#djwilliamspoet

[djwilliamspoet]

another no good

there’s day and

there’s night

no in between

no twilight

oh, how I crave dusk

hold me back from

Walking home

there’s a short-cut

through the wood

I’m falling

I’m running

and neither will do

me any good.

[djwilliamspoet]

in forever

I haven’t written

for so long

I don’t remember

how to say things

without screaming

I’ve been hiding

for so long

the sunlight scares me

and the moonlight

cradles me

I don’t know anymore

where the hand went

that guided me

or why the curtains

are so heavy.

[djwilliamspoet]

sleepless

falling asleep

waiting

for you to say

something

thinking about all

the missteps

all the time wasted

waiting for magic

that doesn’t exist

all the time wasted

spent reflecting

on what doesn’t matter

anymore

So please say

something

before I fall asleep

tonight

[djwilliamspoet]

about today

I’m overwhelmed

drowning

and I need

a hand or two

to save

me

I’m feeling far away

why don’t you

ask me why

I don’t know

how to say

otherwise

that I want

to watch you

smile in your

sleep and

hear your heart

beating against

me

I don’t know

how to say

otherwise

that I need

quiet

and to feel

your hands

smoothing out

the scars that

time has left

behind

I don’t know

how to say

otherwise

that I love you

even when

there is no light

even when

I’m feeling far away

tell me

to focus

on your hands

and nothing

else until

you say

otherwise

tell me

in the quiet

with your hands

you’re here

still

even when

there’s no light

and I’m feeling

far

away

And I need you

to save me.

[djwilliamspoet]

poem #33

if you were here

right now

you’d be running

fingers through

my hair

telling me that

not everyone

has the same

nightmare

and that

I shouldn’t

worry so much

[djwilliamspoet]

dear man

dear man

you have shoulders

strong enough

to carry the world

dear man

I’ve never before

witnessed

such perfection

standing in that doorway

dear man

you have hands

smooth enough

to flatten those

mountains

just outside your

window

so why are you

standing way over there

when you could be

showing me

everything

[djwilliamspoet]

give me your sunshine

I’m not the woman

you take home

to meet your mama

My hands are dirty

and my soul is

long g o n e

.

Can’t you see

the stains

on my lips?

And the blood

on my fingertips?

.

The law knows me

by the taste

of my spit

and my father

taught me well

to not give a shit

.

I won’t spend

my days

trapped

in your pocket

This girl needs

sunshine

on her face.

[djwilliamspoet]

you are

I'm in deep

and lord I can't

get enough

you are both

terrifying

and

captivating

surrounding

like a river

high

and sweeping

crashing against

my banks

leaving

only roots exposed

you are mad cobalt

burning

rapids

full spate rushing

washing

away sediment

left by rivers before

and

you are making me

forget

anyone else

ever existed.