August 2011
3 posts
3 tags
Tricks
Jumping through hoops
Good at tricks
I am
Ready and willing
Always
To be disappointed.
When you blink
I focus
Ready to catch teardrops
Or stop lint from grazing
Your eye
But not until
Your nose catches a whiff
Of my dead carcass,
Do you think to notice.
My bright, dim-witted lover
You need drastic emotions
To remind you that I want you
So,
I will sigh deep melancholy
To let you know that I am...
4 tags
The Real Fear
My fear is not
That you will go to her.
Let her in all the way.
Fold back the boundaries
Of friendship
To momentarily answer
The what-if inquiries of the past.
I am not afraid that
Words will be spoken…(finally)
While you touch her cheek
And search her eyes for
Something new…
I am only afraid that
Our love is not strong enough
To make you want to stay
Or choose me;
After all is said and done
And...
5 tags
The Knower
Human Perseverance
I knew of it.
Like a definition
Sure and palpable
Like black words on white pages.
My head conceived it.
Like 2 + 2= 4
I held up fingers and followed a formula
Checked the math afterwards,
And found that
Logic is on its side.
But now
Determination has a color
And a smell.
No longer a concept for bedtime stories
Or the point of climax for conjured tales about superheroes.
I’ve...
