My 101 Words

"Sometimes, if you wait and have faith, you will get what you wish for"

Tonight We’ll wait again,As we have every night Since you left. Curtains open,Letting in the moonlight, Naked bodies tense and alert, Listening, waiting, hopingFor your steps at the door. We’ve almost given up When I hear it: soft tentative knock....

Pebbles

"Life seaching for love"

It seems the older I get, the more I reflect, Taking stock if you will of life’s pantry. A storeroom filled with faces and names, The loves and lies that made up every relationship. Emotional deception was never a cause....

Flutterings

"there is something magical about the knowing..."

Your warm breath presses close. Star-filled kisses fallOn a mouth openTo love you.Strong hands caress skin That sings your name, Your true name,Your heart name.Perfect joy flows between usAs you give me back my wings;Those iridescent flutterings That will bring...

101 wasted words

"A Roman said it in 2 words; someone else in 3: seize the day! We know it, yet still run out of ti..."

We have tonight, my lover said, To write a poem A poem to write Without a wasted word? said I Said I, said I, said I * Precisely so, my lover said,  A hundred words And one besides 'Tis not...

Older Gent

"Meeting an online love for the first time"

I once met a man online, he was so nice and kind, an older gent he was his words he knew just how to use, to invade my mind for reasons I mistook each time his message struck, sparks would...

Day of reckoning

"In love as in life, what goes up must come down"

One chance Two souls Three times Forewarned Five kisses Sixth sense Seven leaven Ate all Nine and sixty Tentatively Nine tails Eight strokes Seven wonders Six kisses Five tears Forgo Three words Too late One

Past Pluperfect

"Can the past be overcome?"

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. ” (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The past is prologue so they say It informs our present and our future.  It makes me wonder if there is a...

101 More Words

"Sometimes, a helping hand is needed in order to find yourself."

Lost and lonely. Longing for affection. Kind words, a touch, a loving connection. Needing someone. Tears of pain. A friend, a lover, To relieve the strain. Thoughts of flight, a quiet knock. Too late, it turns, The key in the...

101 Words From Me

"The Way I See It"

In pain we scare,In pain we hide,In pain we cry,In pain we lie,In pain we fear.Enough of the scared,Enough of the hiding,Enough of the tears,Enough of the lies,Enough of the fears.When will it ever be enough?Take away the fears,Take away...