by pattikeno
Light and Run
The air around us is thick with
gun powder
The overhead hanging of clouds only
makes the reports louder
I long to be with you
but I am stuck here again
with nothing to do
I long to see your face
shadowed with the pretty lights
It makes me forget the hatred
forget the fights
I miss you I say as I light
and run
It flares up bright as the sun
And I think of you and
your gentle laughter
I’d always dreaded what
came after
The sparks die down and
fizzle out
I miss you without a doubt
7-4-94
©Patti Keno
Dedicated to the man I never knew.
1994 Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
Don’t forget to order your copy of my book A Murder of One
It’s available now on Amazon, paperback and Kindle versions available. Or Contact me for an autographed copy. There is an excerpt from my next book tentatively titled: Shattered with a hopeful end of May release date.
1995 1996 2015 book New the silent boy writing
by pattikeno
my heart broke again today
wanting and waiting and wasting away
Another moment lost
another tear to fall
he could have changed my life
he could have rocked my world
waiting and wanting and wasting away
lost once more on the sea
of yesterdays past
of people lost
moments gone
disappeared
they glare in front of me
making me ache
making my heart break
over and over again
i just want to hide
i just want to hide away
and lose myself
i just want to be lost
lost again
i don’t want to see
i don’t want to see
what i know I can NEVER have
what i know i can NEVER be
i don’t want to see
waiting and wanting and wasting away
i lost another one today
i lost another one today
whimper want or whisper stay
i lost another one today
.
.
03/29/04
.
©Patti Keno
.
“whimper want or whisper stay” is a line by Shane Murphy
2004 Poetry the disappearing boy the imaginary boy
by pattikeno
Dismissing me
waiting in remittance
aching with
faux
despair
It’s all inside me
as I stand
before you
and listen
to your words
of shame
your words
of dismissal
dismissing me
as if i
meant
nothing to
you
and it is
in that
time of
Aching
dismay
that i have
come to realize
I meant
less to you
than you’ve
ever meant
to me
3.19.98
©Patti Keno
1998 Poetry the silent boy
by pattikeno
Leave me alone
let me be
let me shift back into
invisibility
don’t eyeball me
with your closed eyes
and your stained heart
leave me be
I’m not here to please you
if you don’t like me then walk away
i never asked for your friendship
and I don’t want it anyway
not if you constantly
look at me
and roll your eyes
and tsk your tongue
you’re not any better than me
you never were
and you never will be
just leave me alone
don’t come round here no more
just let me be
I’d rather be alone
then looked at as if i am crazy
i’m not
i’m just me
and if you don’t like that
then just turn around
and walk away
you’re not welcome here
anyway
.
.
9/24/01
©Patti Keno
2001 Poetry
by pattikeno
So for the past couple months i have been working on getting my novel ready to self-publish. I’m excited to tell you that though not quite ready yet, it will be sometime soon. Hopefully before the end of February. YAY!!!! It’s called A Murder of One. I wrote it 20 years ago and have been perfecting it ***cough***procrastinating***cough*** ever since. SO yeah. I’ll keep you updated. I’m so excited!!! 🙂
1995 1996 2015 book New writing
by pattikeno
Take me
Break me
I’ve got nothing
left to give
Open me
close me
I’ve got nothing
left inside
Hold me
Scold me
I’ve got nothing
left for you
12/29/14
pik
©Patti Keno
2014 New Poetry the silent boy
by pattikeno
with hand to chest
and lips to finger pressed
I cannot move I cannot rest
.
this is how I ache
this is how I break
.
with hand to hips
and tongue to swollen lips
I explore you with my fingertips
.
this is how I ache
this is how I break
.
with heart to darkness
and lips to one last kiss
I cannot stop I cannot resist
.
this is how I ache
this is how I break
.
with hand to knee
and mouth to desperate plea
I beg you not to abandon me
.
this is how I ache
this is how I break
.
with tears to eyes
and lungs to broken sighs
I am left alone without goodbyes
.
this is how I ache
this is how I break
.
.
1/22/15
pik
©Patti Keno
New Poetry the cinnamon boy the silent boy
Invisible No More 