(2015)
once you loved me i know this is true its veracity is beyond a doubt once your face lit up when I entered your vision
You were more Than yourself For me You were A reason
Passions pit perfervid. Smoking cinders, and coals endure petulantly past their prime. Blisters and puss
I want to have it all A full meal with all the flavors Of the single morsel You fed me
I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer
The cherry red tip of ash falls from her cigarette to make love with a dry autumn leaf and set the forest ablaze.
Self Determination It’s never free There is always a cost Self determination Requires
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
Naked and unashamed The garden abandoned Acceptance exchanged alienation in judgement alone
2015-01-12-19-24-55_poetryx You made it look so easy Walking away You made it look like It was nothing special
Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood
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
Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth
I don’t know if you read these things But if you do I’ll take your silence as a