NaPoWriMo 2014--Day 4

no mind

.

NaPoWriMo 2014--Day 3

Itchy

The good idea I had
Didn't come from
the little itch above my eyebrow

In fact I don't know where it came from exactly

Sometime when either the warm water was running
or I was running the sander back and forth
it came to me
when I forgot to think

and damned if I can make it happen again

NaPoWriMo 2014--Day 2

Firestarter

Night snuck up on me
but I always knew
I could start a fire

except this time

all the tinders
seemed to be wet
and my matches were
very few

Tears sprung to my eyes
because the one thing
I thought I could do
failed me
when failure wasn't an option

you found me
and somehow found a light switch
and flooded the room with bright light
and kicked on the heat
from a large furnace
I had no idea was there

you tucked me in
brought me warm milk sweetened with a spoon of sugar
and crawled in beside me
I rested my head on your chest
frightened tears subsiding

deadly illusion dispelled
replaced by confusion

my clear sight
traded for gratitude
of just how wrong I can be

NaPoWriMo 2014--Day 1

Story Time


Do you remember the movie
Being John Malkovich
and the many Malkovich scene?

you must have

because
listening to you I get the idea you are looking out of a Malkovich head
at a sea of mismatched Malkovich heads

its not a pretty sight
(and from where I sit it doesn't sound any better either)

if I could slide away
face first into the dark
out of your many headed Malkovich vision
I would
but it's not my slide to take
and you seem to be
at home