Sometimes as a poet
It is easier to write
And relate to the things that hurt

Because the heart knows
What it means
To feel -- beautifully terrible

you prepare me with your words
and undress me with your eyes
you dismantle me with your lips
and fortify me in between your thighs

Your sun was hot
Heating my inside and out
        Warming my spirit
        Friends — we are it

My dark days were over
My four leaf clover
        Oh what great luck
        ‘‘Twas I that was plucked

A ****, not a flower
So small, not a tower
        But still you chose me
        Filling me with glee

Your sun was hot
And the water was caught
        Drying the streaks
        Of tears on my cheeks

12:43
My mind is droning endlessly
Of words beyond simplicity
Breaking through the earth a tree
Of beautiful leafless poetry

Kisses on my lips
Kisses on my neck  
    Laying in the back
Thinking — what the heck

Stars in the night sky
Above the truck bed
    Thinking of the things
That I wanted said

I think back to that night
It was so so cold
    I thought when clung to you
Of growing old

I don’t regret that night —
I regret things now
    So, I am wishing the best
The best for thou

I could count
The stars
Before I
Totaled
The number
Of poems
I will write
Depicting
Our love

Brown Hair
  Blue Eyes
    Big Smile
Strip him down bare
See if he cries
He is just a child

Stripped of his armor
Where is his valor?

For many - love is one
   Or just a few

For me - to many of you
   I say adieu

don't fall in love
with the beautiful traveler
because when you do
it won't even matter
for when you've shared your time
you'll be left, broken and shattered

Our time is running out
And we must make the most of it
I know you feel the same way
I will show you that I'm worth it
You just have to get away from the prying eyes and take a risk
I can see that you're scared
But you don't have to be
Come with me
And we can experience it together
I will be patient...
I'm just anxious

Friend
She hears the quiet whisper of the man paying his respect to lost love
Wiping his eyes
And offering her heart to lend

Caring
Taking him in
Showing love not deserved
But love she was sharing

Weight
was lifted
Singing and dancing!
Sorrow was not his fate

Free
His spirit lifted
And all he can think is...
Thankful enough he can never be
             ...
Thank you

Rocks, all around me
    Rocks, under my feet
Walking through the day
As I suffer the heat

Water, I need some
    Water, there is none
Thirsty and dry
Dried by the sun

Love, just as much
    Love, my life’s crutch
There is no more
I miss your - touch


I hung my legs off a porch to do some reading. There were parts that were high and low, but the ground was out of reach. I sat with my legs dangling for an hour. When it came to my attention, I had to ask myself — why had I chosen the spot closest to the ground? For the ground was out of reach.

It’s hard to find
The richness
In life
When the richness
Is as fleeting
As life

My eyes,
Dead.

Nothing to see
Nothing to relish

My eyes are cast on the ground
Searching for what might bring me - anything

looking and looking
Just to look

My eyes are open,
But I don't see anything.

Things are different - like I wanted,
But not how I wanted.
I thought if I got away I would be happier,
But by separation I am daunted.

I waited and waited as my anger brewed
Making me into a really mean dude.
Part of me wanted to be angry - and sad
And I regret all of those things I said

Our relationship, what we forged it into, always felt like a roller coaster. Up and down and up and down and up and down. I could only ride so long before I got sick... And not sick of you, but of me. I was so angry, which I know you knew - I was so angry and sad, but I don't exactly know why. I should not have taken it out on you. As the only person that really understood me, you were the last person that I should have taken it out on. That does not mean that at some points I wasn't genuinely mad and upset with you; But there at the end I didn't really know who I was or who I was aspiring to be. I wasn't feeling anything emotionally except for anger and sadness, and that was my problem not yours.

I am sorry again
For the many things I made you go through
My nine lives are running out
And I'm down to my last few.

sweet sweet
serenity
as the warmth
from your
skin
travels
to my own

Sitting here alone, still feeling empty
An event occurs and a friend has left me
We parted with words that hurt my friend
He left with tears in his eyes and wounds to tend

Now I am far away and secluded
A friends trust has been polluted
With a wipe of the eye a bond is deceased
And with death came friends release

Now sitting around people I could care not for
It seems my life has taken a detour
He sent me away because he said he must
And as I did with me came my trust

He took our friendship which was just a seed
And beat it red, making it bleed
I sat head hung and I cried
He walked away, as I was swept away like the tide.

I wrote that I would write
And write for life
When pushing came and pushing shoved
I would keep my eyes on steady love
To hope to find but always seek
Love comes hither to black out bleak
In love pure and always true
In passion red and comfort blue
To always love and never lust
Because to me it’s all or bust
In some large or small contrite a rhyme
Will be belittled by the one that I call mine
It will be the one who marries me
The one who’s love can set me free

Life exudes love’s liberty
Through commitment
       and liability

It’s one A-M
I’m waiting for you
I’m tired And upset
And feeling blue
I wait
All by myself
wanting you here — Right now
And nothing else
But here you are!
Pulling up your car
Parking...Exiting
And pulling me into your arms

   - I’m ok

If…

If my love - was a butterfly
     That fluttered about
Would you capture it?
Carefully

If my kiss - was like a flower
     Of soft petals around your mouth
Would you take the time
To see them with your eyes open?

If my hugs were a rainy day
     That came down steadily from the sky
Would you run outside -
And smile up into my drops of affection?

If i took you down
     To the deepest feeling
Or stole you away
     To see the galaxies
If i showed you more
     Than you could imagine
Or turned you upside down
     Or inside out

If my love was everything or anything else…
     Would you hold my hand?

I am drowning in the waters caught
In floods and tides and waves of thought
I try to bring myself to think
But ideas stay beyond the brink
I try so many and succeed in none
I strive to know and finish one
But my mind will stay to fail and flunk
And walk in ways a stumbling drunk
If I try to think of thoughts so many
I won’t be able - to think of any

Love
Is what
A patient
person Portions
throughout
The day

Lust
Is what
A glutton
Ravages
In one
Sitting

From my eyes, the glistening stars shine bright next to one another. When In fact in reality they are billions upon billions of miles away.

          Our love is like the stars

A single piece of paper,
    Is not a suitable canvas
    For me to write your design.
Do you have a Post-It?

And as i
Examined
My tongue
In the mirror
I could still
See your impression
Amongst the
Numerous strangers
That tried
To make
A home

     - A vacant mouth

When I use words profane
I lose everything I obtain
From swearing to swearing off
     I can’t abstain  
From beginning to end
     Friends start to wane

In and out of my hands
     I cannot hold onto a bit
     For I treat them like ****

The world is a better place
And it gets better each day
As i get further from                                          












                                                    ­                                      you

My eyes,
Tired

No tears to fall
No tears to bawl  

My eyes,
drooping

I don't need rest...
And my sight is clear...

My eyes are open,
But there is nothing to see.

i say
"something is always better
        than nothing"

as i think of the crushing weight
        of your absence

Honesty is the building block
And never fib I try to
Through life and time a ticking clock
I’ll strive to trust and stand beside you
When trying times come — our door they knock
I’ll love and protect and make sure I find you
I beg stay true — firm a rock
Because I can’t again stand — being lied to

If you are in the mountains
Then I am in the sea
You are in the air
And I am in the deep

If you were a bird
Then I would be a fish
And if we were both dogs
You would be a *****

- I want to be so far away from you

Entangled in the light
Of a beautiful blue
an abstract lace
Framed beyond
A metallic case
Many look inside
But only one sees out
Taking their view in
But failing to find
Where the beauty begins
The only thing that is for sure
The things that are so pure
Is that those eyes
Belong to her

- your eyes

i know we stay
up too late
and we sacrifice
our much needed sleep,
but with the time
i miss in my dreams,
i feel like
i fulfill them
with you

I can’t wait
Until i meet someone
Whom i’ll never
Write a terribly sad
Poem about

    - But i’ll wait

I ran away from love
     But  i didn’t mean to
You opens up your arms
     But all i saw
Was the last person
     That tore me to
P     I     E     C     E     S

This is my message in a bottle
And it’s not a cry for help

It’s a parting letter
      - Poetry