I grew up with a monster,
I would give and she would take.
She was noisy and demanding,
So I silenced her with cake.
...
Clocks
Inevitably-
I see them.
Wherever I go.
Squashed painted suns
With yellow garish glow.
In time-
They transfigure
To a multitude of moons.
Parachutes with anchors
Emerge from silent tombs.
Flight is-
A fleeting pleasure
When it's pitched against the breeze.
But gravity exerts
and in that moment -
it is seized.
And each seed - a tiny barb
It pierces;
For I see-
The unknown laws I'm subject to
The clock that ticks in me.