**Whispers of Autumn**

Leaves twirl down, in dusk’s embrace,

Soft sighs of wind, a gentle trace.

Sunset’s glow, a fading lace,

Time drifts slow, in nature’s grace.

Golden hues and chilly air,

Fires crackle, warmth to share.

Stories woven, memories rare,

In twilight’s hush, we find our spare.

Beneath the boughs, shadows play,

Echoes linger, dance and sway.

Life unfolds in a q...

I can hear them chant.

They rant.

They scant.

They enchant me.

Their impact very low.

But, yet they continue to advance in a vast group....

An unfaithful mirror, clearer

Than a truthful tounge, flung

Across pen, paper

And stitched by stapler

To create notes, for folk

Who feel the need to see to know

To witness to grow

As if the puddle was the worth

To the knowledge unearthed in hurt

And love

The puddle doesn’t rise above

It just tells you what you hear

So listen to the rain

Don’t ask the puddle for your sir....

I am the court jester,

Bleeding laughter—calcified eschar

Of despair. I grew weary dancing over the king’s hot coals

And listening to his woes:

Oh, the Queen

Used her teeth

To skin his manhood while it was still pulsating,

Fresh from the slaughter—as we were saving

The best for last.

He’s more sugar than he is cream;

Corrosion blacker than his morning coffee.

She runs herself a bath,

Lights cand...

(Only sorta the prompt)

One last time,

I sit by the ledge

I dip my feet in

Chills calming my skin

They motion frantically

Towards the door

So I breathe in

The chlorine filled air

One last time

One last time

My eyes wander

As I imagine you

Gliding through the blue

Like a little bullfrog

I pull my foot out

Of the darkening pool

The water drips speedily at first

But then slowly slithers down my ...

I’m feeling a little sick

of people and socializing

and all of the above.

A lot more anxiety is rising.

“I’m sorry I wrote 10 words,

that explained my brain.”

You seem to hate my guts,

but, to me, it’s all the same.

I’m used to the hate

that people tend to give.

You seem to dislike the fact

that I can dismiss and outlive.

You wouldn’t even care

if I was bruised and beaten.

If my species had go...

Blue on black,

Tears on a river,

Fall for the monster,

Pray for the sinner.

Shadows at night,

Hope in the dark,

A wet Band-Aid,

On a broken heart.

A scrape on the knee,

A kiss in the wind,

None of it matters,

We’ll be dead in the end....

Morning comes

With the sun

Not knowing where from

Or what’s been done

Rhyming words

With what you heard

But not what you hear

Buyers beware

Make sense of this mess

Not in distress

More words are less

Will you confess?...

You did it. You hurt me. Can’t say sorry, no going back. Made me emotionally crack, then I went back to how I was before.

Smoking and drinking, sneaking and peeking. Damn, you made me do it. Never got through it, how dare you. How can I ever bare to see you again, fuck you....

When I look at you, I feel blue, just the elephant in the room. So different from the others, so much different than my brothers, just the elephant in the room. Nobody really likes me, just the weird curly haired gay boy, they use me for labor. I give them my trust, they make me rust, I’m just a kid, don’t treat me so bad. Worse than my dad, you made me feel sad. I want to kill you, but you left,...