R. L. Allen Poems

That’s just the way it goes,
you know it almost never snows
at Christmas,
...

brighter than the beads
on my necklace you are
no more than four years
have you watched the seasons
...

if I was a mermaid
would you still love me
if I lived under the sea
for us
...

It's black or white and
never grey -
that's what they say.
Society beaten
...

Every time I yawn I feel
like my soul is sighing.
...

Everything is going to change.
To quote the words of others,
things are a little strange.
...

the room explodes
one massive heartbeat
pumping, pumping
as i dance
...

And every time I think I
have made my decision,

I see you,
...

I feel like I'm living somebody else's life.
It doesn't feel like mine.

I walk around,
...

just stop talking
i say

because it's not something
...