by pattikeno
don’t
please don’t
I need this to
go my way
don’t ruin it
not now
I will not cry
I will not cry
I will not cry
.
stop
please stop
this isn’t how
this is supposed
to go
can’t you see
it’s killing me
I will not cry
I will not cry
I will not cry
.
wait
please wait
I didn’t mean
to make you
go
sometimes I’m
so me
I scare people
I WILL NOT CRY
I WILL NOT CRY
I WILL NOT CRY
but I
can’t
help
myself
.
and
I
cry
.
and
I
cry
.
.
10/25/15
©Patti Keno
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2015 New Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
This desperate desire
for something more
than what is
for something more then what was
taking your hand
and grasping that chunk of hair
that you cut
thinking of all the days it knew
you rub your head
so short now
your head so light
should be easier to think
but then the headache sets in
and you lose your concentration
you lose the silence you
tried to commit to memory
and the voices close in
and the memories rise
to swallow you
in a volcano of emotion
leaving behind nothing
but ash
nothing but a hollow hole
where you once stood
Vesuvius all over again
volcanic eruptions swallow you
in their hot molten lava flow
and you are burnt
nothing but ashes
nothing but ashes and hair
5.29.1
©Patti Keno
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2001 Poetry the longing hand