Set Adrift

"Set Adrift"

The wind was peppered with a gulls cry

As her hair bounced loosely

Upon her shoulders

She stood alone

Challenging the world

Dressed for the occasion

Her thoughts were swallowed by loneliness

Who will catch me if jump?

She whispered with a sad smile

Her tears fell into the void

Tracing a well traveled path upon her cheeks

Her panicked heart beat began to slow

Calm replaced ache

It was an epiphany

When the wind faltered and stopped

Only silence remained

Robert Lloyd

Weakness

"Weakness"

Take me to the point

Where I wish to forget

Lips on mine

Whispers in my ear

Crystal blue eyes enslaving me

Moisten me so that I can deny

That you lie

Quicken my heart over and over

Even though

I know you will shatter it

Come back

Again and again

Even when banished

By my friends

By you

By me

Arouse the sin in me

The one that allows me to be ignorant

I know you hurt

You cause my soul to bleed

You are arsenic

And yet

I want you

Behind the bookstore

On the echoed stairway

In my bed

Screaming

Aching

Both

Wanting

For you to leave

And to come again

Robert Lloyd

perfect moments in color

"perfect moments in color"

my feet dangled

in the soft wet water

as she slept on my lap

this was tomorrow

our forever

the perfect love

even with the sun fading

i knew

i would never forget this color of blue

Robert Lloyd

Assassin

"Assassin"

I was normal

Alone

Happy

In one moment

That life ended

And I was no more

She became my world

Controlled my heart

Teased my desire

She destroyed who I was

And I couldn’t be more thankful

Robert Lloyd

Spare Time

"Spare Time"

I wish I could recycle my littered minutes
Not the ones wasted on day dreaming
Those are well spent
I want the ones that slip by unnoticed

Can you see the corporation
Hired men like highway cleanup crews

Follow behind
During the day
Unnoticed
As a minute slips by truly wasted
They stab it with their sticks
As if it were a piece of trash
Blowing down the road

Eventually
You are presented with a monthly fee
A percentage price
For a substantial block of time
Of life gone by

You empty your wallet
In exchange for a box of
Recycled minutes

Imagine life
Imagine what you could do with these minutes

Do I extend a great evening
on the town
Or give to doctors
Who could have used just a second more

Do I share
Giving a soldier that extra chance
Does some of it go into the offering plate
Can I last longer in the sack
The possibilities would be endless

I wish I could recycle my littered minutes
Not the ones just wasted
On this day dream
Those are well spent
I want the ones that slip by unnoticed


Robert Lloyd