One-Way Conversation

"You sound so sad
and empty.
Is that how you feel?"
not always,
not when I'm with you.
"Are you suicidal or something?
It hurts me to hear you like this."
then why don't you show it?

A Couple Leaped From the South Tower

…and they held hands.
Some flame through the sky
while little Jake asks his teacher
why the birds are on fire.
Lucifer sneers
and folds into the smoke.
More somersault to meet the ground.
One man counts fourteen
and then stops.
Pink mist hangs over Liberty Street.

Out of instinct, they reached for each other...

Blacking out
in the fall,
the simple warm touch,
and the two running jumps
out the jagged window,
arms outstretched to embrace the world.


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*in memory of those who lost their lives on 9/11

The Flu

Fantastical plasmic junk
flowing from my face.
Freaky fecal fluid
flaming away inside me.
Four hundred and two fever,
frightful fits of chill.
Forever faking sick,
until this fateful day.
Faking would be nice,
but in bed I'll stay.

Notes on My Other Self

I am the Thor of waves,
pounding at your shore,
stealing you away,
grain and loam.

I am the raven of misery
-- no, a flock of ravens --
pecking the straw
from your brainless body.

I am the monster
behind your headboard,
the ubiquitous shroud
of guilt and alone.

I am the one that screams
"You're ugly!"
from the mirror,
throwing shame
as you sob your way home.

As I Scream

A rework of an older poem..


As I Scream
- Andrew Williams

Dumb and wet,
my anguish pours
and drops onto the ground.
No one notices,
thank God.

Deep breaths echo
like the roar
of a leveled forest.

Flash of a smile,
fading now--
like the moistness on my cheeks.

I don't want to believe.
I am alone
in a hazy black/blue.
Fall forever, freeze,
as I scream.

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*original


Silent tears pour
and drop onto the ground.
Almost unnoticed,
but seen by me.

Deep breaths echo

Memory of a smile,
fading now--
like the wetness on my cheeks.

My heart doesn't believe.
Reality sets in.
Time stops, freeze,
as I scream.

Leave No Evidence (Except Me)

Tear the East
from West,
rip them apart,
no way - not even
a tesseract - back.

Hide your right
from your left
not to mention your wrong.
Spill the ink
to cover the blood.

Fill your mouth
with smiles
and your pockets
with love
in case of emergency.

Decent thoughts
bullied by deceit,
kicked in the pants,
- you always did
play dirty - hard.

Think you're safe,
stay secure.
North and South
won't tell on you,
but I just might.