another measure of nothing

drain me of the words i've already offered
endless sentences
round and round you go
to no end at all
repeated redundancy

try as you may this whorl-wind
spinning dust and debris, useless
as if no time exists
to watch the sun rise
wishing for the premature dusk

silence earned
as this world stops spinning
its axis revealed as something other than love
an inquiry to disaster
invited by your incantations

silly, silly thing
you look not for what is present
always seeking what you found in others
your poison. your solice
our demise

drowned
in words i can not utter
deeds
i can not think
fear
in these thoughts
for you

lost
in inaction
gone
and you will never know
escape
will never be mine
for you

how many ways

can i tell you nothing
in this vacuum i call home
leaving me spinning endlessly
circles once effortless
now always stopped by corners
unnavigable in acute angles
tangling me again
in myself

can i see yesterday
in tomorrows dawn
like concertina glistening
wishes torn away in flesh
left as the lone reminder
of my passing here
as the yield ignored entirely
by myself

never so peaceful

as this black night takes me
starless, brilliant, and clear
the crisp bite of this reality
daunting and all consuming
i leave you now

this cool dirt covers me
a warmth i never knew
as air escaped me
never so peaceful
these open eyes ever seeing

why cry the tears of the forgotten
when no one will remember
their saline dreams
as earth and sky become one
forever more

los fragmentos de español

rouse me from this sleep
a soundtrack in your head
to wage the war of lovers

whispers in my ear
shall lift this veil of night
to the music of another

bring me to my knees
with this intimate dance
in your twisted devotion

i can use your tears
to bring me to that place
where the words lose their meaning

breaths escaping us
to match our beating hearts
in a language all our own

the deep moans of me
mark the slow squeals of you
in fragments inaudible

chílleme nada
in this sweet ecstasy
spread upon these silken sheets

aliménteme
the colors of your voice
a symphony of desire

empápeme
in your hard wet kisses
and the butter on your thighs

grab this face again
look into these eyes and
chille sus tonterías

bonne fille

this tear marks you as mine
moist. salty.
the piece of you i desire most
beaded. streaming.
the opening up of you
for me

tell me the things i love to hear
hate. love.
the emotion i rip from you
earnest. eager.
the things i use to strip you down
for me

you know i don't care as i slip away with you
down. below.
beyond these limits you've set
ignored. mimicked.
just another sacrifice
for me

without that look in your eyes
vacant. staring.
you know i can't survive without you
lonely. crumbling.
into the abyss of you
for me...

cherie.

contrived

your words
shameless
contrived for no one
but deaf ears
the sorrow only yours
pathetic and meaningless
in your slow decline

this masked shadow of lies
consumes you
like your own truth
meant for you alone
without substance or content
of any reason
but to serve you

this manufactured sadness
hollow and deep
drags you under
beneath even you
shallow
as the shell you have become
meaningful to no one