Friday, May 18, 2012

deconstruction.




a stranger cannot see
you anymore with
muddy desperation
manipulating the air

a small victory is
an empty echo
of your outbursts
as a token reward

the cost is more
than you can hold
feeding small mouths
but there is no 

true insurance, just
bottles of wine to carry
you through 
a string of days

you have moved on
climbed over
the sagging walls of 
that dismal box 

you left it there
it is clear now that
truth will never
fit in a container


© 5.18.12 heather brager  

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

again.





your ice block walls 
will tumble down

the rubble 
                 will catch 
                                 the morning 
                                                     light

and water our flowers 
by dinnertime


© 5.15.12 heather brager 

Monday, May 14, 2012

exhale, inhale





the sky cracked open
blossoms drifted to the ground
reverse air pressure


© 5.14.12 heather brager

Friday, May 4, 2012

end and begin.



when the darkness comes
I dissolve
into the walls

the shadows that follow me
down hallways
become my cellmates

I shift within the structure
boards, plaster and nails
force me down

I am transformed
from bones and skin
my mind convulsing

I am the creaks and groans
of this empty home
held hostage

I am fire that burns it down
with shadows and ash
they will let me breathe


© 5.4.12 heather brager

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

mechanical advantage.





they sit there frozen
no harmonic drive in sight
the teeth are broken

© 5.2.12 heather brager