Theo Penroad
Trying to get back in the habit, hope you enjoy my work!
Theo Penroad
Trying to get back in the habit, hope you enjoy my work!
Trying to get back in the habit, hope you enjoy my work!
Trying to get back in the habit, hope you enjoy my work!
Hell is high water, dark, up to your eyes
Standing on tiptoes till your feet cramp
Treading water, trying not to think
About what’s brushing your leg.
The whole towns flooded sister
And it hasn’t stopped raining.
I’m not a life preserver
But I stop by to drown with you from time to time,
To remember the people whose legs gave out.
They’re still beneath the surface
Like sharks or driftwood they s...
Counting the ways I love you
Is not like counting stars
Or charting constellations
To navigate by
But like counting raindrops.
They keep coming
As long as the cloud is overhead.
They form puddles on my sidewalks
Pour through the leak in my roof
Flood my basement
And with great effort, if you asked,
I could clear the waters
With an eye dropper,
scientifically, day by day,
But for now I simply...
Not today, not ever,
Soon as my feet start working
I’m running away from you
I can’t, I couldn’t
Soon as my heart starts beating
I’m walking away from you
I wouldn’t, I shouldn’t
Soon as my hands stop touching
I’m getting away from you
But maybe, just maybe
I’ll lay down for a bit
Get up when I’m thinking straight,
When my body feels like mine
Instead of yours
I can quit any time I want to,...
One drop of poison is all it takes
To make you shy from the well
No test, no anecdotal evidence
Will make you certain of safety
The heart is not a scientist,
It does not measure carefully or
Check concentrations against LD50 charts or
Monitor its own symptoms
Throw out all of it, the chemicals,
Disinfectants, pesticides, all the old water.
It won’t matter.
Every drop will whisper
Don’t you rememb...
When a whisper wheels through the willows
Trees too tired to raise their arms start dancing
The entire city of grass lays on their back
and smiles. When the silver mirror of the lake
Starts to tarnish, the azaleas huddle under awnings
Holding out their hands, the daisy in the window nods off, Morning glory shutters it’s doors early,
the marigold opens its eyes and I’ll be planted
Under a front po...
The tide went out at dusk
Left only one of us remembering
That snow on Valentines
The red in your cheeks
Over that long grey coat
Over that smile I haven’t seen for days.
The tide comes back in in the morning.
You’ll see me, know me,
Probably
But the water keeps a little more every time
In and out love.
In and out.
I’ll tread that water with you
Until we drown....
Magic comes with a price.
Are you willing to pay?
If you want my advice,
You should just stay away!
You’ll have to learn Latin
And dress in long cloaks
All made out of satin
When you work to evoke
You must carry a stick
And wave it around
Your friends think you sick
Or somewhat unsound
You’ll chant over candles
And cough in the smoke
And wear wicker sandals
As you try not to choke
And trust m...