In my dreams she exists and she is truly realThen I wakeIn a daze.Someday I will realize she stopped being thereWhen she leftIn a mist.But my mind is a frangible substance that willBreak into Tiny bits.While sustaining my visions of what...
loss
A Goodbye
"for the passing of the wonderful Robin Williams"
Trembling leaf falls, As all must who live or die. A blessed life ends, and (passing through the needles eye) It is one with the ocean, And the stars in the sky. Suddenly, time too tall For the glorious loss,...
Last night I awoke, enshrouded within cedar and pine, burnt and smoky, covered with soot and ashes. Wiped the dust out of my eyes, and found stuck in it a grain of icy moonlight. The only light that shone, gone...
The Eternal Goodbye
"Commemorating the Centenary of the outbreak of WWI"
Losing you was not a part of my plan, Not the day the war broke out, Nor any day following it, Soon though, It became painful and a real blow that I was struck with. We met on the summers...
“You can't save her Paul. You need to understand this. No matter how much you want it to happen, no matter how hard you try to make it happen, you can't stop it. Clara can't be brought back. This is...
He sits and waits
"An old man remembering young love..."
He sits and waits In the doorway of the cafe Shaded from the heat of the summer sun. His chin hunched upon his stick, He sits and waits And he looks, Watching beautiful young couples passing by, Arm in arm,...
Helen of Troy
"Such beauty is a gift from the Gods, that men so helplessly risk everything for."
All Greece hates Helen of Troy The azure of her eyes Embedded In a stone face The length of an outstretched hand Delicate To be kissed The lure of heart shaped lips With up turned corners Inherently hers To be...
Under Fire
"There are scars that no amount of kisses will heal..."
I know now, what I did not know then. I know now that your scars run too deep to be kissed away, that my love and devotion would be nothing in the face of your pain. I know now that...
Flirtation (No 45)
"A love that could not continue, that can never die..."
She’s gorgeous, and dirty You can just tell By the way Her brown eyes sparkle As she bites her lower lip And draws out the word “fuck.” “I like to fuck,” She says, My heart beats hard. She curls a...