Rose

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There is no pleasing you.

Between these lines

There is no giving you satisfaction

With all these lies

No, getting over me now that you’ve let me in

No, am sorry for the pain once we begin

So do what you want too

Do what you must

How would he react

Should he find out?

How would you react

If I walked out?

Does he still see the innocence in your eyes?

Does he still raise the goose bumps on your thighs?

So if it’s easier, think of me

Then let him caress your body

If it’s easier, think of me

Then let him kiss you softly

Let him call you his own,

If it’s easier, think of me

Fake it if you’re both alone

If it’s easier, think of me.

The remnants of this affair will always remain

So tell him you love him

Say it and mean it

But we both know it’s in vain

Sunrise to sunset wear that smile

Mask that pain

Wait for that moment

Until you finally see me again

Olsfred James 2013©

Contagious

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Contagious
That is my design
Infected when injected 
As I pill these sinister rhymes
The gangrene

Unseen 
Apt for your necrosis
First stage dormant
Hidden diagnosis 

Like a dose of crazy  

My words have created a twisted baby  
Hatred, it saved thee  
Know no other, homunculi maybe  
Must seek clarity 
A tale sealed away in the anatomy  
Prepare your mind  
As these words become dystrophy

The audacity of these metaphors
Spreading its way into these lines
Reproducing increasingly 
An Egyptian plague of our times
Grievous 
These devious words it gives us
Knocking at the cranium with something mysterious
Please come out and play
Let’s do something mischievous 

Hear these voices talking back  

True illness   
They praised me  
Now the blood desire fuels me

The beast within  
Now compelled to sin 
Overwhelming desires  
Released as I breathe it in

Meta human; superhuman 
I've failed the gene therapy
Born like this
Element undefined in chemistry

Addressed me as a menace   

A complicated crime  
Masterpiece of destruction   
Swiveling through your rhymes 

Contagion, taking over your minds.

Olsfred James & Mikhail Simmons 2013©

Faust

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Slowly the door opens. 
The light from the doorway creeps across the floor as the screech from the rusty hinge creates an echo through the dilapidated hallway.
THUMP!
My helpless body falls to the floor shaking the very foundation of my resting place.
As my eyes flutter, I cope to sit up as I furiously struggle to slow the gush of blood from my abdomen. 
The stump of footsteps striking the floor signals me to take cover.
“There’s nowhere to run” a voice grumbles. 
The added grunts sends a frightening chill down my spine.
“Fuck you! Kill me already” I managed to reply as a draught of blood spills from my mouth. 
Testament to the extent of my wound.
From behind the door, a shadowy figure makes its way into the room. 
Its heavy feet shakes the group with each lazy step towards me. 
There was nowhere to run. I was cornered. 
The sunlight behind it blinded me as it stood there. 
I could not see a face… its face. 
Aware that I was helpless I assumed he’d imagine how he would end what he started. 
My heartbeat raced a dozen miles a minute.
A horrible scream pierces my ears as this adversary projects from all fours launching into attack.
Finally, an image.
My final thought, as my vision fades and my fate is sealed.

Sweat drips from my brow. 
Frantically I pant, gasping for air; desperate to ease the race of my heart. 
The beats are in sync with the visions flashing through my mind. 
A dream? 
No. A memory. 
The howling wind sends shivers down my spine as I realize my sweat soaked shirt is now glued to my chest.
The moon seems to taunt me as it slyly gazes down at me. 
I don’t remember much of my life nor can I recall how the world got to this point but I do know for sure that I was dead. 
If you ask me, the whole thing is not all it's cracked up to be especially since being alive now makes me feel rejected… like perishable goods. 
Neither heaven nor hell wanted me.

Olsfred James 2013©

Dusk

I can feel

The darkness approaching

As I pace the darkening streets.

The sun takes it final breath

Over the horizon.

Through the ridges

And over the valley

The night casts its shadowy blanket

From once laying dormant

Until this time to be reborn.

Stumbling lazily

Over the rooftops and trees

Until finally everything

Is within its palm.

I am in complete understanding

Of the term deafening silence

With thoughts so loud

You could swear they were speech.

Thoughts racing through my mind

None courteous enough to allow deliberation.

The chirping has ceased

Paused momentarily

Replaced by the creeks and cracks

Of the nightlife inhibitors

It is difficult not to miss

The night time noises

The creeping from

Nocturnal creatures

Busily going about their habits.

The blazing yellow now transformed

To the chaffed gray and white

Reflected by the eyes

Of creatures staring back at me.

Tonight, everything seems a mystery

Even the trees seems faintly conspicuous

Swaying in the cool nights breeze

The moon is my only companion

Until the dawn returns to form.

Olsfred James 2013©