by pattikeno
these words
my words
I say that I scream
them out
I say that I yell
them from the
mountain tops
but I don’t
I lied
what I really do
is hide
I hide away
in my tower
and write these
words
my words
on tiny pieces of
paper
tiny letters, tiny words
and then I fold
them
ever so gently
into cranes
tiny little origami
cranes
and I throw
them from my tower
in hopes that
they will fly
they are but paper
teeny tiny paper cranes
that pile around
the base of my tower
the base of my home
I have to find
a way
to make them
fly
I have to
stop
hiding in
this tower
and I have
to fly
.
I
have to
fly
.
.
05/28/16
©Patti Keno
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2016 New Patti Keno Poetry Uncategorized
by pattikeno
I am woman
my feminine display
is carefully hidden
it’s tucked away
fearing innocence lost
hidden forever
what is the cost?
losing myself?
I’m already lost
moving onward
so afraid
never knowing exactly
where my innocence
is laid
moving onward
moving fast
knowing my innocence
my false masculinity
will
never
last
.
.
.
6/6/96
©Patti Keno
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1996 Patti Keno Poetry
by pattikeno
“I know what you’re
hungry for”
he says
with blood-shot eyes
and yellowed teeth
he stands before me
waiting
holding out a pen
“I know what you’re
hungry for”
he says
he wants me to begin
but he pulls the pen away
and I am left
to ache once
again
for the words
that never come
for the silence
that never goes
“Insomniac!”
he accuses and
laughs in my face
but still I cannot get close
I cannot begin
he waits for me
to stop him
he waits for
me to yell
but I am
alone and
voiceless
here in my
self-appointed hell
“heretic!”
he calls me
he knows that
I’m insane
he knows that
writing is
all I have
to ease this
precious
pain
still he does not
give up
still he does not
give in
when will he
ever let me
begin
01/24/00
©Patti Keno
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2000 Patti Keno Poetry writing
Invisible No More 