Warmth?

a draft of air...
and goosebumps appear
i reach to pull cloth
over offending hip
but warmth covers it
calmly caressing, smoothly pressing
soft fingers fit perfectly

comfort i don't want to lose -
unsure if it is real, but i don't care.
uncertain of stability, of security
uncertain of promise, of purpose
but i throw everything practical away
everything true too can leave

....just to be in your arms tonight.

Crimson Tide

Scarlet waves calmly cresting
Over alabaster shore
Soaking into the white crystals
That burn and numb simultaneously
This is my pain
This is my cure
This is my blood
Slowly soaking snow
On pure, unmarred wrists.

Animatronics

Rejection tastes of alcohol
Chemicals flowing through my brain
Filling my eyes with improper tears
Kill the impulse, blink the pain away
No one must know.

Oil and pain and metal
Glistening blade cuts another hole
My jaw is clenched as is my fist
"There is no pain" - my silent mantra
Smile, no one knows

Blood spills
Wound does not heal
Hidden beneath layers of bandage
and propriety and medication and pretense
Falsity for my own protection
Killing the romantic of my soul

Oil spills
Unimportant loss
I am in control...
Controls Controlling metal case
Rubbery skin and jerky joints
Flawless, feelingless responce
I am The Machine.