I guess im attempting to figure something out. Isn't that the bain of our existence? The slow burn mystery that churns inside all of us? The very root of it, a snake eating its own tail. Who though, has taken it to the literary stage? A step by step, play by play, unraveling of completely nothing s...Read more
A mouth is not a name. Nor mine, an extention of your waist. You were good at breaking up with me At our worst, still put me in your bed. Found you, when you were finding you And I guess I was just your friend. You were charming That's how I fell in love with you. But we were going to play music An...Read more
God, I wish killing time still had its charm... Forget me not, it's all this imperfection dwindling But for some reason, it's beautiful. Fabricated idealism. Exaggerated fascination. Lovers so passionate, can't be so practical....Read more
A muse, Always on the run. Feted spaces, carefully milled sharp traveler's lean in with an eye For ponders rich With what each, they can relate. I am too, another version of you. Nestled between us A blank slate. No errors Nor fools can we make Just makers of sons Who'll give to daughters tomorr...Read more
You use to travel south. Making all kinds of interesting stops Along the way. You'd stay there, until I was ready to go. And then you'd come home. Park the bus in the garage Pulling forward and then backing up Then forward again All the while with your breath, heavy on my neck Your thumb on the ...Read more
Sometimes there's an ache Somewhere deep within my soul. I can surely speculate all day For when the ache first started. But I've commited to driving it home. Letting it stretch out in the back seat Relaxed. While I, with clenched fists and knuckles White like the sea in its eyes Drive endlessly, f...Read more
Isn't it loud? Them thoughts? It only takes me seconds And I'm shot. Stop. The word is out That the birds Sing songs while other's talk. Right. What I've got Is a shaky hand And this bullet fight. ...Read more
Fire. Crisp and hot inside a box. Machine woven floors Pressed against my shoulder. I lay sideways. Away from you. You're in another box. Why did you let the cat out? Will he get lost? Will he become wild And forget that we love him? Just like you loved me once? But you'll never let me out. Never mi...Read more
I can taste dirt in my lungs. Dirt from the old shop floor Where my things now live. Spring is loud. Too loud to know where, or from whom, the sound began. I know I'm not supposed to be here. Or maybe it is he who stayed too long. But we share 3 things. Three beautiful noise-making things. Three h...Read more
Frail, as the quiet I keep I look away. Distracted by gum stuck to my shoe. I confess, it seemed oddly convenient To step on gum just as something remarkable Called for my attention. As if my whole life were an intervention. Fate has with it, its validation That I was entangled in chaos, dodging en...Read more
Exhilaration rises on its hind legs- Like a Portuguese lion I am the sound of relentless forgiveness. The winds whisper and travel the hidden valley of flesh. And I am Now a A speck of dust blown from revision. Changing currents slow and gelid, then Fast Faster Becoming Ever present in a sea of di...Read more
It's about to happen That thing I'd only imagined. In these long years I was ensnared in a web of torment Limbs bound by silken bonds Crafted by men, soaked in the scent of others They consumed along their way. How cruel it seems To treat someone this way. Yet the truth is I was always ready ...Read more
I am a product Of your complacent game, Through years I have spent on my own. To gather And analyze, A reason for why, You meant so damn much ...Read more
Nothing ever lasted longer than a night And then Another. Before it was over. Just. Ending. It is now like a distant memory, That could have been a dream. I always thought That I must belong somewhere And now With the reflection of it all Replaying the vast disasters of my past I see I was wro...Read more
Expecting the most from Uncolored certainty. Another few months and I'll fill in the blanks. The day is long. The night carries on, And I lose my mind Every time the wind blows. ...Read more
