With Only Air

Gritty little words that grate 

On prickling proud ears 

Serenade your sense of self 

Softened by steal shears 

Inflicting tiny ghastly wounds 

Paring to Compare 

I to you to find me lacking 

Nigh a slight with only air 

Grown from discontented gripe 

Nurtured by their heed 

It was only ever just 

Gossamer whispers meant to feed

Hushed feelings of distaste 

Too ingrained to need backing

Living to compare 

You to the world in fear you're lacking 

Steam

Somewhere between two moments

Over there, or over then

Memories searched in vain for 

Endings, and where we begin

Blending over and over again

One year turns to another

Dares it to last all day

Yet knowing all along that they'll each have to fade away

Twisting words and thoughts 

Hiding plainly here in sight 

Actions lost to steam 

Tidings lost to slight 

Intrepid only here tonight 

Usurped by the laws of nature 

Stung by the shifting times

Echoing the dawn of man's incessant crimes

Dream of better days 

Trek on towards something new 

Over then, or over there 

Beckoning the very best in you 

Ending, beginning, growing, stagnating - watch your history accrue 

Collisions of Matter

Suspending disbelief 

Twirling starlight in my hand

Reaching for infinity 

And a way to understand 

Why things never go as planned 

Maybe there just aren't enough

Hours in the day

To wrap the world around me

Or collect all of the stray 

Thoughts scattered in the fray 

Grounding here instead  

Feeling sunlight on my skin 

Grasping fleeting seconds 

Trying to hold on to when 

The world wasn't so quick to spin

Perhaps I am just tired 

Worn out bones all start to creak

Gather dirt around me

For what else is there to seek 

But warm hands to stroke my cheek?

Bury me in waves of

Collisions of matter 

Release one more breath now

With a reticent clatter 

Succumb to life and watch the air scatter 

Transient

Polishing the clouds

Autumn blazing through the rain

Colliding with the ground  

Kindling the trees again

Ignite the world in shades of

Tangerine and scarlet 

Unearth the hidden spoors 

Petrichor and cold sweat 

Picking through the debris 

After one more fearsome storm 

Cold and unpredictable 

Kneading flesh to keep us warm 

Inscribe the world with leaves of

Tamarack and tupelo 

Inhaling pine and ragweed til

Needles fade beneath the snow

Dissolution

When all of time has passed away

And all that yet remains 

Is a ghost of a feeling

And neverending rains 

Drenching every atom 

Every speck of dirt

Eroding every pleasantry 

And every minor hurt

I'll drink in this madness 

Fill with numbing cold

Drowning out the ages

Erasing young and old

Skin will stretch and tear

Then dissolve to dust 

Absolving every grievance 

And every bit of trust 

When all of time begins again 

And all is made anew

Dry sands attempt to cover

The faint remembrance of you

Sieving all these feelings 

Fading each memory 

Til the world dries of madness 

And you've forgotten me