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J. Michael Seals

The July Selected Poet is J. Michael Seals

Please feel free to email J. Michael at: jmichaelseals@gmail.com

J Michael seals

MY LOVE

As I quickly grow addicted
To the taste of our last kiss
I try and find a way to
duplicate this wanting bliss
Never have I felt such strength
yet so weakened by a touch
I have to formulate a way
As your taste becomes my crutch
I fear there isn't time enough
nor a way to show my love
heat escapes your tender flesh
Breath cools your thickened blood
Surely there must be a way
For us to always be
Quickly I must act my love
As smiling turns into surgery
I will not let the rats consume
What is so rightly mine
The maggots will eat after
I finally have my chance to dine
What started with your lips
Has now spread on to your cheeks
Your tender flesh against my tongue
The sensation makes me weak
For this to last forever
Is my only want or is it greed?
So I consume your holy visage
And fulfill my blood lusting

LAST DAYS

My eyes are growing heavy
And my stomach’s over full
As I slip out of my dirty skin
To get more comfortable
I peel off all the layers
Hoping one will end up clean
Nothing appears stainless yet
As far as I have seen
Drowning inhibitions
No more choking on my pride
I need to silence interruptions
As they echo in mind
No matter how deep I dig into
My surface shows no pain
So I dig down past my burden
These last moments I am sane.
I exposed you to my weakness
And to my bleached white bones
I sink as I surrender
Filling pockets with more stones
There's nothing left beyond this now
So leave me here to drown
Any skin that is left on my bones
Is used to fertilize the ground

MY HEART

You slowed my heart
But I won’t let it stop
You cast a spell
And now it’s snowing

I can’t tell what I’ve become
My blood is warming up
It heats my veins
It stops the frost from
forming in my soul

Evaporates the river
watch it drain the lake
waters falling
The pressure goes away
But not for long

The devil has me
And he’s not letting go

Share with me
A moment as we bow
Our selfish little heads
We pray for mercy

Pray for water
To wash away this pain
And peel his fingers
From my neck
As life begins again

I wasn’t captured
I surrendered
So long ago
I haven’t changed you
You haven’t changed my mind

It’s far too late to sleep
So I will use my time
and ask forgiveness

And for one last chance to live
Without the burden
Without the constant fear

It controls me
Without asking
If I would even mind

I think I've lost my mind
If you’re not with me
Then you’re just waiting time
Failed

Each step I’m moving closer
Close enough to give up
Feels like fighting shadows
And like living without love

With every failing notion
And attempt to quell the pain
Comes relentless inhibitions
As my sanity gives way

Too tired to try to fix this
My will has just become too weak
I could cut short this emotion
And quickly put it to back sleep

A slave now to this cycle
Chained and in one place I stay
Hypnotic as its spinning
Haggard eyes have turned to grey
What you say are indiscretions
Only pacify this beast

Hindering emotions
Never will he be pleased
He sits here right beside me
With hands gripping my neck
Waiting for the moment
I lose my mind and disconnect

J. Michael has been a resident of Middle Tennessee since 1999 after moving from the banks of the Mississippi river in eastern Iowa.

He currently works in the restaurant business full time and enjoys a multitude of hobbies including writing, playing music and organic gardening. In addition to his hobbies, he supports the food education movement centered around responsible labeling and making organic food more available for everyone.