Cairo Carter

poem by Cairo Carter

A singular train Southbound always Truth runs away As the memory fades A time so short Held so much for two But broken and lost Both adrift in the blue A dismal, deep wood Hides the paths of each body Wandering and weary L... Read more

poem by Cairo Carter

It’s a deep, dark, dreadful place Where the seeker becomes the blinded. Prior to that fall from grace By dreams and sights delighted Of those sweet things, in that long fall She was tortured and reminded. But from such d... Read more

poem by Cairo Carter

Bloodied, wounded, weaponized That which was only a brief span Vacant and giving, up for the taking Released, she was, unto man. Harnessed, no, handcuffed and shamed Holed and hollow or hallowed and whole To her it is all the sa... Read more

poem by Cairo Carter

Years that pass skew all that you knew What at first seemed so wrong Appear in a light much more true The shadows recede And cobwebs regress The savage and callous Memories you possess Fade into the air And float forever away ... Read more