DKerr

Here I sit within
the portals of pain
week in, week out
regurgitating for analysis
platitudes and banal musings,
merging with heightened scenes
of abject misery
in ever more synchroni…

Being alone, truly and completely alone, should not be a burden carried by a human being for long. I’m not sure we were born for it. Our lives are such fragile existences just as they are – i…

Assisted Living

Prettily papered walls
nooks and crannies line the hall
lawn lights standing silent sentry
benches sitting on cement demarcations –
the rules of engagement
at Assis…

Deep down, beneath years
of dress-up clothes and masks
applied with careful precision –
a little girl hides,
cowering from fears
she avoids at all costs –
molten tears running
l…

Beautiful butterfly
spreading her kaleidoscope
of colors, so glorious
in her heavenly arraignment
that none notice the droop
of her head –
the only area unadorned.
None ever questi…

Glistening tear slipping
almost imperceptively down
ivory smooth cheeks –
throwing back a reflection
of a multitude of tiny hurts,
little stabbing blows leaving
shadows of scars pil…

Though choice was not given
you hold the honor
of falling victim to carry
the burden of sins cast
by others -
long before your coming.

Those eyes of yours
shed life deep into my shadow…

Tears are streaming
across the bus window,
the sky has declared
at last it has earned
the right to cry.

Forming brooks and rivers,
their icy splatters
merge and separate
and I,…

Revenge

This time we went too far –
crossing that invisible line
from nothing to something
and then running away –
pretending a stand
had not been taken after all.
I have longed…

Ice etched in intricate designs
on the window by which I stand,
trying to catch the elusive
brilliance of winter’s light
on a carefully held prism
Coaxing rays of crystalline
luminosity…

Tomorrow you will become
just another page in
the book of past ages
to be dredged up
from time to time
for perusal, always edged
with a hint of longing
for what might have been
had I …

Passing over the door sill
one notices the warm
mellow glow radiating
in every nook and crevice -
peaceful and serene -
a haven for the restless mind
giving solace to wary limbs
and emo…

prettily papered walls
nooks and crannies line the hall
lawn lights standing silent sentry
benches sitting on cement demarcations -
the rules of engagement
at Assisted Living
are at once …

Deep down, beneath years
of dress-up clothes and masks
applied with careful precision -
a little girl hides,
cowering from fears
she avoids at all costs -
molten tears running
like the R…

Tears are streaming
across the bus window,
the sky has decided
at last it has earned
the right to cry.

Forming brooks and rivers,
their icy splatters
merge and separate
and I, no casu…

Locked within my cage
I can not hear your cry
for those words
have no meaning
as I blindly struggle
to free myself
from the limitations
of my mind -
those bars are firmly fixed.

Your…

Beautiful butterfly
spreading her kaleidoscope
of colors, so glorious
in her heavenly arraignment
that none notice the droop
of her head -
the only area unadorned.

None ever question
…

The time has come to move once again. My life is being streamlined down to its bare essentials. Nothing but the most basic and intrinsic valuables will follow me. To that aim, I spent seve…

With a finger carefully pointed at the desecrated ruins, the father spoke to his son. In quiet reverence, head tilted to the side, the father sought to answer those troubling questions of …

Honesty

My honesty is wielded as a shield,
a talisman, a badge of honor,
something known, familiar,
sacrosanct . . .
It is eloquent, persuasive,
yet can serve to protect me
from myself…