing to traverse

Life without love can be akin to a curse

So it wouldn't matter how high the mountainside

Or how steep or how rocky

It wouldn't matter how deep the ocean floor

Nothing can stop me

My love for you is wider than the universe at large

And no matter where you are

Or what peril the journey might boast

I'd risk it all just to close to you.

 

 

INSOMNIA

Which words can I pen to soothe me

This savage hurt that bruise me

Is so undeserved

Who is there to care for me

My wounds to tend

When it's half past two

And I'm stuck in my head

Grounded in body from astral flight

love seized the day

And ravaged the night

Which words can right this feeling

Which thought can make it right

What thoughtless deed has caused me to deserve

This loveless sleepless night?

What can I write to put my heart to rest

My mind at ease and keep my heart from pounding ferociously out my chest

Which words can return to me

This peaceful night to rest?

 

WRITING SALVE

The hardest thing to do, I have discovered:

is to stay quiet when I'm hurt, sad or angry

Then my tongue tries to hang me,

but that's when I need to be quiet post haste

Lest yesterday's good becomes todays waste...

Then I begin to write

As I do 

I somehow I sift through the uglies 

Like balmex on blistered lips

The journey soothes my bruises 

I emptied it all on a sliver of a tree

It took my pain and refreshed me

Renewed my fervor 

To push a little further

A ray of light shining through my window

Just enough to make my skin glow

And intrigue me to dig my heels in

and see where this thing goes....

I feel a lot better, thank you...

MIDNIGHT

                                                                  
                                                                       MIDNIGHT

Where is loves sweet kiss at midnight

To where has its tender embrace dispersed 

Had I been just  lonely

Would it hurt even worst?

I doubt it...

M. Pen