Charlz Dela Cruz

The Night is Cold and Bleak Charlz Dela Cruz

The night is cold and bleak is composed of verses

that explore the mysteries of

love, shattered humanity, life, and

a fling

with Death.



I hunger

I hunger for things that have a soul

If you have one, I will eat you...



I know a woman

who, in order to breathe, writes a line or two

of poetry



I also know a man

who dances, naked

in moonlight

with the ghost

of his beloved



I ate them.



I hunger for things that have a soul

and I am starving



Because when I show

the world

a beautiful

red rose


they only

see



the thorns.



I killed myself

I killed myself

a thousand times
in fiction
so that

I could face

this life

without losing

my Soul.