And they were love
enraptured,
entangled,
bond only broken
by family
and they will again
be together.
They will again touch.
They will again be one.
They will again.
Who Will Stand?
Who will you run to
when they come for you?
It’s easy to chastise
the ones who stand up.
How will you react
when the time comes?
Who will stand for you?
Who will stand with?
You Continue
So, you continue
on and on
into the night
and early morning.
Fingers get going.
Thoughts keep moving.
On and on, there goes the writer.
Your Choice
You’ve made your choice.
You could be elsewhere
but you chose to be this way,
to be this person,
to dedicate time and energy to this work.
For better or worse,
it is your choice.
Muggy
Muggy weather,
screaming lungs,
feeling like a dream
A hot day,
after rain,
a grassy steam
Humidity shades glasses.
Day by day we melt.
Today it’s clear.
The slow melt ever close.
Surely autumn’s near?
Hair Everywhere without You
Your hair
occupies the drain.
Your hair
occupies the carpet.
Your hair
occupies the mattress.
If only
you stuck around.
After Shave
They didn’t recognize
me when I shaved,
but I was still the same
I just cleaned up
The inside was still me, was still there
The inside me didn’t leave.
Work Undone
A machine knowing your wants,
advertisement of entertainment
One day it may finish your work,
if you are to leave it undone.
Dancing Fingers
You never know
who’s actually up
at this time of hour.
We must be quiet
and hush our brains
while our fingers
dance over the keys.
Happiness After
You only feel happiness after going through pain.
That doesn’t make sense.
That can only make sense
to those who have gone through pain
and are still here to feel the after.
Happiness eventually happens.
It does.
Happiness eventually happens.
Loving Sweat
Uncomfortable weather melts the mind slowly,
drains the body,
dampens the clothes.
I can’t complain too much.
I’m here.
I feel it.
I can love the sweat, how it cools me.
I can be the sweat, how it loves me.
Painted Words
These painted words
brush
from the inner pen.
