In this most quiet of midnights A clock ticks, Pulling apart webs of dreams Each beat Penetrates my mind, Spreading awareness to my weary conscience My eyes open, Yesterday’s filth Like sweat on my cold skin Staining my spirit and...
Love Poems
Mockingbird Orbit
"Surrendering to love under the stars"
Dark goes the Moon in its mockingbird orbit. Dark shines the stones in my lover's lost ring. Free flies the mockingbird out of dark cover. Lost cries the dark at the sound of the wing. The silent one waits and...
My treasure
"My treasure"
You stood there at my side, when others walked away, not wanting me to be a part. You lent me your ear, when others turned their heads. You lent me your shoulder, when others would not. You took me in...
I’m Really Very Lucky
"Loving my Lover"
Waking up each day looking to talk to you, You're so sweet with all the things you do. The things you say make me smile every day,You do these things, when we chat and when we play. You make our time...
I hope she’s listening
"Can she ever forgive him?"
I met her here, one sweet day when she turned my head and then turned my world upside down in a good way.We danced around each other at first,neither one wanting to make the first moveyet frightened to do nothing....
A bright day dawns
"All is not lost"
The day started like most have lately, Dark and gray, like my broken heart. There's been a hole there since you took your love away, and it only grows. We said hurtful things that day and the break was harsh,...
What is forever
"a moment; a romance, from before, from now, or to be..."
Time turns us all to dust, to dust, And in light of this we must smile, smile Laugh and play, And kiss, childlike. Her wild eyes and heart soak it up, Chasing stars, reflecting the silver, Running dreams down, And...
The Middle of Her Youth
"Self sabotage observed from a distance"
Four stools down One of those elemental issues Mushrooms and spores out bitter. That DNA thing, reptile baggage, Still lies between them Coiled up tight Afraid to look scaly But prepared to slither. Her incisors jaw-clack Then close to break...
Descended From These Fathers
"A poem I wrote about my wife seven years before I met her"
I am left here descended from these fathersCaught in the glare of suddenIllumination. Oh, you know the fathers I meanThe ones who chantIn the catacombs of heartGiving voice to low murmursThat hold time togetherWith wattle,And daub,And spittle,And hopes. Dwellers where...
I took the long road, the one that had all the twist and turns. You know the one with all the ups and downs, the one that was never a sure path to you. The long road, the one with...