Poems & Prose
“Nowhere to Belong” (10/24/2024)
Handsome and bright as if
The world believes my trickery.
A lust for closeness so impossible
I taste the missed connections on my lips.
Love abounds
But I cannot drown in the shallow depths.
To chase is to lose.
Yet they believe I’m a winner.
unnamed (10/2024)
sometimes I do nothing.
wish I’d do that more.
but I stress ’bout the not doin.
so nothin’s simply a chore.
“Fall” (2024 with thing 1 & 2)
Earth carved through time into thousands smaller.
Stepping onto water that once was.
Leaves crawl past toward a new season.
Cool arms remember seasons passed.
“DARK HAZE” (2022)
up down.
pedals spin.
tyres roll.
chains hum.
head low.
inhale, exhale.
hard pull.
damning surge.
legs hammer.
cranks flex.
second surge.
legs burn.
dig deep.
need air.
PAIN.
pain.
dark haze.
still here?
pace slows.
catch breath.
still here.
“Turtle” (2022)
Once there was a turtle named Horse
Horse saw a horse on a lot
Horse said “hey”
The horse ate hay
And both were confused a lot
Logan Spader 