just an *******
and if your lucky
an ****** too

That metaphorical
knife?
Cuts Deep,
So very Sharp
and painful
slicing into my soul
I wish you'd taken it
with you
when you said you had
to go...

Human wisdom is nothing more than time paired
with our natural ability for quizzical attentiveness.

Yonder was a dream
a dream you believed in
one you made real
with each departing footstep.

Towards love my thoughts run high
But with regards to women
in seeking their embraces
through pursuit never I
No, my desires speed through the trees like cats
With one girl in mind
I stalk the idea
with feline and fierce appetite

Fireflies carry
Earrings toward evening’s rest
The teardrop smiling

you can afford to take your chances
burn bridges you will never be re-crossing
in peace of mind, others can keep their fears
freedom hard won is never easily relinquished
every strained sinew now an oak tree
forged on the path you ventured so long ago
it becomes second nature to set light to the past
when the present moment is one where you live
in constant amazement at the wonders of life.

the keyboard becomes still
its unending ink silent
a poets fingers at rest