A poets pen An artists brushPaint pictures That abound on lush I paint of sunsetsAnd the dawnWhere birds sing sweetlyIn the morn Pressing her crimson lipsUpon my horizon greyI will not holdShe will not stay  The torment Of a lovers griefStolen by An artful thief  The tears The hunger...

The learning The knowing The growing

"How giving up all control gave mine back to me."

The learningThe knowingThe growingThoughts that go flashing through my mindMaking me dizzy.I thought that I knew myself.Just what made me, me.I didn’t go looking for this knowledge,But hell, I’m glad for the knowing.You taught me so much.Even such a few...

The Dance

"A love that most never known"

A love most can but dreamJust thinking of Him Makes her weakAnd wet filled with lustA lust she's never known Laying her core raw His eyesGlacier blueDamn His eyesHis touch His voiceFew wordsO he knewHis control She wanted HimShe needed HimNever to shareJust for herselfTo...

Distant Memories of a Brief Affair

"Bitter sweet memories of an affair that ended all too soon."

Almost forty years have passed since that fateful dayWhen in a moment of anguish our affair died,Discovered in the tender bliss of recent sex,Nakedly entwined in each other’s loving arms.We had grown careless under the beguiling spellOf overwhelming desire, blinded...

I said Yes

"What just happened to me"

We met just a few years ago.It was just by chance.On a warm summer night overlooking the ocean.Our eyes met and magically connected.You have been my lover and I yours.Our love grew stronger over the last two years.You planned a...

For the Love of Pork Rinds

"Lonely hooker lets a john take her home for a night, for a bag of pork rinds."

Receipt (s)Among the dirty laundryAnd cigarette buttsThat basketball shot andMissed the ashtrayAfter being put out on my skin Evidence of our time togetherDingy carbon paperSmeared credit card numberAll left legible was the four We bought magnum condomsPack of smokesBubble tape bubble gumTwo...

The Sun Has Risen

"Our twilight is not near"

The sun has risen over both our waysSo many times apart, now we are one.No longer may we squander nights and days,You're my true love when all is said and done.Our twilight is not near, not coming soon,We'll laugh and cry, not...

Lovers Heat.

"Where I want to be..."

Lovers Heat.Sweet sweat dripping slowrivulets between her breastssalty on my tonguehair tossed and wetskin moisttannedagainst my pale skinshe holds meI hold herwe boil but sufferenergy lapsingall that we have is nowand thenwe lovewe praywe playwe needwe trywe dowe smileexhausted we...

You leftOut of my embraceOnly to returnIt’s still an empty spaceThe holes thatYou left behindStarted to closeScars forming as they bindMy heart skippedWhen I saw you thereA cursory glanceThen an empty stareTorn asunderAt a glimpse of youRipped openPlease tell me...

I Thought

"A heart freely given, is a heart easily hurt."

I thought I found someone.But he was not for me.I have needs.I need them to breathe.Then found another.God this might be. Gave what I wanted.Meeting my needs.Then in a flash, he withdrew.And I am left without a fucking clue.