Swirling smoke

In the dimly lit room,

People,

Criminals is a better word,

They’re deciding

Who is next

To meet their doom.

Who will it be?

The next held at

Gunpoint;

The next to get a

Bullet

To their head?

It could be anyone,

Anyone who has ever

Dared cross

These dangerous men.

So say your prayers,

Hold your loved ones tight,

Because you never know,

Tonight may be the night

That you lose sight...

Swirling smoke

I close my eyes

I wake up in the night

While the gray, dense air sinks into my lungs

I hear constant ringing

And the oxygen is leaving

Im holding onto the ledge

While its cutting into my wrists

If I drop the pain stops

But so do I

I dont know if I want to stop

Maybe I should try

No matter how much pain I absorb

Throughout the night...

Swirling smoke,

Losing hope,

I know I will never forget,

Every chortle,

Every tear,

every secret we’ve kept,

The suffering,

It weighs on me,

A burden on my spirits,

Your voice

Your name,

I can’t bring myself to hear it,

Your deception,

A lasting impression,

Forces me to rely on old vices,

Smoky head,

Relaxing muscles,

As temporary bliss arises,

Each puff,

Tries to calm me,

Yet it fails with...

Swirling smoke all around me

Obscuring my vision.

My eyes search the darkness

Looking for you.

Your name dances on my tongue

Hoping to be heard.

My hands grasp at thin air

Finding nothing....

Like water swirling deep

Not to the internal

Out through the breath it chokes

Meanders from hole to space

Permeating it’s fragrant spice

Spreads the fog of burial ash

Of life long renewed...

Swirling smoke rises,

marking obliteration

and seeding new life...

Swirling smoke

Rising flames

Ferocious wind

That builds up inside me

Started as a candle

Slowly getting hotter

Glass holder shattered

Smoke rose above

Wind picked up

The anger inside has broken free

Running wild

Nothing can contain it

The flames burn anything in its path

The wind can blow over skyscrapers

Smoke suffocates anyone caught inside

The candle once so small

Now erupted into flames

There...

Swirling smoke spills like rising waters from my bedrock lips,

It hisses in the air like smoke drawn dragons,

Licking and slithering in my direction,

They flicker their fire hot tongues at me,

Begging to consume me once again.

The cigar in my fingers feels heavy,

Leadened with too many half-willed promises,

I know I should snuff it out,

That wildfire on the end that promises to ravage all tha...

Swirling smoke

Rising from the cigarette that rests between your long fingers.

Your nails painted a dark, deep red.

I notice they match your lips.

I am mesmerized.

I unabashedly stare at you.

Exhaling your day into the night sky.

Swirling smoke carrying with it your faults.

You look troubled and afraid.

But you conceal that well through a labored grin.

You wonder if anyone can see it.

I ...

Swirling smoke rises,

Drifting up through the pine trees,

Lost in wilderness....