Seeing her
my heart throbs
a signal
to the mind
to activate entire skill..

"You did the right thing,"
God said to me on
The Day of Final Judgement,
"You switched the roll
Of toilet paper when
No one was looking."

The milk man died last week.  I didn't
know him well, just enough to know his favorite
chew and how much he hated Fritos.

I knew his lover and her worn-out
windbreaker, her frizzled hair as gold
as her Marlboros.  I sold her a pack of silvers

once and she nearly snapped my neck.
They take (took?) their tobacco dead
seriously.  She hasn't come back

to work yet, though her five allotted
days of grief are over.  The empty
milk crates just aren't empty anymore.

I beg you now.
From the moment you stole my heart I've been at your mercy.
Tell me...
Tell me you don't really love me so my heart can stop beating.
Tell me you don't love me so all this pain and heartache has no meaning.
You tell me you love me and I'm slowly dying inside.
From all the lies that you would hide.
How I wish I wasn't alive..
I love you more than I love myself.
You.
Always full of pride.
Blind to see what's in front of you.
Lingering thoughts now.
I'm insecure.
Would you rather me be a *****?
Rather I don't care and want nothing more?
You are killing me.
Just tell me you don't love me.
Then I'll vacation from this reality.
I'm tired of killing each other slowly.

Love exists as an absolute
Or as a void
As flame
Or as smoke
As living
Or dying
When you have it...
Care for it absolutely
Let it fill your every fiber
Give it your everything
And every thought
Belong to it
For if you let it slip
Mistreat or abuse
Feel only half heartedly
It will leave its void
And that is what
You will become
A void of love
Walk into its flame
Let it burn and consume
Your all
Your body
Your soul
Your heart
Tend to the fire
And you become part
Of its flame
To forever burn
Without turning to ash
But without your all given
To hold back
Half in and half out
You will be reduced
To cinders and smoke
And vanish to air
Live in it absolutely
Love is to give
More than you take
Don't let lust
Mislead you
Walk the line with grace
No less than two steps to give
For every one that you take
It is easy to die here
Tread carefully
Stride with passion
Embrace the unknown
With wonder
Not fear
For fear is a shadow
Much colder than death
And death is often
The result of fear
And if you do die here
Know this
One day
You will exist again
You will live again
Absolutely again
In love again
And when you do
Care for it with your every fiber
Your every thought
Belong to it with your
Everything
With your body
And heart
And soul
Become the fire
And the flame
And forever burn
Always
To give
With wonder
And passion
To live in love
Is to never
Need fear dying
Or death
For in love
We all become
Immortal

Perceived by five senses
In a stable and solid form
Facilitating shape and smell
Representing muscles and
Bones of a physical body
Earth, the first element

Perceived by four senses
In a cool and liquid form
Facilitating taste and fluidity
Representing blood and
Fluid of a physical body
Water, the second element

Perceived by three senses
In a hot and sharp form
Facilitating color and spicy
Representing temperature and
Intestines of a physical body
Fire, the third element

Perceived by two senses
In a subtle and dry form
Facilitating touch and vibration
Representing oxygen and
Carbon dioxide of a physical body
Air, the fourth element

Inaccessible by other senses
In an abundant and soft form
Facilitating non-resistance
Representing the space,
The soul of a physical body
Sky, the fifth element

Survived by five elements
In all kinds of forms
The greedy human body
Forgetting that one day
It becomes a dead body
Under a six feet of mud !