by pattikeno
If only I could close
my eyes
and see your face
again
If only I could call
your name
and feel your touch
once more
If only I could have
known then
how much I would
miss you
how much I would
ache for you
Ache for the sound
of your voice
forever gone
If only I could
remember your touch
If only I could
remember anything
past the beginning
and before the end
If only I could
remember
anything at all
If only I could
remember
you
and love you
then
like I love you
now
.
.
8/1/00
©Patti Keno
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2000 Poetry the silent boy
by pattikeno
my love
how can you destroy
me so?
how can you let me
go?
and leave me here
in silence
how can you decide
to never speak
again
not a whim
not a whisper
of the way your
heart had turned
and I am left
here in silence
lying to myself
forcing myself to
believe that
it doesn’t hurt me
that it doesn’t make
me cry
you were my everything
and you never said goodbye
how could you destroy
me so?
.
.
09/25/02
©Patti Keno
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2002 Patti Keno Poetry the cinnamon boy
by pattikeno
Oh the sweet caress
of last year’s dress
as it swirls and falls around my hips
a voice and a note
and we’re dancing again
just like last year
just like back then
one hand on my hip
and the other pressed to my neck
pulling me in
pulling me in
to feel last year’s kiss once more
Oh the sweet caress
of last years dress
as we live this day out once more
the satin sweet swirl
as you spin me around
spinning and spinning
until we fall to the ground
laughing and laughing
we lay
side by side
on last year’s soil
on last year’s earth
quietly you whisper
last year’s promises in my ear
quietly you whisper
words of forever love
“I’ll never leave you again”
you whisper
“never leave me again”
my response
and we twirl and we swirl
together as one
once more on last year’s night
Oh the sweet caress
of last year’s dress
as it’s satin falls around my hips
you caress me once more and kiss my lips
“See you next year.” you say
and wave a little goodbye
“next year” I whisper
in last year’s reply
“next year” I repeat
as you disappear
into last year’s morning light
.
.
11/2/01
©Patti Keno
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2001
by pattikeno
this
this grinning madness
sits before me
and eggs me into complacency
this grinning madness
waits
patient and impatient
all at once
It angers me
with it’s laughter
with it’s sullen glares
and sudden movements
this grinning madness
waits to take me in it’s arms
into the arms of madness
all around me i hear noises
people pushing me closer
forcing me towards that goal
that grinning golem
forgotten idol, left for dead
this grinning madness
laughs
and
laughs
and
laughs
as i stumble
and fall into it’s
open arms
forever lost
in this grinning madness
.
9/18/01
©Patti Keno
.
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2001 Poetry writing
by pattikeno
turn your head
when I arrive
make like you
don’t see
why would you
want to see
little old me
why would you
want to
behold my face
turn away
scoff at my words
feign interest
then turn and
run
TURN
AND
RUN
I have nothing
of interest
nothing you want
to hear
I’m a broken soul
lost and afraid
no one wants
to see that
no one wants
to know
no one wants
what I’m giving
away for
free
no one
wants
ME
sinking in
to this old
familiar ache
I cry
and I wail
yet still you turn
tail
TURN
AND
RUN
I’m no good
I’m no fun
There’s nothing
to see
here
there’s no
reason to be
here
TURN
AND
RUN
It’s all they
ever do
TURN
AND
RUN
why should you
be any different
.
.
8/21/15
©Patti Keno
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2015 New Patti Keno Poetry writing
by pattikeno
I’m screaming
as loud as my
aching throat
will allow
please see me
why can’t anyone
see me
maybe I’m not
invisible
maybe I’m a
ghost
maybe I don’t
exist
maybe I’m real
maybe I am
and nobody
cares
NOBODY
CARES!
No one wants to touch me
who would dare
to try and touch
the girl who is not there
I don’t exist
I am not real
I am not here
If I was
you’d see me
If I was
I wouldn’t
be
so alone
I wouldn’t
be so
utterly
alone
and
lost
left behind
lost
and
left
behind
I am
a
ghost
how else
would
you
explain
my words
that fall
constantly
on
deaf
ears
I don’t
exist
I don’t
.
.
8/21/15
©Patti Keno
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2015 New Patti Keno Poetry writing
by pattikeno
pieces of me
scattered
strewn about
dust covered
water stained
teeny tiny
little pieces
scattered
strewn about
lying in repose
and here I sit
aching this
old
familiar ache
longing
longing for someone
anyone
to help me
help me
pick up the
pieces
pieces of
me
teeny tiny
me
.
.
7/11/15
©Patti Keno
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2015 New Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
I guess
I must have
tripped
and fallen
through my
cheery gladness
it’s gone now
and the world
is back in darkness
I am lost
again
and I hate it
and I love it
all
in the same
lonesome
breath
it’s aching inside
and tearing out
my heart
I hate it
this endless pain
inside my chest
inside my throat
bringing me to my knees
taking away my limbo
and leaving me
alone in
this darkness
without a shred
of armor
to protect me
from this
onslaught
I guess
I must have
tripped
and fallen
back into
this hole
this aching despair
why am I so
damn clumsy
5/16/05
©Patti Keno
This poem and the last one were based on a dream that i had. This one is named Muzzle because that is the name of the man I was dating in said dream. (my mind works in weird ways)
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2005 Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
somehow I turn from you
and find myself longing
even more
for the touch of you
the feel of you
somehow I pull myself away
I pull myself apart
and ache
for the softness of your skin
the depth of your hand
the silence of your indignation
I ache in despair
at feelings
not there
feelings I feel
but you never will
I can fuss and scream
and ache and bawl
but there will never
be anything
between us
nothing but
the casual glance
of a lonesome friend
and the distance
so aching and vast
so desperate
so alone
I wait
for you
for anyone
to stop my
tears
to end me
5/16/05
©Patti Keno
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2005 Poetry writing
by pattikeno
These poems are from 93-96
.
.
No one wants to touch me
Who would dare
To try and
Touch the girl
Who is not there
.
—
.
I kiss your lips
with cold
intentions
I kiss your lips
with sweet
remorse
I kiss your lips
and linger
softly
I kiss your lips
and long
for forgiveness
.
—
Here I am
Dressed in red
Aimed to please
Am I dead,
or just losing my memories
.
Not dead,
just slowly dying
eyes are red
from all this crying
.
—
all poems ©Patti Keno
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1995 1996 Patti Keno Poetry