empty frame
decoration
beauty
at the edge
in the beginning
at the end
beauty
but
nothing
except
foolish
filler
mars
the captured soul
doubt
refusal
the sad silence
the only gesture
left
1.7.19 Monday
All day
I have...
All day
I can...
All day
I will...
What?
Hold hands
Hide burning eyes
Smile calmly
Stand and walk out
Leave
Speeding
Unmoving
Unmoved
Untouched
Unabled
Gripped
Hard
Demanding
What?
A smile
A tear
Both
Anything
Nothing
It yearns with grace
Visit
Over
6.16.18
Working
Quest...guessing
Question
Hark
Moving
Stars are
Returning
Moving
Heavens
Wind
Playing
And there
It
Is
Alignment
An opposite fate
A turning reversal
Dragged slowly
Tears mark
A crying
6-6-18
Wednesday
This me...
Shy other
This me...
Why bother
With quadary
Wickedly good
Caringly bad
Rough till tough
Disarming till charming
Cold hearted
Hot blooded
Aloof from truth
With an intimate lie
Late night
Nightly
Early morning
Mourning
Touching hello
Caressing goodbye
At the worst
It was best
To continue the worst
Magic carpet
Tar pit
There's nothing
To exclaim
To wh
All out
No control
Substitute
Reticence
To rectify
A hard passage
Between
Resolutely reluctant
Explicitly rash
And standing alone
After facing
That look
Of ...
Disbelief
5.30.17 Monday
Counting hurts
Comparing pain
Making eye contact
At midnight
Like broken eggs
Scrambled into
Compromise
Balancing odds
Placing bets
Hoping to win
Or lose
Just playing
However hard
Got rules
Principles
Need more
On impulse
Sudden need
Later regret
Love
Is not relieved
On order
Something
That makes sense
Any suggestion
Hope
A stress
And twist
Between
Peace
In pieces...
~Shy away
~Turn inside
~And run outside
Inclinations
Expectations
Explanations
A tangled life
Line
A blocked
Artery
A stalled
Start
To be happy
With inevitable sadness
Happy plus the fine print
Maybe acceptance
Minus
A reasonable option
The actuality
Considered
I mean well
But
Canno
That bloody
Rhododendron
In bloom
Again
Pink
Could of died
Years ago
Should have
After all
Considering
I suck the beauty out of...
Hearts Minds Souls
These are
Imaginary burials
Long gone love
Complete with
Epitaphs
Last bitter taste
Looks and glaring hurt
And words
Never silenced echoes
A fucking damn
Dam
That holds on
Breaks
Bursts
Blackens
Momentary
Beauty
Glimpsed here
and there
Punctuates
A day
Of mundane attitudes
Guardians
Of an embattled heart
Momentary
Peace
Momentary
Silence
Momentary
Odyssey
Odd he is
Sailing a leaf
Beyond the citadel outward
Toward discovery
And
Redemption
Or
Oblivion
And
Death
Or
Escape
And
Hope
Or
Adventure
And
Treasure
Or
Not
...
Perhaps
Maybe
It is all for
A smile
A ballet
Is spring
A conspiracy of rejoicing
Be happy
Be young
Dance and sing
And love
Let go
Let go
And fall into the embrace
It's all wildly hypnotic
Dangerously symbiotic
The spiral of life
I'm not
afraid of the night.
I walk the shadows
and watch the moon
blink in
blink out
from a lace of seduction...
sky fields sail in waves.
Under this cherry tree I cast my prayers
and wish it was this simple.
Knowing sorrow comes with each new day
has no surprise.
My companion
this night
surrounded me
in spectacle
lust
so wanton
I fell for it
completely
shame
it only lasted
minutes
but nothing
else
I have ever known
compares
Marred and scuffed
weathered
brave
from the good and bad...
there's this look
of a life lived...
twisted and worn
beauty
seen with the eye and held by a hand
felt in the heart
strangely at peace
wanting nothing anymore
but giving instead
a fond farewell
I left
trouble
aflutter
pretty, though the performance was
on a terrace
with his tan
with his blue eyes
and his electric green speedo
his mystery intact
within it's rock hard basket
I saw
For a moment
Beyond
My poor excuse
For a life
And saw
Someone
Beyond
My pettiness
You are beautiful
Please don't be offended
Just pretend
I didn't notice
That I didn't
Tell you
