Haversack abandoned White birch tree grove Nevermind that my heart never drove so far from home Than when I set my sights on you. Ate eight grapes to forsake the forgiveness in your shade Petty grandstanding bastard Love-child-having, cutthroat stallion Your reins are better as a gallows rope You told me you loved me Even though you wanted me to repeat it back reciprocal My spirit cringed So I said ‘nope’ And walked away...

Heaven repents from the cell I put you in My beautiful soul Does it hurt to trust me again? Is that why you keep me so afraid to begin…. …anything? Heaven Repents from the cell I put you in And Hell mourns the loss of your company The comforting swagger of your apathy Can you hear the horsemen pleading for your return? Heaven repents and Hell mourns But Earth? Earth hardly notices your return. What is a body but another c...

Sometimes before the red tide My body is no longer mine When I stare down At those two fat burlap sacks 

Curves like melted candle wax Dried on the floor, a shapeless mass

 I wonder if I’m just paying rent
 Not recognizing my naked form

 Now a tarp stretched tight Filled with air

 Bloated and burning
 Almost bursting Breasts that don’t feel like breasts
 A belly that bubbles grotesque A swathe of distended skin
 Swoll...

The hurt washes over like the ocean. Calm sails capture the wind With their chests puffed out, Rulers of the great blue seas Until a storm arrives Of doubt and regret The spray stings my cloudy eyes. It seemed fun at the time Becoming Co-captain of my own ship. A ship without compass, But the anchor held steady, A safety net in unknown depths. Now worry eats at the wooden planks. No more anchor in these troubled waters. W...

Do we know, can we see, will we feelwhat we've known, what we've seen, what we've felt. At the moments we knew, simply seeing, and feeling,that instant,most precious, the most treasured point in our lives.For so quickly it seemed,all our times were as one, but so short in the paths of the world. Just a minute it took, that was all, then we knew,we could see what we were,we could hope that we'd feel,as we lingered and kept...

"I adore you" The words were spokenheard and acceptedwith gratitude and delight Not always offered aloud in the pasteven when understood within the trust of a heart in need The adoration of a chorus of friends and lovers from lifethat passed sincerely revealed The latestto betenderedthis approbation in wordsas the solace of destined sublimity and jubilantembrace The embrace of certitude and affection Rememberedtruly in th...

My lady is so naiveshe still waves at trainswhenever they pass byjust hoping that the engineers might seeand someday, perhaps, to make her daythey'll pull the whistleloudlyjust for her. Just for her.So shy is she in normal waysbut those fellows are quite far away,so she feels free,so free to bethe funny young girlshe'll always be. She'll never change. She rattles on about her booksthe stories that she reads.So many storie...

All of our regrets will be goneas soon as we have passed beyond. Beyond the aches, the sorrows,all will pass away. But the love will live,it simply will not die.Is this understood my precious, darling, friends and lovers?Is it understood, please, and thank you,my treasured gems of life and joy,am I not ever so polite? Do you recall the way we walked,the way we talked,the way we cried.The way you walked awayand left me won...

This is true if all else fails,we traveled much we two,within our hearts,between our minds,remembering more, much more,teaching you and reaching memore grandly than we knew.So much has been together,so much has been renewed,smell the moisture, wetness,hear the splashing streets,far and wide we wanderedand we will anew. Both of us, the pair of us,we went where I had been,where we have been was romanceso both of us are true...

You welcomed me,allowed me inso unafraid of love. You simply realizedonce morehow right it is to love.To garner love and share itas often as you may. To say it, often, now and thenbefore you lose your way.To never be ashamed of it,ashamed to say you've loved.To say that you have loved once moreand will be loved as well.Loving as you live your life,with arms encompassing. Open widely, freely,to take in all the love.Believi...

MemoriesOf the pastThe presentThe future Walking out into a winter landscapeThe freedomThe crispnessSo freshIce between tiny toes will chill And a little ballerina paw liftsPick up the pupHold him closeProtectivelyCompletely sure he is safeWithin your loving arms One more memoryTakes its place A chilly morning above the lakeIn a camper with herVery same feelingsAnd sensationsWhile holding your belovedCreating future remem...

If I knew you whenback thenwhen love was young Back when the drinks flowed freelyto fill the favored need Back when the touches floweredgrew so abundantlyBack when the blossomssoared wafting the billowed scents The needswe could have sharedback when I was young Beforeyou were young When my body was ever so trueand strong If I knew your brightshining spirityour artyour charmback when I was young Squinting into the sunflowe...

Sitting in city squaresin a time of springlike airfilled with fragrant alluring pastimesour worlds mellowedconjoined in friendship so melodic One saw the seductive weaponrythat she had acquired in lifesaw the unobtrusive crossing of lithesome legstentative touch of graceful fingers on the armcoy tilts of a flippant headcasually tossed tresses unfurled  One watched itboth near and afartruly a life scholar's gourmet delight...

As time passed It could be truly dull and grating tediousness It was the same The same over and over again The world lived and was  Life lived and died It passed in deliberate inertia As did this simple race called human Until The warping of time truly began with the revolutions Of science Of method Of freedom Of vision Of industry All fused and warped until time could truly begin The choice in our lives The length of our...

His eyes grew wide when he saw her walking by.