flutterby
Butterflies today At the edge of my field of vision Fluttering and gone Tantalizing and gone Leaving me ever wondering What I’ve just missed
choosing differently
God is generous with Second chances I see you in him In his intensity and curiosity In his determination of what’s Right For me I see how my strength Intrigues him And incongruously makes him want to Fix me He’s just as Sure That I need his Guidance He’s just as sure That he Sees …
a kernel of you
Can I have nugget of you? A kernel? I promise to treat it with the utmost Care I will build it a Velvet box and Keep it Warm And sheltered And loved I will hum to it And watch it sprout And protect it From the wind I will Nourish it and Prune it and …
the empty room
My calls reverberate Around the empty space Echoing sharply off of the Cold, dead slate walls Bouncing and bouncing and bouncing With increasing speed To rebound and cut my exposed arms I don’t remember entering This room And I can’t see any door out But it’s very dark Perhaps if I feel along the wall …
muddying
I’m drawing Adding colors That are bright and Evocative Rich Shading Lining It’s glowing And sensual It’s wrong I take a black pencil to it I dull them I deaden them I kill them The live colors are What could be But are not Of the future So I mute them Weaken them I punish …
autumn at the beach
Haunting Beach towns In the vacant Autumn nights I wonder if my Footsteps make noise My passage evaporates With so much breeze The chill My leather jacket and scarf Collude to make me Invisible I pad down the leaf-strewn sidewalks Wondering if I’m actually Touching the concrete Or if I walk elevated across A cushion …
cutting bait
I roll us over Onto your back I look into your eyes Sky blue crystal And I tell you how I feel “I love you.” And I know it’s true because I want to cry You smile and kiss me “I love you, too, sweetheart.” And I know I won’t come And I suspect we’re …
obliging
I don’t want you to Fall in love with me So, you infuriate me by Obliging me I don’t want you to Fall in love with anyone else So, you infuriate me by Not obliging me
and so, you see, here’s the problem
My problem is I want everything I want to do and Try and Taste and Kiss and Play and Touch and Laugh at and Laugh with Everything I want all the sensations I want all the experience All the sights All the sounds All the stolen moments I’m ravenous for it And I pace and …