One Wish

"I ask just one wish before I leave this world ..."

Love has eluded meall my lifelike a seriesof broken promisesLonging fora woman's touchupon this fragile bodybruised by evil mindsEyes that swellforming teardropsthat could fill an oceanspread across the worldWords spokenby someleaving invisible marksupon this tortured soulMy heart dimsthe shining light...

Flayed to the Bone

"For Alan, whose passions were the word, the image, and the song."

To the bone, flayed through fleshand torn awayfrom the tendons and ligamentsof a tortured body.Moans of regret,mourning sensitivity,singular lossbefore the dawningof renewed passion.You have felt it beforeand wish for it no more;no more with the suffering, rejected and escaping,and waiting patientlyfor your destiny, writ...

From Alan

"A poem for a Lost Friend"

"Write what you know you think you feel, write just for yourself. Write the way you learned from me, and write for everyone else. Sometimes they will love it, most often they will not... Worry about that later, but for now just give...

Bulky, unwieldyAwkwardly arrangedPlunked on the paperLike big clods of clay That is how wordsAppear now to beWhen I want to conveyWhat you mean to me Needing to craftNuances of thoughtInstead a NeanderthalPounds with a rock Inadequate languageInartfully clubbedUnable to voicePrayerful...

Imagination of Words

"How words can captivate you wholly"

Your words consume meSwallow me whole until I can’t feel anything elseConsumed wholly by desire Desire, wanting, hungerA dry unquenchable thirst for moreMy lips pucker at the need There is this invisible grip around my throatThat leaves me breathlessBut wanting...

I Am In Love With Your Words

"Your words are always an adventure."

I’ve watched you,Addicted to the loveliness of your mind,The adventure of your words,The beauty you give to those who can’t see. The sky is your canvas.With the universeYou create,Always something new. Your chosen words are texturesThat can be felt.Each letter...