i can write
one million poems
describing
the sweet breath
of breeze
like peaches in summertime
how they cool your brow and palette
on a day
that is sweltering,
simultaneous
or how the speech
of our forefathers
can never suffice
to explain the thoughts
that explode inside my brain
like atoms, splitting
supernovas in space
constellations ablaze
neurons sounding
and resounding
across synapses
like trapeze artists
on tripwires
and I can write
of the speech of animals
foreign to the human sense of sound
and how only they comprehend,
truly,
what they say
to one another
and I can even write of God and the heavens
the beauty of the skies at dawn and sunset
colors yet undiscovered
painted
for us all,
daily
i can write of it all
a thousand words
describing everything
yet not one word
or poem
can ever compare
to the softness of your gaze
like the canvas of the morning tide
or your silent roar
not unlike that of the mighty lion
or precisely how your spirit connects
to my very own
i can write of it all
mere words
i can write
one million poems
and not one can ever truly describe
you
but i can try
© Susan Marie
i've been thrown away
again
do you realize i told you
this would happen
you smiled and laughed
said there's no possible way
as you stared at me,
staring at you,
lovingly
and you liked that
and i smiled back
knowing the truth
yet to pass
my chest
full
my heart
pounding
trying not to
cry
i smiled
because you needed me to be strong
and i was a pillar
like now
spitting out bits of blood and bone meal marrow
seeping
from the tips of fingers
that writes words
beautiful
like you
but you threw me away
like some second hand thrift shop used shoes
human
being
with
a
heart
and you are not the first
you are one of many
and it has taken me a long time
to accept this absurd existence
i seem to keep choosing for myself
for it is not your fault
nor mine
but you threw me away
Dear God, there must be some greater good
to the muttering thoughts
that do not belong to me
they tell the truth
i push them away
in denial
that i am
thrown
away
again
i kneel under this dank dark grey winter skyline
hovering upon the Eastern shore
palms raised
lined, in supplication
oh, these hands of mine
writing words such as this
to deaf ears
to blind eyes
to uncaring hearts
to the bleeding mouths of those who suffer
but this is not the first time
nor the last
for i rise
like the sun
and rise
like constellations
and rise
like mountains echoing time
after time
that the sky
is
crying
thunder
again
i rise
because
i am love
i rise
because
i am free
i rise
because i am
different
you see
you once saw
like the others
we are
exactly the same
yet different
you see
you do not
see
we are
the same
yet different
because i
have
risen
© Susan Marie