Time

I sit here,

beer in hand. And an

Invisible Tom,

Waits in the mirror.

One more cheers!

Before the tears

Start sounding nearer,

I cry.

And in drunken sadness,

I smile into a memory,

Then fall apart to madness.

Wondering how the hell

He couldn’t tell

How much he meant to me.

Coax

Lost ashore, waiting for waves to sooth.

I wait, searching outside of me.

Hugging my knees,

until I swim the ocean of you.

I used to not mind this salty air, or your carelessness.

The smell ignited a fool in me,

who craved a naked existence with you.

Bad memories rock me back to my feet

But my misshapen heart is relentless.

Painting wishes on locked doors,

Your walls…the truth…her.

Blindly watching waves with the hopes of a dreamer.

My hopeless defeat.