Poem - Hot Coffee

 

Hot coffee

In my cup

Black

Deep and dark

My cup or my soul?

 

Swirling, whirling

Stir it up

Trouble is brewing

Darkness approaching

 

Steam, like soft tendrils

Falling up instead of down

Upside-down world

Where wrong is right

And good is bad

 

Day turns into night,

No dusk

No dawn

No clouds

No milk

 

Just empty black sky

Everlasting

 

Is it real?

Can I touch it?

Where am I?

Am I flying or am I falling?

Tumbling down the stairs with no parachute

 

Do I exist?

Is this real?

 

Hot coffee

In my cup

Steaming

Black

Bottomless pit

 

Don’t fall in.

Poem - Sleep Now

 

Go to sleep

My beautiful girl

Sleep now, and forever

Because this world is not safe for you

 

Sleep, sweet girl

And stay away from

The poisons all around you

 

Shh, now

It’s time to lie down

Close your eyes

Drift away and dream

Of a better place

Where nobody knows you

Nobody hurts you

 

Dream of a land where you are free

Your wings are full and untampered with

 

Fly away

To this land of no return

Where you can smile

Without your mask

 

And, no,

Your fragile face will not shatter

That was a lie

A myth told to you by those

Who would keep you in danger

You don’t need to be afraid of them

 

Go to sleep

And find your refuge

Rest your aching eyes

Nobody will see the pain in them anymore

 

Sleep now, my love

In a bed you’ve shed no tears in

Nothing is coming

You’re all alone

You’re safe now

 

Sleep, my darling, sleep.