Poem: "the Introvert"

I wish I’d had a cave
I would have hidden myself
in its depths

(but where someone
could have found me)

but since I had no cave
I hid inside myself

(and so far
no one’s even looked)
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Poem: "The Phoenix"

And it came
born of the fire
into the night

And soared
through the blackness
from the smoldering
silence

with a cry
that echoed
through the canyon
and into eternity
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Poem: "Hey, Ma!"

Ya don't treat me right.
   Never did.
Always looked
   down on me:
fruit of your womb
   like pus in your boil
a lamb for your
   slaughter
...
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Poem: "Faerie Promise"

When the wind
bows down at the
feet of the flowers
and dragons salute
the doe’s feeble newborn
when the forest fire ebbs
at the silence of butterflies
Then softly through the fog
will I roam the woods
Not a sound will I make
and I will wrap myself
in the darkness
I will befriend the raven
and the lioness
And...
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Poem: "Blood on Porcelain"

simple,
elegant,
like calligraphy:
the thin red line

fill it in
paint a crimson dragon
have his wings
spill over
onto white porcelain
run the water…
Scarlet!

dark clouds build
behind your eyes
and thunder rushes
from your ears
his claws reach up
to pull you down

and you greet the dragon
with a kiss
of red
as you...
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Poem: To the Critics, God Bless 'Em

And why
should I write something happy?

You say “morbid, depressing!”
well, Yes!
And so is your mother.

And so is mine,
and for that matter,
so is life.

So tell me
why the hell
I should write something happy,
and lie to the children.
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Poem: "My Will"

my will
to be read
on the occasion
of my suicide:

To my mother:
I leave nothing-
for that is
what she gave me

To my father:
I leave nothing-
for that is what
he expected
me to become

To my friends:
I leave nothing-
for they did
nothing to stop me

And finally,
to my God:
I leave nothing-...
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Poem: "The Follower"

I followed you here
I tried to be everything
a shadow should

But when I stepped
into my third dimension
you turned your back
and continued on alone

I’ve been running
for so long now
to catch up to you

I wish that you
would turn your head
just once, to see
I might be beautiful
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Poem: "Cages"

I am sorry for you
if I’m not just like her

if I don’t fill exactly
the gap she left behind

But I am a lion
from another pride

and the cage
you built around her

just wasn’t made
to hold me
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