hazel eyes

Hazel eyes.
your brows
and lashes thinned
by controlled burn from
so deep within
and no amount of tears
will douse the fire
fueled one cell
to another .

No answers in the
back of this book.
Hazel eyes skip
to the last chapter
but the puzzles
remain unsolved.

Hazel eyes see
her safe little house
shrink from view
for the last time
driving away.
It's the week leading
up to Christmas day
But no presents wait
for hazel eyes to unwrap.

Sleep until New Years
sleep until Spring
sleep until the
ending of everything
when I will wake you once
that I may see your hazel eyes

random letters cut from newspaper

A ransom note
is written on my face
I can read it
in the mirror, backwards,
and It states, "If you can see this,
demands must be met,"
and then,"or else."
but only in so many words.

It scares the shit out of me

As if a device is
hugging me
beneath my shirt;
strapped around my chest
with a singular objective
and, at my emptiest,
I understand most clearly
the threat is not.

No one
[Neighbor;
Waitress;
Store cashier;
Even the ones
who look at me]
reacts in any way.
Maybe because they are afraid?
Maybe because they aren't
or know they won't
be taken with me.
As with The Rapture
they will be spared.

Why the note is there
I cannot say.  Only that it would be
comforting if someone noticed.
Or do they see ransom notes
in their own mirrors?



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