highonwords : Writing

youth

youth

A Poem by highonwords


you and i, we are the childrenwith promises written in our handsand wonder written in our eyesyou and i, on the side streets ofsweeping highways, wait..
life by its balls

life by its balls

A Poem by highonwords


with scalpel precision,she has been undone,tied and naked on an operating table,you have her by the neck,and proximodistal, you have heranesthetized t..
there goes the wall

there goes the wall

A Poem by highonwords


"there goes the wall",i said to myself,after all these yearsof you, trying to get to me,as your teeth sink to an apple's core
clutching fever

clutching fever

A Poem by highonwords


sometimes, which is almost never,she has the exact right words to say at the righttime, after her mind has gone on and onabout the subject in its leis..
spacing out

spacing out

A Poem by highonwords


just this once,she wants to standat the other end of the horizon,and stare at space,stare at nothing
grandma and her grandson

grandma and her grandson

A Poem by highonwords


if she thinks she could catch him,with her wise, old eyes,she was rightshe was the grandmother,who raised him,took his rain-soaked head at only seveni..
keeping time

keeping time

A Poem by highonwords


leaning on one of the doorpoststhe sound of curtains gentlybillowing in pure, country airyou sitting at the other endof a bench, scraping coconut meat..
here i am

here i am

A Poem by highonwords


i have nothing to tell you,except: here i ami have nothing to give you,but: here i amwithout saying iti have nothing to do with youexcept here i am in..
looking for poetry in the city

looking for poetry in the city

A Poem by highonwords


sometimes all there really isto the moon is its existenceand its role on sea levelsthe sun another day comingand its setting another day livedthere is..
why

why

A Poem by highonwords


the height of summer,new clothes, silver-traydishes, a loving family,a caring boyfriend, they say'a dyed in the wool drug-freeaverage student'the auto..