cleaverchris

Tag: free verse

Dancing Man

He lounges on a New York bench, a worn hat covering his eyes. But he’s not sleeping. His foot is tapping to a beat I can’t hear. Slowly at first. Then the rhythm picks up and both feet are tapping, tapping like the drip-drop patter patter of rain splashing down. It’s more intense now as [...]

Either Way

Sometimes on my daily drive to school I would imagine what places I would find if I just kept driving, driving, driving. Would there be a serene country covered in rolling, green hills, slightly stylized like the ones you see in paintings? Would the sky always be a pleasant blue, openly accepting my clouds of [...]

I Love to See You Die

Lately, you’ve been breaking so beautifully: with your shattered-soul starlets illuminating my lonely, aphotic nights; with your vivid splashes of red adding magnificence to my achromatic days; with your sweet-burning dreams radiating warmth to my apathetic heart; with your melodious, agonized cries infusing life into my so anemic self. (I love to see you die.)

7 Days to Die

Day One: The Deconstruction of Your Mind Hold still while they take an axe to your head. Day Two: Rape of Innocence And steal what made you good. Day Three: Half-Truths and Absolute Lies They fill the deep emptiness with nothing. Day Four: A Blacker World And they leave you hating. Day Five: Coping with [...]