predictive

it was a pleasure to meet you and your family are in my thoughts on the matter

i’m not sure if you got my last message

it was the same as the other one of those things where you are going to have the same number of people who are interested in the middle of the day

restrictive

cannot breathe
time ticks
ever so slowly
as the ropes
that bind me
cut off the flow
of blood
of oxygen
of joy
of love
of hope

just another apple
hanging on the tree
a pinata
for your abusive
pleasure

objective

the unblinking eye of the raven perched on the rain gutter overflowing with dead leaves and brittle promises

cast aside in search of wetter tomorrows, better stories, deeper lakes in which to dump the bodies

a lone black feather falls

the bitter fruit of seasons past, of love gone astray, the crystal ashtray as it swings through the air, the exact second feeling died

derivative

reverie, reverie
softly whispered melody
the king mistook the salty sea
the rook fell over silently

reverie, reverie
in times of lost lucidity
what once was will never be
dreams awaken insanity

reverie, reverie
softly whispered melody
in times of lost lucidity
dreams fall into insanity