©2021 Michael Raven

one sound
one shot stray
silver is the night
flickerflicker
through the trees
reflected eyes light
keening for the moon
a breath
soul white

©2021 Michael Raven

killing time
on the blood tide
the water is wine
the wine is blood
feasting on friends
with the waves
turning churning
riptide red
under a scarlet moon
her voice across
the water

©2021 Michael Raven

silence






then


the wind
whispers
secrets

to the
leaves




someone
lonely cries


in their bedroom
tonight

©2021 Michael Raven

tschay
           tschay
                      tschay

i was screaming --
head on fire
helter skelter 
summer swelter
the sky fell out
like glass shard
kisses

my guitar shillelagh swung
in the alley dreams
shouting for the screams
piercing and i considered
the many lies kept inside
wishing to take yours away
like you stole mine

©2021 Michael Raven

seven different ways
to find inside
and we can swim
my little fishes
we can fly

i saw you in a dining car
not eating much at all
sipping your coffee
i think i saw you waiting
i think i saw you wanting
tracing fingers in
waterglass sweat 
shapes without design
you looked up with
every doorbell jingle
i smoked
outside it all
watching in the rain

falling falling falling
maybe we can fly
if only you'd open
those seven doors
and let me deep inside