I kept chasing
you, as if
you were
a distant dream.
But dreams
are not always
dreams.
Sometimes, we have
nightmares too.

God is broken, on our side.
We scream prayers to heaven
But they don't arrive.

And I've gotten so sick -
of complaining.
The fence is the trick.
It's mandating.

How we can ask to die.
Now life is just a picture-
to share with an ally.

Lady of the lonely street
Why do you smile so sadly?
Are your days just as sour as mine?
Or do you bare a pain born of the mind?
I wonder if one day
You'll see me walking too,
See I'm just like you,
I bare a sad smile too.

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
My world is fantastic,
And so are you.

Orchids are white,
Good stories are rare,
Fire is red,
And so is your hair.

Sunflowers reach,
Up to the skies,
My lover is kind,
And so are your eyes.

Foxgloves in hedges,
Surround the farm,
Keeping it safe,
Just like your arms.

Daisies are pretty,
Tulips have style,
The day is warm,
And so is your smile.

The moonlight is beautiful,
Just like you.

I LIKE TO SAY YOUR NAME

I like to say
your name

when you're
not here

turn you
into sound

conjure you out of
thin air

so that you appear
before me

dressed in sound
only

memory sketching in
the rest of you

as if sound
was just an outline

and love
colours you in

adding the voice last
so I can hear you say.

"Hello you..!"
and there you are

as present
as present

can be.

I like to say
your name

when you're
not there.