I Reach For

I reach for words

Delicately floating in the air

Like dandelion wishes

I reach for you

So above me

Your lips could whisper to the stars

I reach for your heart

Intangible, like a foggy dream

Lingering vaguely through a midday nap

For one gentle instant

I close my eyes

I grasp the language and I feel you

I treasure that moment

Only briefly true
it lives during sleep

4 Stanzas of Bitterness

4 Stanzas of Bitterness

Look up at the endless

Morning sky

Can you see that cloud

Slowly passing by the sun?

I think that's where I left my happiness

When our love was strong

And I soared higher with each kiss

Somewhere it all went wrong

Like tainted snow

 days after falling

it was close to dissolving

but denial kept us stalling

Deceit knocked the wind out of me

Without warning, no chance

To brace myself for the blows

Burned by romance

I still wear the scars

But I cover them well

We got lost on our way to heaven

And somehow ended up in hell

If I could just

get back to somewhere in between

I know I'll be okay

But the end of this maze can't be seen

I felt the piercing when

Cupid flew over like a Sparrow

And if given the chance

I'd stab the bastard with his own arrow

Inside there is this emptiness

To which I'm trying desperately not to surrender

Ever since I gave you my heart, I've been

 waiting patiently by the mailbox for a return to sender

so far no luck, just junk mail, affectionate smiles

and a few winks from the postman's doting eyes

I think he might be keen on me

I can tell by the inflection of his voice when he says his hi's

He's kind of cute

 and looks nothing like you

That's good enough for me

So I guess, at least for now he will do.

Stagnant

Stagnant

Sometimes I feel like

A mere drop of the endless sea

That lays there stagnant

 in an abandoned shell

and I'll never get back the rest of me

 

a little spilled

 out on the sand

Covered beneath

 the bare foot

of a child, whose hands

will create what my salty eyes can no longer envision

Time has left me jaded

With dried up dreams

A few particles floating somewhere

These days there isn't much I can do

to silence these internal screams

So I drink a shot of something

To calm my nerves, rid regret

 a beer to chase my rapid thoughts

The little fire that remains

I use to light my cigarette

The night's sky

 has stolen the sparkles from my eyes

And I want them back

 Before they evaporate

I'll have to find a way before sunrise

August Morning

August Morning

You said hello on a late August morning

Your eyes ablaze like the summer sun

You held me tight and lifted me

When my legs would try to run

 

Offered to hold my jacket

So I could feel the early autumn breeze

After a while the bruises healed

No more hitting bottom and falling on my knees

At a time when it was thought that

There was no such thing as more

You proved me wrong

As you stood outside an open door

Sometimes I look back on days when Life

was black and white on a small tv screen

Before you painted

 a bigger picture with colors I've never seen

Every now and then

The grey still sneaks through

That is when I grow tired

And dream you will come true