Poem: Perfect 21413

Perfect 21413

Kissing her 
is weightless.

Like the yellow sun
on a still
Winter's day.

She warms 
and brings 
the depths

of the bluest day
to my soul.

Copyright February 2013
Gary Pilarchik

Poem: Hurting Charlie

Hurting Charlie

A remarkable hideous childhood

Close your eyes and relax
Where is your safe place?

I don’t have one

Imagine one

A rock,
on a cliff,
suspended

What makes that safe?

There is no one

Below,
above,
behind,
in front,
or on top

Maybe one day we can add to it

A blade of grass,
a sapling,
rain & sunshine,

People,
laughter,
seeds

A remarkable hideous childhood

Copyright October 2005 
Gary Pilarchik

Poem: Comparing Flowers

Comparing Flowers

Sunlit singular rose
Beautiful bloom of red
Slender stem of green
Thorns are barely known

To clip and contain
Purity and perfection
Fragrance and form
Not a single blemish

An elegant vase to cradle
An antique stand to sit
A mirror to cast the brilliance
An accidental image of…

The reflection holds a truth
Not absolute but of belief
I see the rippled bulky stem
Thorns puncture the beauty

Mold and mildew seep
Disgust and doubt return
Feelings I can not fend
Not a single redemption

An elegant vase to cradle
An antique stand to sit
A wall to catch my shadow
My body does not compare

Copyright July 2005 
Gary Pilarchik