Invisible No More

Look at me

under duress

I am pushed

into the sea

to drown

forever in the skies

forever in your eyes

innocence

under gone

transformation

so benign

I am led onward

through the

 broken sea

By a man

with fish parts

ahead of me

I long to be like

him

but forever

I am different

my streak

sets me apart

stubborn, shyness

and doubt

take over

and smash

me to the floor

I am left alone

to breath

no more

and I die

alone in the sea

                                                            10-19-95

                                               ©Patti Keno

I’ve cast my eyes

on a million skies

I’ve cast my wishes

on a million stars

I’ve lie awake

on a million nights

covered in pale moonlights

Listening to the sweet sound

of a million crickets

chirping their cares away

I’ve cried a million cries

Knowing that one day

to this world, I’ll have to say

my final goodbyes

                                                        3/31/94

                                                            ©Patti Keno

I shake I shutter

I twist

I grind you into

my fist

I never meant to

be this way

this lost

this obsessed

I never knew I had it

in me

to lose myself

in this one caress

to lose myself

in shallow

thoughts and shallow

hearts

that’s all that’s

left inside

me

where is my

pride

left behind

on someone

else’s doorstep

I shouldn’t care

I shouldn’t care

I shouldn’t care

I shouldn’t care

but I do

as I wander

through these

shallow waters

looking for you

looking for you

                                                                        08/23/01

                                                            pik

                                                                 ©Patti Keno

the wicked curve

of your neck

leaves me breathless

with desire

the tiny breath

of silence

that echoes

in your wake

aches inside of

me until

I am lost

within it’s

beauty

The shadowed hollow

of your back

as you move

fills me with

aching longing,

desire

for one touch

for one night

I ache with

the knowledge

that you can never

see

you can never

hear

the imaginary girl

as she lives

her imaginary life

and loves her

imaginary loves

I ache with

the knowledge

that you

will

never

see

me

                                                                                                       10/16/00

                                                                                                         ©Patti Keno

She is beauty

essence divine

only how I

ache wishing

she were

mine

male and female

intertwined

she is innocence

so aching

and sublime

realistic pleasure

standing the test

of time

aching my ache

rhyming my rhyme

she is the one

it’s a pity

she can never

be mine

                        06/05/97

                           ©Patti Keno