She gives me that "disappointed look" again,
The one I know so well,
The one that leveled me as a child,
Sticks out her chin, pulls back her shoulders,
And purses her lipsticked mouth.
"You are a self-indulgent girl," she says,... – by Kriss Luckett | 9 Views added 2 years ago
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I am happy, restless and strong,
And I will not defend the darkness any longer.
For too many years, you have kept me still
With your purse-lipped judgment and smooth disapproval,
Your competitive need to be Queen Of All That Is.
Creative
In your... – by Kriss Luckett | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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Take a breath, slip away -
See if they notice that you're gone one day.
You've been looking for validation in an empty cup
From those who don't know which way is up
Or down,
Which is where we're all going.
This boat they call a luxury yacht
Is... – by Kriss Luckett | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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Sometimes my hometown seems so far away
Trying to walk this broken road
A little further every day.
Sometimes I feel like another man's wife,
Trying to replicate a spirit,
Trying to retrofit a life
Sometimes I wonder how it all fell in,
And when for... – by Kriss Luckett | 5 Views added 2 years ago
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When I claimed myself as a lotus,
I married myself to the mud.
Tied to the ground, darkness all around,
The only light peeking down from... – by Kriss Luckett | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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It's what you want, not what you need
That gets you up to go plant a seed
Sometimes a flower grows from a stone,
Sometimes a weed is being sown.
It's a primrose path that led me to this place
And a broken road led me to disgrace
I'd take the next... – by Kriss Luckett | 1 View added 2 years ago
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Ten years ago was your last day,
But you don't remember.
You were sleeping - not a quiver
To let us know you were leaving.
But that was your way -
Slip out the back, Jack
No big, fussy scene, no emotional parting,
No tearful goodbye.
Just silence... – by Kriss Luckett | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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A cleft of virgin flesh still present,
A sliver of purity, yet untouched
(and unavailable, thank you so much)
Drives me - the last little part of me
That has yet to be misunderstood,
Raped and squandered,
Taken for his use, her use,
Even my own... – by Kriss Luckett | 3 Views added 2 years ago
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The masked man sits at my table every morning,
A fountain of promises and platitudes
Gushing from his eyes.
He reaches to hold my hand,
And pulls back empty as he sees
That I know the truth behind his... – by Kriss Luckett | 0 Views added 2 years ago
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I've dreamed a thousand dreams
That I was never meant to keep
I've counted a million stars
Trying to fight the death of sleep
Then you dance across my waking hours
And look at me that way,
I want to say so many things
Too personal to... – by Kriss Luckett | 2 Views added 2 years ago
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Where do your loyalties lie,
And do they lie with honest eyes?
He's built a life with one hand clean,
And the other pulling at sand underneath,
Eyes wide with surprise
When it all comes crashing down,
Or maybe a simple shrug and a boyish grin.
He... – by Kriss Luckett | 4 Views added 2 years ago
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