The words that were kept,
"Us, always" ...
There's nothing else left
to recall.
For months full of space,
a veil on the face
concealed t'was another
on call.
Two wheels and a half
for "safety" ...
Years spent evading
the fault.
Absorbing the shame,
enabling blame,
with never a spine
or qualm.
And when rupture came,
t'was blinding ...
A maze of excuses
and walls.
Unbeknownst to me,
you dug at my feet
while judgement was made
with cabal.
A cushion for crying
or pining ...
As the tears in my bed
know of all.
Each night that is wept,
I'm left but to guess:
was it e'er really "us"
at all?
Jan 8
Jan 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM UTC
I don’t need you to be sure,
I just need you to be real.
Say it badly; say it scared or confused.
But say it.
There is no love in silence;
only undue longing.
Oct 5, 2025
Oct 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM UTC
wing tips
tie clips
cufflinks every day
sorry hon
coffee run
meetings on the way
small favors
life-savers
rushing every day
long drives
sunrise
emails on the way
big-wigs
pack of cigs
problems every day
retainment
of ancients
cuts are on the way
clock ticks
lock clicks
pit stains every day
late nights
streetlights
baby’s on the way
May 5, 2025
May 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM UTC
I took some time
You knew at sight
I knew we’d fight
You crossed the line
I’ve tried my best
You’ve had a few
I’ve paid the dues
You’ve got the rest
I’ll bear the weight
You’ll bare the cost
I’ll still be lost
You’ll still be late
I’m in our bed
You’re overseas
I’m in the weeds
You’re on my head
I grab the wheels
You’re home at four
I’m out the door
You’re on my heels
Mar 8, 2025
Mar 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM UTC
I am the ram
and you are the moon,
or at least that’s what
we’re told.
My footing stays precise,
to help leap across large gaps
or swiftly tackle obstacles,
avoid a potential mudslide
or traverse rocky waters.
But now the tide is shifting,
as your relentless core
pulls my heart above the earth
where I can see a haze of
lush mountaintops, free from the
uncertainty of life on the rocks.
I’ve seen this magic before,
but this time it looks
too real.
Dec 27, 2023
Dec 27, 2023 at 2:46 AM UTC
as you gracefully sway
in the breeze, with a chill
that simply brings us closer
the way we're meant
to be.
The rivers can wait
til you choose the time
and let your hair down
to glimmer and flow in
the sun.
The birds can hush
and sleep soundly
tonight in the warmth of
your song that makes
young ones dream.
The bees have only
the second best sweets
compared to the scent
of your hug on
my arm.
The stars won’t do
on an evening like this
when your eyes hold
the shine of a dozen
lives lived.
My heart can stop
and gasp in awe
as your love tickles
mine like a nuzzle
or sneeze.
And I can rest lightly
in blissful glee with
the thought of your
lips pressed up next to
my cheek.
Nov 21, 2023
Nov 21, 2023 at 10:45 PM UTC
In these notes
Are countless tales
Of memories, tried & true
But not a word
From endless books
Compares to me & you.
The turn of phrase,
Or so it goes,
Says all begins anew
I’ll be right here
’Til your last page
And in the next one, too.
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023 at 6:00 PM UTC
There’s you,
coming up to breathe
for but a few heartbeats
before returning to the
deep, where there’s none
other than those who
belong.
Oh, what a marvelous space,
inverted space to be exact,
to live and float while
still retaining our right to
drift, kick and scream
to noone else but us.
At several leagues I
heard a sound that gave
my neck a chill, but not
the kind that makes one small,
instead the kind that feeds
gigantism in the icy north’s
hadal spheres.
From there, the rest seem lightyears off,
and closely similar in kind and way,
but as you rise at speeds that would
give a man the bends, those waves
will wash away the frightened guppy
until only the brave and strong remain.
It’s a long way down for sure, to
those who couldn’t sense or feel
that rush of bubbling need for fresh
and clean sky in the lungs,
so now theirs hold about a
half dozen wet litres each,
the poor fools.
But what a sight it was to see,
to watch the whitecap gleam
above a newly capsized crew,
and presently neath the sun and
moon and stars at same time;
to hear the truest form of life
that came from both high and low;
now that was worth a second look,
or a third.
And there was I,
wading with my
smallest green lure
and bishaded buoy,
and nothing else was.
Jun 26, 2023
Jun 26, 2023 at 11:10 AM UTC
is where it doesn’t
feel intrusive
day or night
Someone loved will
come along to
lock the doors
and close the light
That simple laugh
from out the porch
will set me down
to listen right
And on arrival
you’ll be there
to touch my lips
with pearly whites
Apr 25, 2023
Apr 25, 2023 at 8:27 PM UTC
It’s been some years that we have grown
To think of all that made our home
The nights are worst, or so it goes
Our ‘spring would be fifteen and nine
If we had let them both survive
The dogs would live with love divine
We could’ve swam with massive fry
Or sang again while we’re alone
At home or through the telephone
Basked beneath the wild skies
To give a laugh and take surprise
A hundred hearts, one day each year
And two to hold our loved ones near
Who knows what else would be, my dear
Or might’ve been in place of fear
And now I wait for something more
Til death doth part our lives before
The time has come, whence we’ll be sure
It wasn’t worth a life less pure
Jul 31, 2022
Jul 31, 2022 at 1:38 AM UTC