(2015)
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
Driven too long with out coolant With out lubricant, my wife Blew the head gasket on the old Buick century. Now lifeless on the flatbed. Wait…
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
Blessed to see Even momentarily To touch The greatest of heights reached by two people of one mind
2014-12-29-22-53-36_poetryx choose each moment how to act what to say
Youth is wasted Proving you are a man Seniority is wasted Lementing lost youth
I can no longer trust my mind not to betray me, and devour me To bury me with thoughts of insecu… Was it love was it something else
Can you Unravel the lies You tell yourself To make it through Your uneasy
Easy to lament Greatness touched and then gone bu… Few taste it at all
I’m not sure whether I love or ha… The me I am because of you You reminded me How good it felt To feel without reserve
You made me young Took away all my excuses You brought me to life Demolished ever inhibition You taught me to love
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
To have kept you Would have cost me Nothing To have lost you
Everyone thinks they know what is best. The path they have chosen Must fit all. Knowledge of Right and wrong
Spent my whole life In a war zone Where everyman proves his metal by showing