Penny Gotch's Poetry

You melt in my mouth And send my soft heart racing Like coffee kisses.

God stands beside you, And He holds you in His arms: You're safe in His house.

The trees sway gently: A fresh spring breeze kisses them – A faceless lover. I covet their partnership; Viridian jealousy.

There's truth in my hands: It drips from my fingertips To stain the page black. It looks like simple ink, But I bleed it from my soul.

Life watches me go

But you don't want me to, So I'll just leave you alone.

small flames bright and dancing the scent of vanilla tiny friends glowing in the night guide me

I pushed you away – I shouldn’t want you closer, But I do. I do.

As Hemingway said, "We are all broken." But you – You make me feel whole.

Call on me, And I will answer my name. Never fear the night: Darkness flees before me, Lost at my touch, Effervescent. Strike a match; I'm yours to use.

You are a candle just waiting to light the world – so go strike your match.

You don't give a fuck – I'll nurse my lonely heart, cold as winter frost

bitter dawn chorus mocks my sleepless night in song shrill and piping notes a crushing humidity suffocated by morning

And though dark takes me, watch me walk on unafraid: Dawn will always come.

always thought of, and seldom thinking

Now, I look up, and I notice the thorns around me, the glimmer of glass. I hiss at sticky red skin, gouges that gape to the bone. I see it. See that it's outside me, draped around me, external, an effect of circumstances. Under onslaught. Fighting back. And I wrap my bones in comfort, pour love over my skin, drink tolerance. And it still hurts, but less, so much less. Now.

My heart a-flutter – Caught inside a stranger's eyes, Blue like summer skies.