Poem: "Amid The Ruins"

"Amid The Ruins"

The moonlight shimmers
across the restless tides
another day is gone away
as watchful eyes ponder
unforeseen motives

the same routine
at the old typewriter
writing the same lines
watching the wheels spin

she lies on the bed
with her diary open
pouring her heart out
her thoughts
are a million miles away

a note left on the door:

"dearest,

it has been ages since we
last saw one another
I did not want
our last moments together
to be full of anger and pain

I just wanted to let you know
that that you will always be
the most special part of me

even though we're apart
please know that the sun
will rise again
and I won't ever let you go"

she gets up and goes to the kitchen
and picks up the phone
dialing the number slowly
she exhales

desperately wishing
her beloved's embrace
to carry her home
amid the ruins.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Sober"

"Sober"

The bright sun has burned away
the last vestiges of self-control
as the bottle sits silently on the desk
in front of me

the bed where I lay is empty
and cold
your subtle warmth
gone away

the phone rings
I let the answering machine
pick up
just so I can your voice again

the walls
are bare now
it's too late
to save me
from the fall

sometimes
I close my eyes
and hear you
whisper softly

your fragrant beauty
lingers awhile
clinging to me
haunting my soul
stirring my bones

amid perfect strokes
of shadow and release
the aching intersection
of unbridled sensuality.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Imprint"

"Imprint"

The alarm clock
blares loudly
it is 3 a.m.
as the light
goes out

In the dark
of the early morning
hours
while the world sleeps
desperation seethes

I sit here at my desk
in the same old chair
writing the words

that I hope will reach you

the night light

starts to flicker

as thoughts 

of you rush 

into my mind

I am a cup

waiting desperately

to be filled.

Copyright: 2009, by Raymund Diaz Delizo