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Tears

Collateral Damage

I’m sorry
and I don’t know
if I’m more sorry…

A. Violet February 17, 2021 Free Form, Postaday

Blame It On Me

I soak in sun,
scheduled
for 15 minutes,
an hour…

A. Violet February 10, 2021 Free Form, Postaday
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Your Tears

Wheel of Fortunes

someone
spun the wheel
of my emotions
and I am flip flopping
waiting for it to settle down…

A. Violet September 14, 2020 Free Form, Postaday

A Suggestion

so, heads up,
if you cry,
it releases the ghosts
that were holding…

A. Violet July 27, 2020 Free Form, Postaday

The System Under Stress

cliff face
that’s what happens
that doesn’t mean expressionless,
contrary to popular opinion —
it means stone
that cannot be altered
without years of erosion
and my tears might get there
eventually but the rate…

A. Violet July 12, 2020 Free Form, Postaday

Hear That?

it squeals,
an airborne pig,
and explodes,
a soundwave…

A. Violet July 6, 2020 Free Form, Postaday

In Search of Equilibrium

rain
releases
the waterfall
of pent-up
tears

pain
begets pain…

A. Violet June 24, 2020 Free Form, Postaday

I have no alibi

You’ve got me, I’m the one who did it.
You know me too well.
Those are my tears, puckering
that paper. I cannot lie.

A. Violet April 13, 2018 Postaday, Prose Poems
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