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 Red (2 versions)
She walked toward me
And past
Her hair was lovely and red
I thought this to myself,
And as I did,
She smiled.
Perhaps she'd heard my thoughts,
Or was just a happy maiden
Gracing the cold city with her
Splendour.
(alternate)
Red locks aflame with fiery pigment,
Long and flowing, framing her face
I admire her as she drifts past me,
A goddess apparition to lift me up.
She smiles, I stare.
I think I smiled back, but then
She was gone.
I giggle to myself like a schoolboy
With a newfound crush.
Her hair was lovely.
*~Jacklynn
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Echoes
Everything I've said
Is floating
Around
In space.
One word
Can be heard
Years later,
Out of place.
A ghostly notion
Of someone
Whispering
My name.
*~Jacklynn
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Trailing
These kisses are a razors to my lips,
Look, pretty one,
See how they flap in the wind,
Luscious red, juicy lips.
Red, red rain on the flowers
There are petals falling
Dropping from the crown in my hair
Down, down to the trail I follow
I'm Barefoot in your shady forest
The soft, cool dirt is welcoming,
Though here and there interrupted
By twigs, stones and pine needles
Which intrude on my feet.
Deeper in I go, deeper still,
As the light begins to fade.
It's a cave, this forsest, and a garden
I feel so very small.
The giant grub is on it's back,
Wriggling writhing and laughing,
He does more situps in that instant
Than you have ever done
Or ever could.
I cartwheel away, dizzy and exhausted
Up a hill and out of the trees
The stars are purple and green
But as I drink them in
One shoots away to someplace new.
In the deep, quiet of the summer,
The crickets chirp in the grasses
Like ringing in my ears,
Ringing that won't stop.
So I whistle with my scabbed lips
To tune it out,
To make it stop,
To melt away into pollen
I am a pretty flower in the rain
With shallow roots,
Ripe for picking.
I'm ready to be stolen, taken away
Into another forest of darkness
With it's monsters and magic
Then again to be reborn in the night.
*~Jacklynn
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Replacement
I took you out today.
Dislodged you by the base,
Removed your core at last
From the place it had been planted.
You were buried for so long.
I can still feel the hole you'd been digging,
But my wounds are closing up now
No more background pains
From your dormant presence.
Though thoughts of you still play on my lips.
I still reach for you in forgetful moments.
Anyone can see that we've parted,
Though memories of you quickly fade away.
Perhaps they'll sense something different
With every smile and every kiss,
But the scar that you've left behind for me
Is easy to miss.
*~Jacklynn
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