Poems
by John D Robinson
Diminishing
They could feel
the light
diminishing
as they slid
closer to
each other
and when they
were engulfed
in darkness
they knew
that they had
finally
cut loose.
My Fathers Prison Letters
Today I found them
by chance and re-read them:
he tells me
its because of the drink that
he is in jail and that he is
going to stop when he gets
released and he is never
going to drink again and
that he misses me and asks
me to look after ma:
he writes
he is sorry and regretful
and remorseful and vows
repeatedly hes going to
change his life,
but, he
didnt and that life killed
him by a alcohol and drugs
misadventure:
as I read your letters I
cried, softly, and then I
re-placed them back into
the envelopes,
closing darkness on
his voice once again,
but I see him
writing these words,
genuine
scared
honest
hopeful
dreaming
and it all came to
nothing, no promises
or wishes were kept,
but what I know
is that you loved me
best you could
and I loved you
the only way
I knew,
we shared that,
at least.
In My Lounge
I sat down to write a love poem
and I heard one of my cats
puking in the kitchen:
sure as shit hed vomited,
I wiped and cleaned and
sprayed and then I poured
a fresh glass of wine and
sat back down to write a
love poem about a
woman I loved a long time
ago but that had gone and
I find I am writing about
another woman
that I loved, who was
broken and who broke me,
but I pulled through
and she didnt,
dead now
3 decades.
Its Good To Know
That your lover still loves you
and the fuse burns bright,
its good to know this and
that your heart beats without
you thinking about it,
its good to know that the
wine is chilling and poetry
is always close-by, that
debts have been met and
that darkness flits quickly
across your door-step,
its good to know your
enemies, to protect your
loves and make a home,
its good to know the
warping mirrors torn
with dust,
its good to know, if
only momentarily, in
passing, how brightly
illuminating and brave
you appeared just for
a second of time,
thats good to know.
Back & Forth
She was what I had been looking for
in every way, I felt so easy in her
company and she made me laugh and
she made me cum and I fell in love
she told me
then she moved in and everything
was cool for six months and then
little comments turned into cruel
insults and accusations, it was
forever escalating, but I didnt
see it of course, I was busy
thinking of excuses for her
behaviour and then that night,
with the knife, that was the
end, the police arrested her
and removed her from my
home and I got a restraining
order for two years and
shes up for prison time soon,
but you know, theres a
little piece of me that
loves her still she said to
me, as we lay together,
watching the sunset melt
into the back garden as we
passed a joint back and forth.
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