Tag Archives: love
My Secret Treasure
Digging a deep hole I find my darkness grows “No way out,” they say, “But through.” Pretty sure I’ll burn Long before I tunnel through The Earth Time to change Direction, but which way Should I turn Follow my nose Or wait for a sign A glimmer in darkness A will-o-wisp A jewel, or golden […]
Acts of Life
I’m tightrope walking on razor wire Dancing up there, above a pit of fire On one side darkness hides mystery A secret hidden from myself, a plea While half anything is not complete On no off, out no in, note but no beat Unknown frightening till in the light Yet then we’ll know if we […]
The Joke’s on Me
Gravity weighs heavy Upon my head Dragging me earthward Back bent Joints stiff, sore Creek and complain Zombified at rest Effort to lift my head To rise, move Insecurities worn As extra pounds Meaningless rituals To hide behind my face My public visage Humor real, cultivated Though dark and cynical Smiling feigned confidence Which can’t […]
Not Him
Let‘s walk among the crowds downtown On an average morning Hectic and harried, growing denser Hurry along now Past a doorman at a four-star hotel Past a homeless man A women arrives in a dark sedan Every line screams privilege Don’t step on his filthy blanket Don’t look him in the eye As the door […]
Once Upon a Time
Once upon time should be how we start every story Whether poignant slice of life or adventure and glory Tear-fraught tragedy, where in the end, the hero dies Perhaps a really steamy romance where everyone lies Maybe your once upon a time is aimed into the future Perhaps biographies, travel books, or you’re into […]
Change
Change was inspired by and used the form of Shane Koyczan’s Remember How We Forgot, but is written from my perspective, which has more history than the brilliant Shane has so far amassed. If you don’t know who he is, go find out Change Forget how we remember Forget the games we played in May […]
Next?
Do we start restricting our children much too soon Compromising their ability to shoot for the moon? Yes, they are exuberant at home, out in public, too Dangers abound and they must learn this from you I’m sure I was such a child, drove all the adults nuts Smart, curious, one to ask, remark […]
Never a Wrong Time
It is not like I just remembered, though in a way I did Some part of me wanted to be a poet when just a kid Like my artist, which got squashed while still in school I’ve waited until my current age to find I had the tools If I had been better, had […]
Choose Your Occupation
We come to another country; we steal it from the people there Then act somehow miraculous, like we grew a bald man’s hair Whether we sell ourselves as motherland, fatherland, liberator People’s republic, or sun never sets, we’re but thieves, no more Despite our ignominious starts, a moral high ground we claim Conveniently forgetting that […]
Unseen
I stand high upon the mountaintop My dark, uncertain path obscured Until a sharp, chill wind rises, cuts Shreds my fog-shrouded mind, self Reveals bright stars, the Milky Way Limns my way through the darkness Familiar yet unknown, a revelation Unsuspected peaks tower above me The last mist vanishes, mere dreams Solitude, silence, contained, replete […]
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