The white plague
Death is dressed in white,bed-sheet pale, with rasping breath;his callous hands caress the child,whisper words of anguish, callingfor a fever-ridden sleepof his fatal consumption. Talking in tongues of his motherhe […]
Category Archives: poetry
Season of the witch
Bat-born elopingfor their sabbath carriedby the spells of moonlight spilled,potions in their eyesstar-drunk on rose-waterwomen shedding decencywith silver skin exposedand their violent violins. Lust-luredthey are leaving life behindfor a dark […]
Bluebeard Secrets
Buried bones forgotten ashbelow the hungry flagstones rests eternal love I never cared about illicit cashbut hid my hands inside the gloves that Midas left I soiled my soulby bloodshed […]
Innocence of Silver
Where the moon-silver spilled its whisperwe met — merely to listen but never to fallwhile you had intentions, I was the driftera bumblebee flying too close to the walls Your […]
September ends
Fog-born mornings — falla blank canvas waiting for its huesa lady to be dressed in emberin harvest and decay. Midday and a clear sun still warms, pretendingthat its ruleisn’t ending […]
