Memories

Shadow play- -
you eclipse my heart
standing silently in the closet
male- -wanting- -waiting
how I loved you best
a closet bound phantom
stillness echoes out
where thoughts revolve- -swirling neon
and bloodstone- -thoughts
evolve into shoebox dreams,
dust laden momentoes
of years gone by.

Gone on by- -
polished driftwood carried
by time’s elusive current
flowing backward against my heart- -
now and then lapping gently
against the eroded banks
of memory, teasing me.- -
You always did make me smile,
even in the dark corners.

I don’t want
to dust off the past- -
I’ll do it for you though.
Being teased by shadows
is a hobby of mine.

Copyright 2010, by Suzie Ashby.

Needing You

Sunset’s crimson stain                   
airbrushed
above the black horizon
dissolves.  I’m needing- -
pleading, cutting- -bleeding
for your love.
- -On my knees thoughts drift,
clouds of thought rain
painted leaves
burning within my brain- -
burning up inside me- -agony.
Mind flames reach upward,
outward, inward.- -My skin
prickles shooting stars
in the night wind’s whispering.
Shooting stars- -shooting tears.
Time slithers- -
a sidewinder from hell
stops before me.  On my knees,
it strikes- -again- -again
ebbing my sorrow’s tide.                     
Heart’s deep bass drums
rock me slowly- -all auditory
bends to a single pound- -
finality- -fatality.
Visuals fade to blackness
- -peculiar yet peaceful.                                     
I- -my sunset’s crimson stain                   
rise above the black horizon
and dissolve to meet you
beyond the Milky Way, at last- -
rock me slowly love
cradled in your smile
and all the brilliance
of you.

Copyright 2010, by Suzie Ashby.