When can you say this —
that someone is a true friend?
—a day, or a year?
It doesn’t matter
One day or a whole lifetime
When the vibe is right
I hadn’t seen you -
seemed forever and a day.
Then I heard you were gone.
Just another day
in paradise you told me
A place you could be
Free from the sheriff
And those who might […]
As in a city,
lost, walking round in circles -
pacing the same streets.
My true place to be
lay on the next block over.
But I never knew.
I chose to wander
too proud to ask directions
most could have given.
Living in the now
is useless, if not mindful
of the guide inside. (who knows when to ask)
In my early years,
my course was never […]
Tiny bitter pills
Another one to swallow
Another day gone
Mama didnt say
But there are bones in this fish
Chew it carefully
The air is foul here
Yet one must breath to survive
Plug your nose and laugh
Once my wine was pure
Now its filled with sediment
I filter the grit
No more golden haze
My light lacks natural color
Blue skies a memory
And so I move on
I filter, […]
like a radio
that tunes the strongest station
the loudest one wins
ideas that aren’t your’s
want for a path to follow
too frightened to search
accepting it all
believing without question
never asking why
reject all of it
do not accept what they say
they hide all that’s true
searching for the truth
its not the easiest way
but comfort will come
all is in plain view
one must simply […]
impervious gown
said the box on the counter
sterile on the shelf
patiently waiting
as good patients always do
where is the doctor?
quite bruised and bloodied
he lay still on the gurney
a sudden ending
life’s not forever
though many pretend it is
death will always come
dazed and so confused
scrambling to meet the deadline
far too little sleep
push yourself harder
the world might end if you don’t
as if that were true
ever longer days
I can barely even think
is today sunday?
the madness creeps in
never knowing when to stop
how much is enough
I’ve left the planet
I orbit some other mass
far out of your range
there are deep caverns
they […]
I often wonder
why it was I you chose dear
or was the choice mine?
does it yet matter?
we are now the best of friends
the way it should be
romance novels tell
of slender heroes wooing
no, they are not I
balding and chubby
proudly farting in my chair
you bring me dinner
off to the bedroom
for a special little game
familiar partners
what time is our […]
mornings come and go
some seem better than others
one must move forward
vexing me harshly
must I yield to it’s urging?
giving up the night
my youth found the light
welcoming it—arms open
saved from the unknown
a life poorly spent
now the light brings back those things
disappointing me
I surely must rise
again conquering darkness
a new day to change
its not just me now
linked and sworn […]
who is this big man?
know he much the pains of life?
—or is he acting?
you were so betrayed
does he know how your heart ached?
does he know you cried?
vacant reactions
unfeeling and uncaring
the reptile mind
your song goes unheard
by the most outstanding one
gazing in the pond
days and nights fly by
as if a runaway train—
they escape my grasp
