I will look at the night sky
and dream.
- m.j.m

Wildflower

Her laugh covered her
in wildflowers.
- m.j.m

Far From Home

The only things these eyes do see

are white walls and desert sand,

and the question lingers: of which one

is worse, and the resolution settles on

both.

Then I think about Turner,

about the tourniquet he wore...

I think about how “the lord” saved him,

and how I had failed him,

and then I really think... about “the lord”,

and try to ask him about the great men,

brave men, who were blown to bits

on a battlefield far from home,

left in foreign sands to die alone,

and the only thing I receive is silence.

And then I punch that god damn white wall,

until the only thing that remains,

is bloodied desert sand.

Sorry

I didn't think I'd feel any pity,

but all I could think about

was the half-drank cup of coffee

that you thought you would return to,

and pity smiled and danced with me.

- m.j.m