by pattikeno
you take me and reduce me with your eyes
you diminish my soul with one single look
one glance from you and my life is over
my life is meaningless
you make me feel that i am drowning
in the looks that you give to me
and i am reduced to nothing
and life is meaningless
and now you’re gone and i am alone
and there’s nothing left to live for
and without you i am nothing
i am reduced to nothing
and life is meaningless
with you i am reduced
without you i am reduced
you reduce me
and my life is meaningless
with you
and my life is meaningless
without you
you reduce me
10/10/02
©Patti Keno
2002 Poetry the cinnamon boy
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
2001 Poetry the longing hand
Invisible No More 