Coat

The seasons change

and so does my coat,

leaving you to drown

in this hair filled moat.

Just try to kiss me

and you will find

a beard of fur

is quite divine.

Lost is one thing

that I will never be

since I leave in my wake

little pieces of me.

© Autumn and Emilita Siders 2017

#tbt

A darkness resides,

deep within my soul,

ready to strike as needed,

simmering like hot coal.

Too many times I’ve been burned
so now the tables are turned.

I’ll let my darkness of the leash
and release this deadly beast.

© Autumn Siders 2008

Eloped

I left the next page blank,
as if someday I’d find
the words to finish a story
that should never have left my mind.

The words that bled into the page
couldn’t capture what I’d hoped
and the blank page that I left
took my ideas and eloped.

© Autumn Siders 2017

Haze

How could my heart ever heal

with a wound so deep and raw?

This endless sadness that I feel

is life’s one true flaw.

My tears will never dry

as they flood my broken heart

and the hazy days float by

as I break further apart.

© Autumn Siders 2017

Fur-Dried

I know something is wrong,

I can tell from the tears

that seep into my fur,

that much is clear.

I know someone is missing,

though not where he’s gone

and I know that I miss him

but tomorrow’s a new dawn.

I know why the tears are shed

and I’ll allow them for now.

My fur can dry your tears

while I cry out, meow.

© Autumn and emilita Siders 2017