Sing to Me

"you are my music"

Your voice vibrates somewhere deep inside me like the sound of wild surf on a beach or a standing bass being played by a master. When you speak to me I hear drums and chanting. A need grows in my...

I Wish I Was There With You

"Doing sinful things between the two of us that only lovers do."

I wish I was there with you. Kissing you as we lay in your bed. Doing sinful things between the two of us that only lovers do. Speaking lovers words and kissing again as if for the first time. Touching...

From Poems of Farewell: To Sleeping Beauty

"The prince longing for Sleeping Beauty waits outside her tower"

For all these years—has it been a hundred yet,you’ve slept in a tower high above the world.No one could crawl through these thorns,these vines,these obstaclesto wake you.I’ve come before--not even knowing you--and stood here by this wall,looking up,straining for some...

One day…

"For you"

It has been so long since I've seen you. I've missed you so much. I wait for you to deplane and collect your luggage. When I do see you, you've got the biggest smile I've ever seen on your face....

The Leaving

"Is the time we are together worth the pain of being apart?"

A single rose you spied At the tail end of summer I promised you that I would come. I packed my bag and left my grey In trails of pallid cotton candy To take the first train out of Bedlam....

The Brand of Rose Madder

"The romance of a simple kiss.."

And a quick pulse deepens in the sheltered arbor of a dream. And in it, I watch you sleeping in my bed. Rhythmic muscled rise and fallOf a mans soft, deep breathing. The sharp lean edge of a well defined...