"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...
"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...
"Anticipating an initial encounter with a new lover"
The bed a wreck of first coupling, And morning shadow Slipped dishabille around you. You would sleep, Eyes tracing some trigonometry of dreams, I suppose Surveying distances. What nervous sculptures Would we chisel With bare hands from flesh? What equations...
"Hit it. In the key of F. F for Fuck. Baby make it hurt!"
She was a long twisty woman in a tiny skirt, Oh My God! She was a mean bitchin’ flirt. She dug a deep trench down my back, Rocked me all night, left me blue and black. My Lord, she’s a...
There once was a lonely SatyrWho went searching for nymphs to woo. He went to a glen, to a groveAnd met a precious Alseid.She tossed him away and left himWithout any hope of true love.He traveled up hill to a...
Words of love were spoken.Trust was asked and given.Faith in truth was broken.Hope and hearts were riven.What does this betoken?All my life I'd strivenBut her oaths were lying.Even though protestingHonor, vows were dying.Pledges made, attestingTo the end denying,Twisted lies divesting.***At...
"I wrote this poem for my partner as a last attempt to be heard. My pain was very real..."
I don’t know what’s happening, what I do know is I am nearly out of fight, my fire is dying. The lies, the cheating, the blank face staring back at me, the cold dead eyes that once were alive. No...
Is it always going to be useless?Will she ever really understand?Has the truth been lost in the mist of misunderstanding?Tomorrow, she will get it.Tomorrow, she will get me.Tomorrow, she will know all.Tomorrow, I will not feel the futility.Until thenUntil that...
Oh, as the moth doth fly on fickle wings Towards the fiery flame that unfolds, So to do I flock the same as the moth Towards the brightly burning heart that you hold. And as the moth doth warm his...
"A tribute to my second mother, lover and confidante."
We met here on Lush, over two years ago Our hearts for each other beginning to grow, Seeing each other for the very first time Drinking gin and tonic, garnished with lime. Like a mother who brought me from depths...
