Short poems

When i'm feeling especially creative I carry a small notebook with me. I jot down whatever comes to mind, and I generally fill its pages with story ideas, character descriptions, song lyrics, short poems and random ideas. The poems and random ideas are usually too short to publish, so I thought it might be fun to post a small collection. These were written between 2002 and 2004 (during my divorce periode) so they are relatively "dark".










-Tunisia-
Le Soleil nous embrassait
La lune nous sourriait
l'Orage nous emportait
et le feu... brulait nos corps.







-What is a tear anyways? A tight cluster of dreams and fears intertwining.






I am invisible, yet I am here.
I wave and I smile at you, yes I am here.
I kiss and embrace you,
make love with you facing me
I am here.
Are you?




I am like a flower, wilting away.
Beauty ceases upon the picking-
Life drains away.

Flowers need sunlight
Flowers need rain
I won't be your flower
Behind curtain and window pane.





- Respect is something that is given, not taken.





Thought I heard your voice
Thought I heard your name
Thought I saw your silhouette,
out there in the rain.










A mass of swirling mist
My mind an echo chamber
now silent
The volume is too loud -
how the silence kills.







I'll just keep this mouth of mine shut
Escaping thoughts show signs of weakness.
What they know hurts them.
Let them see the worst so that they can
expect the best.




Everybody's fight'n ya know baby,
We're all holdin' our heads up high
It ain't a question of pride ya know baby -
just keepin' our heads above the tide.








I found my voice the other day.
Whispers have given way to self-confidence
and a smile : knowing that the life I live is truly mine.