Karen Thornburg

Like a living tomb
Lifeless body held inside
I laid in bed and cried.
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Sight of stars tonight
Tears corrupt my sight
Distance between us is far
I wish on every last star
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The waves swell high and crash down hard
With all its joys and fears
Expands as far as the eye can see
Ever present never gone
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The clock ticks on

A child cries
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Drifting along
Feeling no pain.
The warmth of the lake
Am I going insane?
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When it is time to end
Close my eyes not a sole to pry
Someone remember me
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I see you standing in the corner

I hear you call my name
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Crying out in you're sleep
nobody to hear a peep
Crying in a crowded room
get hit with a broom
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Over sized chair of dusty plum,
forcing my body into fetal pose.
Color the perfect shade of pain and depression,
you beckon me.
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The assertiveness of your enthusiastic tongue
turning my fleshy bulb into a diamond
Desires’ fluids trickle slowly
onto your tongue it needs no guidance
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I’d abandoned sound reasoning
Gazing into your eyes
Exploring the universe of your soul
I never knew one glance
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I turned the lock...
Merely fooling myself,
I thought I had moved on.
Time is the only remedy for grief.
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Captivity

I have no right to possess you or to even have you. I hate what I'm feeling right now, trapped someplace between love and despair.
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Relationships require that your heart have amnesia to all the other wonderful experiences that have gone into making you who you have become.

You are not to forget all the lessons learned, but forget about the fires that burned to forge the steel. The steel that in all of its beauty becomes a prison.
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Amnesia

I wish you could see that my heart has developed amnesia
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You speak a dead language
Pronouncing every word perfectly
Coloring my skin in hues of forgotten desires
My hearts cypher
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