I'll not add
burden to my words
let my lips be sealed
lest I cause more hurt
the best have been uttered
what's left should be purged
and yours I've long heard
we both lost our way
we fell backward--

words, words, words
the more said
the more absurd
unworthy as dirt

we are somehow
each a betrayer of truth
it's easy to understand
lies, oh how they suit!

let me be a child
only then could I be good
every word spoken
would be beyond guile
never crude nor rude

in these days darkening
(  in impassioned reflecting)
I wish I could
expunge what I said
rid myself of the counterfeit
and pretence totally shed

Exiled to dusk,
Fractions of the sun
Begin to lift away,
In concealment
We shudder,
Casting our reels
Into a pond of uncertainty,
Clock hands bend
With advancing shadow,
And speak of time
Only in past tense.

I so want everything
I ever felt for you
Preserved for posterity,
Even should forever
Be far less than
We imagined.

I turned off
everything

on the outside
sound and light

creating dark silence

the shadows
slow danced

teasing

first alone then
together

they have
mystic rhythm

without sight
or sound

casting spells
inside of me

my mind starts
to whisper

all its voices
in unison

a choir

reminding me
of those things

I tried to forget

so many of you
will never know

distance

to be somewhere
not too far away

but far enough
that you can’t

be reached

when I was a child
I would leave

the house early
and wander

aimlessly

no one knew
where I was

and no one
worried about

me

the seeds spread
on a breeze

like dandelion
whispers

where they land
is planned

they found a
home in us

so we could find
each other

we speak a
special language

only the broken
know the words