Poems by Karen McKenna
Wedding BannedI wanted it simple
No diamonds for me
And so the promise was shared
With a plain gold band
It sits in my purse now
Alone and cold in its box
I carry it to sell
Because the promise is defunct
And I am broken
But trying to
Try
Something new
While partly holding on
(to the nothingness thats left)
Though I know its futile
I am cold and alone
Trying to become disengaged
* * * * *
Pride
Is it getting easier to forget me every day (you dont call)?
You complain about the last time, when I said
you still taste like cigarettes.
And we were drunk.
and there could be ifs
(youd be perfect if )
but I want you
because you still make everyone else invisible when were talking
And you still tell me
about how you want me
for Sunday dinner
with your family
And I am still irrevocably drawn to you
And could drown in your eyes
And hold you forever
Even though
you still taste like cigarettes
* * * * *
a moment/passing time
something perfect
flashes in your face
radiates and touches me
in a way so pure
I clasp your face in my hands
kiss
on a street corner
as you help me find my way
I hate to leave you
and glance back
and you do the same
mirrored smiling waving
goodbye
fragile beautiful beginning
* * * * *
in between moments
anything can happen
like right now
in just spring
with my gorgeous racer
panting in the backseat
grinning wide
crying for whats next
Sun and Moon could collide
Both in the sky
right now
Anything can happen
Dead fields dancing
Sun awakened
Soil shining
Were all waiting
for whats next
But right now
just Being
is all I have
And I dont want for anything
In between moments
* * * * *
The Haunting
I cant talk to you
is all I said
before I hung up
my heart threatened to
jump out of its confines
and I wondered if I
was vindicated,
having asserted a definite
Leave Me Alone.
but then Guilt crept in
with her friend SelfPity
And so I wallowingly wept
And remembered
And wondered at how
I let you l i e
After a bout between
Now & Then
I washed tears away
and tried to regain
yesterdays rainbow
when there was sunrise in my heart
and, even later,
I couldnt hide my smile
Over Tea
And fluid Time
* * * * *
Only Words
You are raw
and real
and naked to the world
in writing
(like shitting)
instinct
tears you apart
fulfills need
scary being exposed
strangely liberating too
unadulterated truth
minus tones soft or harsh
mere words
Move mountains
Strike peace accords
Run my heart through
Most importantly
words
Draw me closer to you
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