We bonded over
being broken

Watching other missing
puzzle pieces drink
their weekend away

We belonged perfectly,
sitting at the bar

Words became pictures,
the commotion our score

Glasses drained

Tipped

We were out
the door

Rely on yourself
and the world
will follow

Own your words
by choosing
them

Command yourself,
stand up straight

Control your own
heavens

Do not drown on
your neglected
self-esteem

Enjoy your lone
harmony

Without it
you're hardly
credible

I watched a person
fall and roll down
a snowbank
today

I could not stay
home any longer

The paint is peeling
The roof is leaking

I drove myself
to the beach

Parked the car
and sat

Slowly realizing,
that the person
who fell was
me

Driving

Both of us said
nothing

We had to
leave the house

Stopping

I looked at him
and he at me

I smiled
he nodded

"She is not my Karen,"
he said,
"I lost her last May."

I pressed the gas
and the car moved
forward

So are we

He walked in
frozen on the battle
field of addiction
and escapism

All he wanted
was the nostalgia
of his youth

“Have lemonade?”

10-4-19

All I heard was the ocean

No signs of rain

Footsteps to a forgotten memory

All parks are closed

A lonesome walker passes by

What seem like hours
were only two footsteps
from point A to B

What happened?

The undertow must have
taken its hold

Moving me about
like a
washing machine


12-14-18