by pattikeno
i’m so cold
I cry
and cling
to you
needing your
warmth
wanting your
touch
longing for
your arms
around me
but you stand
before me
in ignorance
not seeing
my teeth
as they
chatter violently
i’m cold
make me warm
I beg you
looking at the
warm layers
of clothing
You are wearing
you look at
me, but
you don’t seem
to notice
my tee-shirt
and jeans
my cold
apparel
i cry
and cling
to you
needing your
warmth
wanting your
touch
longing for
your arms
around me
you look
at me
as if i’m
some kind
of child
annoying you
with questions
of life
you stand
ignorant
of me
of my
cramping muscles
of my
chattering teeth
of my
freezing bones
HOLD ME!
I Scream
but as your
arms enclose
me
I finally
realize
you’re the
one
who’s making
me cold
–
12/8/98
pik
©Patti Keno
Poetry the silent boy
by pattikeno
I wait here in this
heat
so silent so
unbearable
I wait and
I retract
I recoil
I step back
you stifle me
with your eyes
speechless
i lose everything
i worked
so hard
to gain
I try to contain
to elliviate
the ache
this silence
that echoes past
my refrain
and ends well into
my chorus
I wait
I retract
I dissolve
I disappear
waiting here
for you
5.17.01
Pik
©Patti Keno
2001 Poetry the silent boy
by pattikeno
and you are moving too fast
you silence my heart
from crying out
and you are moving too hard
I can’t feel my feet
the night is so cold
and you are breaking me down
bending me in two
swallowing my heart
and you are taking it all away
leaving me with nothing
I’m not ready to be alone
and you are leaving me again
the same as before
just like everyone
just like
everyone
and you are leaving without
a single word
you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and you are gone
and
you
are
gone
pik
2/13/03
©Patti Keno
2003 Poetry the cinnamon boy the silent boy
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
swallowing back my tears
I search for you
I reach for you
I ache for you
search – reach – ache
I scream for you
whimper want or whisper stay
you are gone
and I miss you
I miss your words
your beauty
your love
one song is all I have
one song
to hear your voice
one photo
to see your face
every night I am the detective
trying to put together
the puzzle
of you
8/5/11
Poetry the disappearing boy
Invisible No More 