I BECOME RAIN...

night surrounds
I fall alone
the sound of myself
chills to the bone
a bleeding
upon the panes
as from above
I become
rain

I spill
drops of indigo
as I descend
on forlorn pillow
I puddle in sleep
for myself pray
as from above
I become
rain

my downpour soft
in hold of dusk
a quiet weeping
for all i've lost
not of tempest
I fall in restraint
as from above
I become
rain 

 

 

 

 

-Kalynn Campbell

THE PUNCTUATION

in all words written
in all words said
until punctuation
an end is left.
was I her nothing?
questions a fear,
as fragile tomorrows
fall in despair.
alone in the earth
or alone in a kiss
both are the same
to those never missed.
found is the breath
remembered are scars
but lost is the beat
of a forgotten heart-
and of the flowers
that too soon fade
each dies a promise
once quietly made-
with punctuation
I touch her last word
it whispers of nothing
so I leave it unheard




-Kalynn Campbell

THE SHOVE

I wished on a star
but it fell in the night
I nurtured my faith
but beliefs all died
I see all the smiles
but I feel all the pain
I live in no prison
yet I am bound in chain
I lost the question
to an answer I know
I climbed to the top
and came out below
I never gamble
yet bet it all
I muted my ghosts
but they proceed to call
I live in the present
but it's already past
I'd take life slow
but it moves too fast
I reach for the heavens
but touch only ground
I am not missing
but I'll never be found
I swim in my youth
but drown in my age
I owe no tears
yet forever I pay

some of it trifle
maybe arcane
all of it a shove

as I fall

away.




-Kalynn Campbell

WHEN ANGELS SING

They sing
of things
that are not
and things
never found

of tatters
and tears
of bruises
I wear
of thorn
in lace
and love's
disgrace

of broken things
that never mend
of kisses
laced with
oblivion

of lonely dreams
of forgotten
things
ripe with
cadaver touch

of these
things
my angels sing
as I ready
for the
end


-Kalynn Campbell