Poem: Indulgence
no amount of time
can quell this raw ache
burning between us
sending us reeling
no amount of words
would ever explain
the madness we feel
when we are alone
no amount of gold
will equal our love
we’ll never need more
than this bare caress.
Poem: Where do the Words Hide
In celebration
I thought I would write
long lyrical poems
each April morning
Then
nothing
happened
The blank screen mocking
it’s cursor laughing
at my dysfunction
of failed lexicon
There’s
nothing
inside
Imagination
is a dried desert
drifting in the wind
whispering of death
Til
nothing
remains.
Poem: Control
I’d rather be calm
as this glassy lake
than feel those stormy
winds writing my fate
hard on razor rocks
and eliminate
any delusion
that I might escape
what is preordained
because of the snake
promising knowledge
to substantiate
the reason to be…
ahh – I see my mistake.
Poem: Valentine
you once were mine
as I was yours
and now all that
remains of us
is this old card
that says “forever”
and your old shirt
infused with our
sweet memories.
Poem: Persist Dance
by daylight
we slow dance
embrace our folly
tumble onto
satin sheets
writhe our story
of moon dark
vain starlight
spawning glory
by daybreak
we stagger
melancholy
back to the
loneliness
of ‘if only…”
and begin
once again
to dance slowly.
