Clouds of Starkness

I'll watch you

spin in your fantasy world
wishing i were part of it
your head in my lap
and you smile in your sleep
you're so lovely
why does this feel wrong
2D and fluffy
clouds in the edges of my eye
as i watch the dream fade
and the horrors of reality become stark

8 letters

I'll say
"Smile"
and she will
but the pain is still there

Art in hues of
Blacks and blues

but a hug
makes her smile
and 3 words
make her happy

8 letters of comfort
to make her grin.


** published in Creative Writing, Volume 1, 2004 Edition

Pocket

I keep happiness
in my pocket

wallet size photographs
of a smiling face

Elise

She is

Sunshine bottled
in a container
that was ill-treated
thrown around
and forgotten

To be found
by a knight
who will cherish
the container
with all its dents

and remember
there is sunshine
inside.