That’s Why
I can tell you What I love about you I love how you love me I love how you hold me I love the way you see me I love how you take care of me I love the feel of your skin Beneath my fingertips I love the...
View ArticleEvery Day
You lamented as the day drew closer “It’s almost time and I haven’t a clue what to get you for Valentine's Day.”“I know,” you continued, “I’ll fix you a great meal.” It brought to mind The pressure of...
View ArticleA Traveler
When I abruptly arrived at this awareness I found myself in the midst of traversing traveling , as it were, though an oddly familiar forest Some of the fauna carried the scent of recognition Beckoned...
View ArticleSans Purpose
Considering purpose What is mineWhere is mineWhat am I doing FeelingOut of place Out of my time Useless I find No refuge No safe harbor Such is a life out of sorts Like a ship Out of water Like a...
View ArticleThe Beast of Blasphemy
A few sacrilegious words in utteration Thus began my souls excoriationI am dumbstruck by your vituperation The garrulousness of your imprecation The impiety of your fulminationFearing to delve into the...
View ArticleI hurt right back
I hurt So I hurt right back I can’t even remember If I thought about it If I wanted it If I meant it I hurt So I hurt right back I started thinking I started wanting I started meaning it And I got...
View ArticleThe Wound
The soil once soft and givingCheerfully accepted the rainFostered life and growthPlaying its part in the cycleTime happens as time is wont to doTrampled and hardenedThe soil turns from receiving And in...
View ArticleDawn
There is no light of hope. There is no glimmer of joyThe darkness bounces the sound And echoes the lonelinessCold and dark, melded as oneIndistinguishable, as I sit At the edge of dawnThere is no...
View ArticleAfraid
I hate needing someone As much as I need youMy mind tries To convince my heart I don't Sometimes my heart is swayedBy the mind's insistenceIt lets slip the hand Which holds you close Lets my heart turn...
View ArticleWithout
Without While I will always cherish Wonderful memories Please allow me to grieve this loss Memories cannot sit in an old chair Memories cannot gently squeeze my hand Memories cannot smile a warm smile...
View ArticleAnother Anniversary
TonightIn a dreamMy phone rangI answered And it was youYou asked how I was You asked how Mom wasI was angryI asked where you wereI told you, you leftYou lost the right to know how I wasYou lost the...
View ArticleI’m a Democrat because the Bible tells me to be
You asked how I can be a Christian and a Democrat. Well, here is a partial answer:Jesus, speaking to a crowd, said, “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me...
View ArticleWords Which Don’t Fit
Every now and thenI throw together some wordsWhich rise above the rabbleAnd turn out pretty fucking amazingI share them liberallyBecause we are all searchingWe are looking for recognitionAcceptance in...
View ArticleA Thousand Words
A thousand words Cascade in my mind Trying to form an idea And find some cohesion For fifty years nearly I listened to your words And you listened to mine In conversation and discussion In debate and...
View ArticleThe Obituary of Caring
When caring dies It will not be from a gaping wound It will not be from a sudden gushing It will not be a traumatic event It will happen From one small cut Of a thousand thousand cuts The bleeding will...
View ArticleFinding the Line
There is a line Some days It can be hard to find Amid the constant clamor In the days following Still in the rawness of it There was fear bordering panicThere was anger and rage There was confusion and...
View ArticleReal
Wow, twenty years It was twenty years ago In front of family and friends We stood and made promises One to the other In those twenty years (And the eighteen months before)There had been hard times...
View ArticleDays
If someone could have told meThese would be the days we would haveIf I could have known the precise numberThe exact amount of time we would shareIf this day would come and not catch me unawareStill, it...
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