Scratching Out the Words
Throughout the age
You will always be
Peering at the page
Of my memory
As I dip my pen
Into flowing tears
Scratching out the words
That depict the years
I have shared with you
On the wings of hope
Dormant as they are
I so try to cope
With the thought of you
Lying next to me
Though I’ll never feel
The reality
Of your hand in mine
Or your tender kiss
It would be divine
I would feel such bliss
So I press the days
As the petals fade
And gently tuck away
All the plans we’ve made
Waiting for the time
You’ll return to me
As the sands run through
And wash out to sea
I recount the hours
Naming one-by-one
All the fragrant flowers
We’d picked in the sun
The soft scent returns
To my memory
As I dip my pen
And float off to be
Once again with you
On the wings of love
Scratching out the words
That you’re so fond of
©Kay Salady
Bread
Broke as a joke once again
Really he’s in past his chin
Ever so deep in debt he wallows
Afraid to reveal the pride he swallows
Driving the hell out of him
©Kay Salady
Sweet Clover
I bathe in your arms
Having the warmth of sunlight
Making love with you
Rolling in the sweet clover
Of every breath you exhale
©Kay Salady
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Chronic
I can’t remove you
From the thoughts inside my head
Circling ‘round and ‘round
Up and down the passageways
You enter every notion
©Kay Salady
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How Many Times
How many times have I thought about you
Ninety-nine times plus one hundred and two
And I haven’t counted the hours of the day
That I have attempted to push thoughts away
How many times have I called out your name
In the middle of wanting you I go insane
Sitting here wondering if you think of me too
With all of my heart I hope that you do
How many times have I replayed in my mind
The love that we made as I reach out to find
That you’re not around when I need you so
It’s very unkind that you may not even know
How many times I’ve kissed your sweet lips
And covered your body with my fingertips
Inhaled the fragrance of your shiny hair
And touched private places as if you were there
©Kay Salady
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I Didn’t Mean It
Why can’t you at least be friends with me
Can’t you see I’m not your enemy
Why can’t we just get along
I know I’ve done things wrong
And now you’ve run away
Why can’t I at least be in your life
I’m not asking much just take the time
To send a gesture that you know
You’ve heard my soft hello
Before you turn and go
I understand it’s hard to look my way
It’s difficult to find the words to say
But I need you here today
While I have strength to say
I wish that you would stay
I know I’ve done things wrong
That broke your heart
I know the things I’ve said
Tore you apart
But that was very long ago
And I want you to know
I didn’t mean it
No
I didn’t mean it
No
©Kay Salady
I am a Bird
I am a bird inside your cage
And you don’t want to hear my song
Though you appear to be watching
For the things that could go wrong
With the plans that you’ve made
You’re so transfixed by my wings
That you’ve clipped so I won’t try
To escape the awful things
That you say and want to do
To make me feel I have no choice
But to sit in front of you
So all alone without my voice
I am a bird inside this cage
And I have lost my winsome song
That I sang so long ago
For the one who is now gone
He is a shadow upon my wall
A dark foreboding misery
Where he has wandered
I cannot tell you
I’ll never solve the mystery
©Kay Salady
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As Long as I Can See
You peel away the scabs until each gaping wound
Is oozing so much pain as if from its cocoon
Lifted wings to fly prismatic ‘round my head
The colors blind my eyes and cause a certain dread
Vertigo sets in as nausea fills a pit
At the center of my being all I can do is sit
And wish away the sin committed by my slander
I’m thinking of sweet milk with sprigs of oleander
I hate you then I love you my darling who am I
To cause this awful harm yes I deserve to die
I’ve prompted you again to think the worst of me
As thoughts of paranoia become reality
I’d slice away my flesh and give my blood to you
If that gesture would prove my faithfulness
But now I want to fly away just like a bird
No never leave the sky nor hear those painful words
You say to me are true that I cannot believe
How can I not love you or wish for you to leave
I’m tunneled in despair and cannot move an inch
I cannot breathe the air I cannot even flinch
Perhaps I’ll turn to stone a statue carved of pain
I’ll never bleed away today’s torrential rain
The storm clouds pass away then you come as the sun
Holding me again and I so long to run
As you gather me close whispering with love
That I’ve not done a thing to deserve this push and shove
How many are inside this vessel made of flesh
I cannot discern how you and I can mesh
In the presence of the torment of your soul
Yet one thing I know your heart is beautiful
Somehow I’ll cling to the one inside who’s mine
As long as I can see your presence so divine
©Kay Salady
Red Sun Rising
The red sun rises
Deep inside a purple sea
Silhouetting peaks
Emerging from indigo
Painting frozen hills crimson
©Kay Salady
