Michael Humbert

Michael Humbert Dec 2014

Look

I wonder what you saw in my eyes
that always made you smile
and look away

An image as clear as day: Us at her breakfast table, her dog under the table wagging his enormous tail, her shyly saying, "Stop!" as I stared, unable to take my eyes off her.

Dec 2014

Augustine Raymond Harmon

Quick Science Fact

Light travels at
Three hundred million meters per second.
If I turned into a photon tonight
And flew away for nine or ten years,
I might escape the memories of you.

Michael Humbert Dec 2014

Definition #621

(n.): that nagging worry in the back of your mind that maybe you're not as happy as you could be, as you *should be, maybe this isn't enough

Dec 2014

TigerEyes

Desire

You whispered her name then she rose from the lake
you named her desire when you saw what she'd take
an inferno of fire consuming black holes
atoms/particles/were tossed, and thrown --
she formed every thought she'd ever known
expanding inside a tiny black hole
she exploded rainbows /forming galaxy's in streams
and she expanded the universe just like a dream
when you were lonesome /you called out her name
you wanted, and wanted -- but she never came
forgetting desire is never tame/she's like fire
she only wants one thing
to burn brighter/and brighter/higher and higher
she responds to light from the heavens above
her name is desire
she wants, and wants -- she seeks love.

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Michael Humbert Dec 2014

Silence

Silence is a language in itself,
It’s poignant, peaceful, deafening, soothing
Silence transcends trite words,
And its meaning is known by the way it settles in your bones
Whether it’s a silence shared by two lovers cradling each other in bed,
Oblivious to anything but their sacred bliss
Or a silence spanning years by lovers turned strangers,
Long entrenched in new lives and new souls

Silence wraps itself around time like ivy on gnarled roots
Intertwining itself with life
As time grows, it can intensify, become tangible like cream
When you are all alone, embrace silence,
Do not fear it,
For it can be your solace or your doom

Dec 2014

Devon Webb

Distance (10w)

Silences stretch
between us
like bridges that
we'll never
cross

#10w

Michael Humbert Dec 2014

Analgesic

I just want to hear the truth,
I want to hear your voice and see if it cracks when you look at me,
Ages ago, you said we'd meet again when we turned 50, on the same boat we first found each other,
No matter what, you said we'd meet
I wonder if those were just convenient words,
Convenient touches, convenient love
I'm sorry, that's unkind.
(Then again, much of this has been unkind)
Our love was not convenient,
It was difficult and effortless, expensive and priceless, painful and analgesic
It was volatile and tender, it was all I ever wanted