Overstepping the limit
The line once drawn by
The enmeshment of all familiar faces
Conditionally loving their reflection
In my face
The pain of falling
Of being alone in the dark is so
Overwhelmingly tangible
But ones who dare
Ones who soar high
And fiercely live
Fall into themselves
Willingly
Off the cliff of familiar
And into the unknown
But deeply felt
Light
Of creative release

Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

I've discovered your indifference
burns stronger
than any shot of whiskey

and, unlike whiskey,
there is no grandfather's secret tomato juice recipe
to cure the hangover
your  c a s u a l  interest
gives me.

your kisses leave me dizzy
but their lack of substance gives me
a sugar headache

I've never been held so gently
but under such temporary tenderness
my bones bend and break

your compliments strike me
like foul ***** during a game

they always sound good when they smack
against the bat


but at the end of the inning
they don't count.

I wish I could sweep you off your feet
The way you swept me off of mine.

But we were not built like planes or rockets,
We can't both be airborne at the same time.

just like that
there was a switch in her mind that flipped

And reasonable democracy
gave way
to sovereign dictatorship

something about the way you cradled your coffee mug in your palm

while trying to open the car door and talk on the phone to your brother
at the same time

took away her option of resistance

She became overwhelmed by the way you leaned your body against door frames and talked with both hands

The way you concentrated
every time you stirred your coffee with a spoon

They all became like a flood to her and in that forceful deluge, her list of pros and cons washed away and she was left with only you.

clumsy, beautiful you.