oh bats

cursed, wretcheddiseased, bleedingmisunderstood rising at duskto feed on the nightnot the lustno preying on the innocentnor the broken returning at duskbefore the dawn’s lightburns your delicate wingsyou fragile being sleep well little wingsleep well night being 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 19: For today’s prompt, write an animal title poem Continue reading oh bats

desert highway

dusty desert highwayheat waves dancing in the airthe shells of remains laid threadbarenothing more to saynothing more to sharethe demons inside the devil’s lairthe hounds were no longer at bayI didn’t careit wasn’t fairno difference between night and daywhen the dead lay everywhere 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 18: For today’s prompt, write an ekphrastic poem An ekphrastic poem … Continue reading desert highway

Lost City

Slick pavementsBroken dreamsCrushed heartsDruggies and junkiesDreamers and believersStreets crowded with lost soulsNear and farHustling and bustling through lifeLost in the fumesInhaling the dust of the pastExhaling the lust of the futureSquandering the wealth of the earthUntil she crumbles under another lost city 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 16: For today’s prompt, write a city poem Continue reading Lost City

What’s Your Story Morning Glory

What’s your story morning glory?Are you a song?A memory?An epic monologue of forgotten wordsAre you a poem?A feeling?An empty basket of forlorn looks and broken heartsWhat’s your story morning glory?An album title by some 90’s bandAre you a heartbeatA heartacheA glimpse into the pastA dream of the futureA moment in the nowWhat’s your story morning glory? 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day … Continue reading What’s Your Story Morning Glory

47

47 seconds and you were gone.47 minutes is a lifetime without you.47 days without your voice.47 months and there’s no return.47 years of life were given. 2021 April PAD Challenge: Write a poem every day of April.Day 11: For today’s prompt, write a prime number poem. Continue reading 47