(2015)
It didn’t happen all at once The stress of impact And the heat of friction Combined Has a natural result
Our love cost you dear It cost you all A price I would have willingly pa… Though that cost Sadly landed on you
The battle rages on Leaves me weary Restless and weak But at This moment
All the spaces between. All the things left unsaid. They are like the air packed into a vanilla milkshake
I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts
The cherry red tip of ash falls from her cigarette to make love with a dry autumn leaf and set the forest ablaze.
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
Hope is so elusive It just won’t come near Hopelessness and foolishness Grasping to things that just aren’… I can’t seem to find freedom
When I got over the hill the girls hooted and I skated down the fun side of the arched bridge over the river. Carving hard
2015-01-12-19-24-55_poetryx You made it look so easy Walking away You made it look like It was nothing special
To have kept you Would have cost me Nothing To have lost you
There’s a hollow place Where your heart belongs Its vacuous emptiness Drains all compassion Consumes without satiation
Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood
For an instant I touched it Greatness was upon me I wonder Do you know it?
A powerful master Frequently cloaked Obscured by half truths Demands masked as duty Though there is nothing lovely in…