Te amo!
Ich liebe dich!
Je t'aime!

Simple words,
Powerful words!

Words that can heal
And nurture,
Both the speaker and the listener!

But unfortunately,
Only if they are
Truly sincere!

Take cover, white dove.
Know that you are in our thoughts
As we are in yours.
Wait out the storm
For as long as it takes.
Do not fly against it.

We will wait patiently
For your return.
Just as Winter awaits Spring,
Spring Awaits Summer,
And Summer, Autumn.

When all the leaves have greened,
Turned their brilliant colors of orange,
Yellow and red,
And in death, fall lightly to earth,
You will return.

You will fly back to us
From your perilous journey,
Stronger and wiser,
To rest again
In our hearts!

We both see the same Moon
Looking down on us,
Our common lantern at night.
The same stars twinkle down on us
As we look up at them, and wonder:

"What are you doing tonight?
What are you feeling right now?
I miss you so much!!!
Are you OK?
Can you hear me?"

That same Sun that warms your face
Warms mine too, while
Traveling West from my sky to yours
Every morning!

We both cling to the same planet
As it rotates in the heavens.
And circles our Sun,
Around our own galaxy,
The Milky Way.

Remember
We are always connected
As well as separated
By space and time,
So they say.

Do not despair, my young friend!
In a little less than one revolution
Around our Sun,
We will meet again,
Look into each others
Dark brown eyes,
And laugh together
As before.

Fashion
             Fashion
                          Fashion
                                It
                              has
                             been
                              the
                           demise
                               of
                           culture

i do not want
to face tomorrow
so tonight
i will not sleep

because i see
the sun as the sun
and day only arrives
when i awake.

I only hear the chain clinking
under the endlessly spinning fan
& this continuous buzzing in my head.

I only see the light of my screen,
surrounded by the pitch of my room
& the veil of my solitude that covers me.

I only smell your memory in my mind,
of what once was really incredible
& what could have been so much greater.

I only touch myself privately,
the way you always did tenderly
& it's not nearly as good as you always did.

I only taste the abundant saline-drops
that carve deep lines down my sad face
& I know the flavor of loneliness,
remain starved for your affections.

I used to get lost in your body
Like porcelain, doll-like beauty
But your side of the bed is empty
Night, the time I miss you most.