Poem: "The Pages Torn"

"The Pages Torn"

The stones are no place
dawn has been exiled
by sultry dark
as the sky watches
in agony

The silence pervades
tiny corners of my mind
as I close my eyes
these hands reach out
to hold onto
what's left of you and I

These words
are all that remain behind
old pages torn
stained with tears and regret

The beauty that was once shared
between us is as distant a memory
as the tides that crash and die against
the bleeding shore
at final light.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Losing"

"Losing"

Empty coffee cup
stale air of defeat
pride is failing
death is so inviting

Gone are the days
when we were young
and life was so full of
dreams and yearning

Life is a shadow
of misguided steps
not so carefully taken
stumbling towards
finality

Reaching out for you
so far away now
as I close my eyes
wishing to be taken

Giving up seems like
such a perfect escape.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "Want To Be"

"Want To Be"

The one you wake up next to
every morning
the spring in your step
the song in your heart

The sky, the stars
and every beautiful thing
in the world

The thought that
you can't get out of your mind
the one desire you can't get enough of

The love that you've always wanted

These are just some of the things
I want to be for you
someday.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "The Light"

"The Light"

The warmth of sunshine on your bare skin
the way you lie against me
the shape of your smile
the scent of your perfume as it lingers in the air
long after you've gone

The emptiness now
makes my bones ache
and the memories of
unbridled need and passion
ended too soon

Your breath
as the light shines
one final time
and eternity embraces you
like a long lost lover

As I watch silently
my heart breaks
into a million
pretty little fragments.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "In The Waning Hours"

"In The Waning Hours"

Where the emptiness fades
and the stink of alcohol subsides
long enough for one final
blood curdling howl

The memory of the deceased sun
is replaced by the cold fingers
of restless night

Like a vulture, it will stalk you
and wait in the shadows
ready to sink its teeth
and drink the marrow
of your lovely despair

And in the waning hours
as life escapes and the blood
paints the awful ground
nothingness will rush to embrace you
like a long lost mistress.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "A Desperate Man"

"A Desperate Man"

I'm falling in and out
towards the inescapable reality
that is my fading inhibition
if these words are all I have

I pray that you stop a moment
to indulge my idiosyncracy

Your mouth is a veil
I long to penetrate
yet the stars have not yet
revealed their true disdain

If I cannot possess the secret
to your womanly depths
I'd rather stay here
and quietly long for you

As the night comes slowly
to envelop my lovely pain
in her shadowy embrace.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo

Poem: "You Don't"

"You Don't"

You don't see the pain that hides
beneath the soft smile from the
corners of my mouth

You don't feel
the regret I cling to
in my most private moments

You don't know
the hell I would go through
just to have you
to call my own

But what you do know
may end up hurting us both
more in the end

Adieu, sweet demise of mine.

Copyright: 2011, by Raymund Diaz Delizo