Hemlocked Heart

Poems

A Remembrance

Is the sky above your head still blue?In the beyond, where they carried you.Do you still…
Oh well

I’ll just stew with emotions because I can’t walk outsideThis stalled journey started when I learned…
Be

Come down,Be still,Inhabit,Choose will.If only,Be steadyHow to,Choose will?It’s heavyBe ready,Live freelyWhen chosen.
No Show

Once I thought she might answer,I had hoped she would notice,Yet, dreams leave me none wiser,Long…
In 1000 Years

Is it worth it? To say what’s been recited beforeWith a tone of intellectual superiority and…
Breathe III

If purpose flew to my sealed door,If I were reborn braver than before,If I cultivated love…
A gutless battle strategy closed in handYou watched blood rain over fallen plansThat once bloomed golden…
Athena

Salutations deep thinkerUnsightly dream breatherWhos laws bring destructionAnd heart cries over lost leadersGuide the brave makersHunt…
Sadness

Sadness embarks across the ocean of reality towards peace.She is guided by the pale twinkle of…
The face of tomorrow

Tick the clockWind the watersWrap regretAnd face tomorrowThe ageless statuesCrumble beneathSwarms of locustand hunger, deep.From the…
Seven Crows

Momentum slowsWorry growsEternal woesNo one knowsNewfound lowsSeven crowsIt’s all for show
Aegis

Throw aegis from balconiesThrow aegis carelesslyThrow aegis into the seaThrow aegis, the mysteryThrow aegis to slay…
Athena

I was once clay, unformed and completeAmassed and refined I became a bodyBreathless and mindless, I…
Stew

Go meet a friend long sense knewI traveled far through ancient stewI road awhile on a…
Journey

Dusk set and shadows grew asI walked through fog filled woodsAdrift in notions of molasses candy,Apple…
October 1st

October is dawnedYet the air is still dryThe grass is still crispThe valleys still cryLeaves, have…
Westbound

Westbound in a dusty smoke cloudI fought the ever so hushed soundsOf a sacred time lost…
Picture Time

Smile- no not like that,Smile, free and gentle,Just smile- don’t be so fakeCOME ON. SMILE. It’s…
Enemy

A coward hides in places,Lurking in folds in my brainThat hold your ancient imageLike a saint…
Porch View

I once passed an oak that grew at an angle55 or 40 degrees to the right,…
Briar

In a forgotten time, banished to stout barricadesOf conveniently barbed, blackberry brambleCondemned by hedges to listen…
When life returns

When life returns to me again, will I regretThe rampant regression from my goal.And, if I…
As I Wander

I’ll glide right through wetlands, wasting a day or twoWith my watery kin, who dwell content…
Breathe II

Since when was I not allowed to breathe?When it’s the most human of thingsSince when did…
Breathe

Am I allowed to breathe?Horde the air to fill my lungsTo inhale smoothly,Without shakes or quiversTo…
Outside

A flocks of turkeys in the yard,Chattering gray squirrels running byBlue tail lizards skirt the pavementUnder…
Ticking

I hate the eternal ticking of the iron clock over my left shoulderIt fills the silence…
Waisting

Maybe tomorrow I’ll start looking for dreams.I’ll live today in forevers and inevitabilities.Locked into this ever…
Aphrodite Musings

Midnight walks on the beach Barefoot on the sand Smiling wide with sparkling eyes Laughing over…
Aphrodite

Distant seashells and sand scapesSaturated my salty perception of you.Shrouded in love, desire, steadfast will,Waited a…