I have seen terror;
it looks like your back before
you slam the door closed

(and I have no way
of knowing if you’ll ever
open it again)

I couldn’t tell you what a swing set felt like 
until I saw your eyes light up for a smile that wasn’t mine

that’s when I knew what it felt like to rust

Gravedigger

she digs a little deeper
into the hole where she’s buried
(a cloud of filthy thoughts obstructing her view
dirty secrets crushed between clenched fists)
embraced by the her friend, darkness
yet what she sees, she still doesn’t like

so she digs even deeper
sinking into the hole where she’s buried
in search of an end

slothnorentropy:

In 1967 Dmitri Borgmann made his way from UGLY to BEAUTIFUL by means of dictionary definitions:

UGLY — OFFENSIVE
OFFENSIVE — INSULTING
INSULTING — INSOLENT
INSOLENT — PROUD
PROUD — LORDLY
LORDLY — STATELY
STATELY — GRAND
GRAND — GORGEOUS
GORGEOUS — BEAUTIFUL

I suspect one day
all my secrets will matter
to someone, somewhere

To: June

April’s grey skies rushed
into my blue veins; you gave
me July’s sunshine.

Crushing You

I cannot promise to keep your heart(ache)
from cracking like plum lips
on a frozen January night

but I will keep you warm between my hands
until your shivers turn to (earth)quakes
and the butterflies eat through your tummy

A How To Haiku

take the bull by its
horns; grab a snake by its tongue;
wring him by his neck.