keep me here,
keep me distant,
keep me near,
keep me listening,
don’t leave me,
don’t touch me,
walk with me,
don’t take my hand,
let me lean on you,
don’t lean back,
talk to me
make me laugh,
take my joy
take my sorrows,
don’t give them back,
I wish for you to be,
just not with me,
I’ll show you my smile as I walk away,
you have not touched but a morsel of my thought,
and not entered the room of my world,
where I live is a shell you shall not see nor be.


I am better and more whole away from the shores of your sea.

i reach deeply to recall
the sensation of our fall
as our bodies and lips met
before i knew regret

with that effortless rise
we reached for the skies
our expectations bloom
safe from sense of doom

the obstacles seemed so small
hope and faith the duty call
with our kiss came the openness
through our touch we were blessed

reach deep is what we said
open doors showed dread
but with foot nor solid block
the closing would not stop

opened though only a crack
the light of love stayed back
too shy to show its face
so safe in darkened space

now the shell is safely closed
the place where love is housed
i am blocked from it’s confine
to find comfort in my mind

my heart swells today
open space within
my words cannot say
what my wish to fill

only my heart knows
what ingredient
fulfillment follows
space with knowledge

pressure in my chest
from an open heart
puts my mind at rest
smiles upon my face

love comes to me
mysterious waves
floating in my sea
cradling, comforting

foggy windows where i write these words
each stroke opens to another world
through them i see anew
hiding in you
new

fresh pictures show through the fog
new ideas not thought, jog
the memories of lore
and much more
today

reaching through the mist, beyond
shapes not clearly defined
their edges not there
yet i am here
alone

You should go beyond my thoughts
my heart’s shot full’o holes
still beating but it should not
just let me go, just let me go

morning dawn or evening dusk
feelings of you are there
stuck in me like a beastly tusk
just let me go, just let me go

this dance with you causes pain
no matter the step or move
close to you makes me strain
just let me go, just let me go

the last breath of love, waiting
please just let me exhale
i release you now while inhaling
I let go now, I let go ….

standing at the edge of your sea,
sands of love recede.
beneath my feet a cavity
you once floated within
now i leave with space

behind desire
rides the fear
false starts
feel so near

save the space
where nothing fits
for what is safe
where the void sits

open to more
closed behind
depth limited
faith in kind

shoes imprint
an image worn
my sole shaped
tattered, torn