Ink
Meaning more
Then just adding
An “S”
Onto my I-N-K
S-K-I-N
Forever resting
Inviting spirit higher
Your presence
Your kiss
Your love
A permanent sharpie
Imprinted on
My flesh
Forever seeping
Deeply into
My lonely heart
Successively seeping
Into a cavernous well
Offering fresh water
Nourishing
Deadened roots
Back to life
Blossoming an
Aborted child
Lost long ago
Dripping ink
Inviting love’s
Sweet taste
Onto my tongue
Rick Ellsmore
6.26.19
I’ve tried to write Many times Going back To the empty Word document Wanting to Spill my emotions To have the screen Fill with black The black of words The black of My emotions I’ve tried to write But sadness overcomes Grief a serrated edged Stabbing knife My heart The recipient I’ve tried to write…
I Speed The road Eaten up Roaring it’s delight As I ride Hard and wild Unadulterated pleasure Shown by An inviting Tongue Laying out Further With every Petal’s push Desiring me To bear down Welcoming Into every Corner And switchback All thoughts Of what Might happen Left many Miles behind Focusing on the Road right…
August 21, 2107. A day most of us will never forget! The total eclipse, the first in 40 years, hit us in Colorado right around lunch time. I remember going out unsure of what it would be like. This is a picture I captured with my phone. Unknowingly I lifted it up to see what…
The blood was dripping through his hair. A gentle stream of red running down his wrapped arm. It slowly crept down his back. He knew his scalp was tore open, but he also knew it best to feel around it with his dirty fingers. Just keep dragging yourself forward, is what he kept telling himself…
I softly spoke To the Italian stars About you They whispered back We know She’s Ours I raised my voice Yelling at The top Of my lungs She is The one The one I love My Free The Moon Mighty She Smiled back And breathed Into me I know She’s of Me As you are…
