Monday, November 12, 2007

Sunset Cigarette

She lights a cigarette,

And watches the sunset

Each puff like a thunder cloud to ants

Head in her palm she thinks of lives others lead she can’t

She’s filled with desire she’d never speak aloud

Killing dreams before they make a sound

Her hearts flooded
with memories she’s begging her mind to forget
While her lungs are layered with tar
Each drag like a brand new coat
She fights the thought of a new day
And yearns to be free from the world that surrounds

She’s got no answers

And she’s run out of questions

Her words refuse to flow out but dance and tumble on her tongue

She’s an answer and no one knows the questions

1 comment:

CrossCountry44 said...

I feel as though there may be some stress between your knowladge as a writer of the girl you describe " for example" she's filled with desire...hearts flooded with memory's" then you say, shes an answer and no one knows the questions. I think you should keep the last line because it is imensly powerfull, and perhaps modify the rest of the poem to fit in with that