One Man’s Dream
By: Katelynn A. Moxon ©

One man’s dream fails to see its end.
The hands that worked so hard cannot go on.
Tired, he slumbers underneath the cardboard box
With a stray dog who finds in him a likened soul.
Kicked aside and unwanted
Like the candy wrappers that blow aimlessly in the wind.

One man’s dream finds its success.
The long hard days and nights of endless manipulation have worked.
Tired, he celebrates with a bottle of Dom Pierragon
And a secretary who knows more than just the size of his suit.
Held in glory and immortalized

Living on Saint Michael’s Prayer
By: Katelynn A. Moxon ©

The rain lashed against the windows
Like pellets from a gun
My hands crippled in defeat from typing
My thoughts the only sound as they echoed in my head
My fingers tore at the sheets of paper
Like a knife through fabric
But the words still remained:

“The shadows of death creep toward me.”
“My reflection found in the blade.”
“Forever is an eternity.”

The darkness cloaks my secrets
The silence keeps my lies.

The typewriter shattered as it met the floor
Words pouring from my wounds

A Street Named Desire©
By: Katelynn A. Moxon

The sun sets over Hollywood Boulevard.
The torpid air filled with the perfume of deceit.
Here the hookers crawl out from under their hiding spots,
Preening themselves like perverted peacocks.
There is no Pretty Woman here.

Instead happily-ever-afters
And Fairytales come true
Lie in waste like the used condoms,
And shitty cocaine.

Here corruption and betrayal
Mix well with illustrious seduction and father time.
A cocktail of eternity,
Mixed with the pills of forgotten dreams.

The One Who Knows Me Now©
By:Katelynn A. Moxon

In my state of almost darkness
My haunted heart cries out
To the ghost of my patron saint
Alone he’s left me

Here’s to the one who knows me now…

Jimmy’s grave lies in silence
The wind speaks in dulcet sounds
I find part of my unknown soul
On this hallowed, sacred ground

Here’s to the one who knows me now…

I hear the church bells ringing
Perhaps the bride is crying for my pain
The darkness settles in: shades of complicated grey
I let my heart bleed out, sitting there all day