reverse verse affair

anxiety tale

yet i declined

so empty a man.

echoing of rattled glass

tell her your needs

embrace imprisoned; merely being here

too busy feasting on anxiety and fear.

while they tango till they're sore

the evanescence of your cataclysmic embodying

the depth of your volume

now you will never be unseen!

each beat tattoos your love

you'll stay by my side

the riptide of memory.

quite peculiar i feel to be

to conquer all qualms

in the promise that burns the blades of my sanity.

softly blending the scraps of my existence

falling tragically

your icy cold embrace

midnight eyes, hollow

swim within the wind, calm somber

when the cloud bursts.

my arms tire with repairs

only you can gently peel each new petal

tossing impersonal quasi-pleasantries

i see the things hidden in the world.

dwelling in indecision and deflection

just to watch it all gleam away

but they only bury deeper inside my soul.

when shadows are waltzing

inch by inch with fury; unforgiving

shall they rest where rest un-come

with a voice so sweet.

keep your vintage desires

that helps you build your life

the clarity that reveals

my hands are still stained.

40 lines from 40 of my poems. Unedited. No Arrangement (except listed newest poem to oldest poem written).