Emotions that trickle through my veins

out the pen

and stain the page

The world I dream to insurmountable beauty

or will to destruction

it’s mine to decide

Cool flowing water here to quench

the freezing inferno

tears could not extinguish

Little stick men frozen in time

victims of genocide

if they should offend

Trees rooted in my heart

reaching their slender branches

up to my dreams

Sharp eyes can hear the taste,

red mud splatters

Blue clouds kiss,

The sky is lonely.

Soft rocks bite,

Frogs find cool salvation

Leather shoes bruise Tacoma,

Each one makes a wavering cry,

Bushes hug the scene,

Leaves curve to the music.

Cut at the throat,

The grass will not say.

Hot slag ruins all,

Important dogs roam in surprise,

The feel is tough.

The orchards swing,

All are shorn and lost,

But the Tamarack.

Of greatest importance

Useful in dire need

Aren’t really phrases

Applied to me.

Peanut butter and Jelly

Would have no home.

And the toaster

Lonely everyday.

I hold a balance

But get no thanks

To be discarded,

With little thought.

I’m the bread clip

Mightiest of Creatures!

Well not really

I pretend.

Sometimes I’m lost,

Under the cutting board.

But, no one cares

They tie the bag.