Chain Your Heart to a Lamp

Dead carnations sing in the closet.

Dogs chew innocence from a shelf.

Sleeping lies are never quiet.

Voices in your head are very real.

Tigers’ eyes always see

when you think you’re dreaming blind.

Chain your heart to a lamp

so you can't blame darkness when you fall.

©Susie Clevenger 2025

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Like Prince Charming

 

He hunts innocence,

stalks moonlight

searching for lips

speaking the language

of Neruda stars.

 

What he doesn’t know

is Luna’s sisters have gone

before him to warn dreamers

to be cautious of charmers

who cloak darkness in the

simile of a wish.

 ©Susie Clevenger 2020

 

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