Injection

Strange how we missed the connection.
Needles never troubled me—
childhood illness passed me by,
a faint shadow in the schoolroom air.

But words—
they slip like secret notes
folded in a desk,
or whispers caught behind a door.

You are that childhood romance,
immature, unfinished,
yet irresistible in its longing—
still wondering
who, what, I want.

Music trembles through the air,
and roses bloom too early,
their scent drifting
into every moment of us.

Each phrase you breathe
is an injection—
a slow pulse under my skin,
a fever rising to my lips,
a sweetness I surrender to
again,
and again

Injection

Strange how we missed the connection.
I’m not worried about vaccine. Pollo, small box, measles, chickenpox, sat in my classroom with me. It works for me still.

I worry more about words.

Who has put what in your mind?

Open Love, Open Lover
Aug 29 2025

Love, unlatched, flows wild and free,
A tide swell
eternally.
No walls, no bounds, no narrow gate,
It greets each soul, disarms all hate.

A lover stands, both near and far,
A mirror, a flame, a guiding star.
Not just one face, but countless found,
In whispers soft, in earth profound.

Love is the echo, love is the call,
The rise, the stumble, the grace in fall.
It grows and moments shared and still,
A force beyond fleeting will.

Oh, lover, come hands unclosed,
Let fear dissolve, let hearts expose,
For open love, no chains tether

A union fierce, yet light feather
Through time, through joy, , through joy untold,
In open love, we were young, we are old.
Not mine, not yours, but ever ours,
A sky unending, full of stars.

When?

August 15, 2025

The. beginning or the end?
It’s  both. Each holds the other.

Let go.

Today’s news
August 5, 2025

Morning the new$
  
Breakfast on my knee.
Alexa, turn on the news
Someone unimportant: did something stupid, or
Is about to do something stupid.  
  
Hardly leaves me lucid, one.
What can  I get you for breakfast more prepared.

Strange folk, we are now planning our demise.
In our water, plastic in full disguise.
Well, you know about it.
His busy playing in the park, no one waiting for the dark
Hey, just forward, an exponential rate.
Who knows if we’ll see  the same,
The next date. Probably.

Uncertain day of life, our politics, artificial intelligence, new topics.
Everything’s not temporary. Partners don’t last parties are blast.
Leg stress. Walking
Key to happiness.
Oil upon the sea.

Love abandoned everywhere.
Won’t care , you dare

Losing It

Aug 4 2025

It keeps you present.  
Defines my soul.
Yet fragile, bent.


Belongs to me.
Shone socially.
Aging seas.



One morning stormy.
Next warmly day lit
Not for me.


Change leaves you behind.
Careless words don’t lie
Simply grind me,
Last one dies

Short 23 July 2025

I crafted short poetry.
Cut it off, kept it brief.
Longer, curt, A thief.
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Money & Resources
Short on cash
Running short
A little short this month
Caught short
Come up short
Short-changed
Short end of the stick
Short supply

Time & Deadlines
Short on time
Time is short
Cut short
In short order
Short notice
Short window
Short-lived
A short fuse
Physical Height
Short stature
Fell short of the mark
Short man syndrome
Came up a bit short
The short one
Vertically challenged
Patience, Emotion & Behavior
Short-tempered
Short with sometimes
Short patience
Short shrif
Short fuse
Give someone short shrift

General / Other
Sell someonei short
Stop short
Shortn-sighted
A few cards short of a full deck
Short memory
A day late and a dollar short
Shortfall
Short circuit
******(((((
Drew up this brief word tree.
Condensed, went ai bee.