Tkess : Writing

Dawn

Dawn

A Chapter by Tkess


Dawn can’t decide It rises and falls into slumber The sound of fall crashes into us Cymbals like shotguns Symbols, our X marks n..
Dusk

Dusk

A Chapter by Tkess


The night is laid out This blanket, It covers like a bruise Beginning of the end The hour of nothing The birds sink down As the..
Damn-Nation

Damn-Nation

A Poem by Tkess


I sigh As fools pretend to know As wise men are bound and gagged Where is this great humanity they speak of? All I see..
The Sound of Fall (The Silence of Winter)

The Sound of Fall (The Silence of Winter)

A Poem by Tkess


We converse with black tongues And rot beneath the words The evening harbors dreamscapes On the brink of nightmares The sound ..
Memphis

Memphis

A Poem by Tkess


I met her in a bar in Memphis She apologized for all the smoke She said I know I look tired, but Everything is fried here My t..
Sell-out

Sell-out

A Poem by Tkess


Shaved this morning with a Rusty tuna can lid Used the shavings to Write my manifesto Of love and war (One in the same) The ..
History Lesson

History Lesson

A Poem by Tkess


The sky cracks open Pillars falling to the earth The conquers and the conquered Sowed with salt Purify the destroyed Th..
Alone Like Everyone Else

Alone Like Everyone Else

A Poem by Tkess


We are born alone, and We die alone Everything in the middle is pretend Surrounded by loved ones Who don’t really love ..
Blue Iris and a Black-Eyed Moon

Blue Iris and a Black-Eyed Moon

A Poem by Tkess


That’s when it all hit me Like a deer in the headlights Frozen, but exploding With bright blue neon My mind cascadin..
In a Bar Somewhere Outside of Phoenix, Arizona

In a Bar Somewhere Outside of Phoenix, Arizona

A Poem by Tkess


Living out of a hotel room The size of a tool shed Wondering aimlessly for a Bite to eat, or at least a Drink 9 o&rsq..