Submissions by Skipper (1Skipper-)

I've seen the monster that follows you
the territorial foreigner
interlaced and aged
he hovers my senses by breath and depth
I see his tendrils curling tighter when I draw nearer
I see him ensuring recognition
I smell him permeating his cologne commanding and arresting my attention
and establishing borders
I see him soldiering back and forth
I see him when the color leaves your eyes
I see him in muted sound
I see him in static
I see him
I hate him
he hates me
because I see him

Sink my toes
Soak these clothes
watch as the flood grows
now rain
rain with conviction
ink drops of contradiction
trickling down my salty skin
Dripping off my paled chin
waiting now
pugnacious thunder
build up
insatiable hunger
feel the temperature dropping under
Be alive
Pulse in my chest
I welcome you
Be my guest
Burst me
I'm thirsty

The Friendship

every year by the ocean pier

into the view of blue austere

friends climb out from their trees

with a guardrail grip they begin a trip

and sail the friendship out to sea

they set sail without fail

and swear to prevail

to not repeat their history

but when the boat is shaken

the risk is taken

succumbing to what may be

upon sinking they start to thinking

friends are not meant for the sea

 so they dock and walk ...