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Karina Klesko, US
 

 

 

 

Lyric

(chorus)

the man
with no soul
he's always there
in the shadows
waiting
for the right time
to steal your heart
it matters not
that it has
been broken
already, many times
'cause he deals in
damaged goods
jagged edges
stroking
his ego,
his climax in
your eyes . . .
beyond
the gated iris
a serpent's grin
within dying embers

 

(verse 1)

I move
towards the edges
looking now
for reprieve
from the ache
left within my soul
at first I wander
with no sense
of direction, shadows
seeking me and I
seeking them
soon you stand
in full view, beckoning
me to your bed
I want you to replace
the void with raw
feral energy, the kind
that creates universes,
channels sound
into fires of new suns
exploding within/without
pretend to love me, this once

 

(chorus)

the man
with no soul
he's always there
in the shadows
waiting
for the right time
to steal your heart
it matters not
that it has
been broken
already, many times
'cause he deals in
damaged goods
jagged edges
stroking
his ego,
his climax in
your eyes . . .
beyond
the gated iris
a serpent's grin
within dying embers

 

(verse 2)

leaving
the way I came
dancing past
graveyards filled
with stone angels
in curls of brown
rose petals
moonlight washes
over my naked body
tears fall like rain
staining the granite
of another's
namesake
pinwheels turning colors
into sound
a flutter of wings
there you are
my feral partner
we've fallen
in love,
a trumpet's cry
re/calls sunrise
 

(chorus)

the man
with no soul
he's always there
in the shadows
waiting
for the right time
to steal your heart
it matters not
that it has
been broken
already, many times
'cause he deals in
damaged goods
jagged edges
stroking
his ego,
his climax in
your eyes . . .
beyond
the gated iris
a serpent's grin
within dying embers

 

 

Free Verse

The Other Side of the Sun

Monday morning
in the summer
heading down
to the beach

week day people


almost there
the incline
of pavement on the way
excites me each time
I begin the climb
to the top
steamy black tar
shimmers like a mirage
another horizon
appears
I step on the gas
hoping this time
I 'll make it
to the other side

seagulls glide
casually, at the crest
like angels
guarding the gate

almost there . . .
no. darn ! just short
of the new horizon. . .
dipping to the shore

laughing gulls
line up alongside
sidewalks filled with
weekday people

an artist
strokes wisps
of white into
"watercolor blues"
the song in his head
splashes across
each canvas

waves pulling
toddler's laughter
into squawks
of hungry gulls
until one can't tell
the difference

rows of
bikini clad mothers
browning

smelly pails of bait
line the pier
as bent over men
from the projects
cast their luck

a middle school -aged boy
at a make shift table
sign says:
"gut yer fish for 25 cents"
two home-made poles
clamped in place
behind him,
one goes taught

the hollow ka-ching ka- ching
of the arcades
filling
the pauses
in those thoughts
never remembered

maybe tomorrow
I'll try again
the excitement
held fast in the maybe's
or what if's
meanwhile
I am just another
one of the weekday
people

 

 

 

 

Read Additional Poems by Karina Klesko

RengayAn Ancient Force

Haibun—Connecting Lives

 

 

 

 

 

 


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