Public Display Of Affection

Ducking into shade
If only for a moment
To speak to the sun
I realize
The warmer it is
The more I write
My public display
As I swivel to find
Amongst the bare
And bloated bodies
A perfect one
Whose story I'd like
To bear beneath my pen.

Ducking into shade
If only for a moment
To sing with the breeze
A chorus of emerald
Joyously joining in on our song
Carrying snippets of conversation
From other arguments with the sun
I am overrun
By the boundless energy
Set upon it's rays
And answers that glare
Causing me to squint
Because I need time
We
Need time
To handle the truths...
©2010cchristopherbess

Ghetto Girls

Ghetto girls in my view
Yelling over life;
And the ladies squirm.
I guess men are responsible for them too...

Ghetto girls
Call each other bitch
Tell boys
Who think they want to be men
To suck their dicks;
And the ladies squirm.

Ghetto girls in my view
Look like women
Sound like men
Shriek like demons
But won't vanish with the wind
Because ghetto girls
Like ghetto boys
Who'd dream to be men
Thinking ghetto girls are ladies
And thus a cycle starts again...
©2010cchristopherbess

Inescapable You

You know what I love?
You.
There being
You.
No need to flaunt 'yo shit
Advertise your lumber
And how it'll hold up
(And then some)...

I love
You.
Inescapable
You
And that smile
Bordering on heaven and hell
Truth
And secrets you'll never tell
No matter how much amber
No matter how much jade
No matter how much I profess
Contest
That you were meant for me
Despite imperfections
And my belief
That I could never satiate
That which crawls within you
Keeping you there
Across from me
As I again stare and tease
Wanting nothing more...
©2010cchristopherbess

Smile

Because of your smile
My soul's able to soar
Above it's clouds
Into your sweet shine

Because of your smile
I'm unable to move
Unwilling to move
And I'll wait for you

To see you smile

Because of your smile
I'm a better man
Not so caught up in plans
Willing to understand
Willing to make
Sacrifice
Compromise

To hear your smile

In the way you touch me
Return
To see me
Reflect
These dreams I become

Because of your smile...
©2010cchristopherbess

Justin Case

Out of the blue he returned
Justin Case
My old friend
My sage.

We conversed
Reminiscing
On my younger self
Naive
And yet he was the same
Untouched by the wears of time
His message unchanged;
He was the friend
Who lurked in shadows
Hidden by their now inexplicable
Inability
Or refusal to share the knowledge
Of true existence.

He was the friend
Once known
I turned to
As I wrestled within
God's choices of destruction
Scattered about like mines
Hidden in the sands;
A true friend
Who spoke to me then
As he does now
Deep within
Allowing me meticulous passage
Through dangerous seas of choice
As I look to dock
The weary vessel of my soul...

The friend I will tell you now
To cherish
To hold
As you venture across enlightenment
Both precious and old...
©2010cchristopherbess

In The Belly

This piece is for Marlene and those wonderful souls who cared to praise. It was a beautiful yet sad reminder of just how lacking much of my spirit is... The Lord does indeed work in mysterious ways.

"In The Belly"

There was a spirit there
Infectious;
They sprang at the knee
Cackled in their voices
And praised
So much better than my memories
With a joy that seemed lacking
First upon our pews
Then upon our songs
On to my prayers
As the realities of faith
Dried as profusely and other-worldly
As Christ's blood must have flowed...

They sang
They laughed
And I wondered
Just how much happiness
Could exist upon a breeze
Float upon a wave
Elixir my parched soul
As it asked yet another question
In it's universe of depravity...
©2010cchristopherbess