You look like you need a hug. Then your rizz glides out With a heavy drawl of ego. I am reminded your favor Is conditional upon You always being right. Common as your peers, I see your nervous tics. Maybe you do need a hug And to know that You […]
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Signs
If you ask, I’ll say I don’t believe in signs. The world is a jumble without reason, always, We notice what we seek. But, if you knew the way I treasured Ferns and buffalo, Constellations I cannot name, Great songs on the radio, Perfect timing of green lights on my […]
Sweet On Me
Linger between dreams and dew drops a while longer, darlin’. Before the drapery burns with day, grant my loitering trespass, temple to toe. My bite may wake you, but how can I resist when you are so sweet on me?
Otherwise
I say, “I’m fine,” otherwise, He’ll say, “I’m sorry to hear that.” Another lie through our masks. Can we please stop? Stop going through the motions To spare others The burden of being human? Instead, Swallow me in a bear hug, already, Compress me until my eyes run dry. Fold […]
Take What is Yours
You study me, too afraid of rejection to fill me up and play our song. Pour me a drink and share the rhythm. Stay close, stay steady. I am your cadence. You are losing, me before you. You are losing, take what is yours. You study me, me before you. […]
Exhibit One
Strewn self serve legal papers and a collapsing curation of unfinished ideas illuminated by a warm peek-a-boo sun. My dream of Nihon preserved in a clay mug of cold tea. Good intentions obscured by Now, Late, Eventually. The disarray, a masterpiece of my own creation, as am I my greatest […]
Slip Into Me
Slip into me, your ruthless compulsion, An old habit you’ll never release. Let me be the muscle memory, Your state of flow. Strum the chords, keep the beat. When you wake from the song, Slip into me.