To my favorite person
(2014)
Just know that you have been lied to. By other than me.
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The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
You were more Than yourself For me You were A reason
One more meeting Just one more Rendezvous And the courage To speak up
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
One year ago We were nearly lovers One year ago The closest of friends One year ago
Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth
A powerful master Frequently cloaked Obscured by half truths Demands masked as duty Though there is nothing lovely in…
There was a day. it was in August we visited your mother in the hospital. Afterwards we wen… to a beach side burger joint.
The battle rages on Leaves me weary Restless and weak But at This moment
She was never mine I was never her’s Neither loved as a possession Both possessed By the love we shared
Blessed to see Even momentarily To touch The greatest of heights reached by two people of one mind
2015-01-12-19-24-55_poetryx You made it look so easy Walking away You made it look like It was nothing special
2015-01-12-22-48-02 I’m on to something new Just trying to get over you What in the world am I thinking? Was it really that much?
I know That you still feel The same as I do I know That it can only
I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others