damned

09 June 2015

I cannot argue

because I’ve thought the same thoughts,

felt the same feelings.

Being alone’s easier,

unless you don’t want to be.

Either way I’m damned,

exhausted by the effort,

trying to believe.

hoping, for once, I am wrong;

living as if I am not.

One of these days, I

may accept my damnation,

exorcise my heart,

I’m between Heaven and Hell,

and this is worse than either.

gone

13 July 2014

 

 

what do I do when

the love I have always had

no longer exists,

and I do not mean love for

someone or something, just love?

 

 

why we cry

25 June 2014

 

 

tears fall silently,

it’s our soul that must be heard,

which is why we cry,

from the quietest sniffle,

to the most heart-wrenching wail.

 

 

in silence, in words

01 June 2014

 

 

“Preach the Gospel always; if necessary use words.”

(Saint Francis of Assisi)

 

 

I’m a realist,

painting only what I see,

blindly imagined.

abstract, impressionistic,

but never far from the truth.

 

dry-brushed reflections,

a visionary palette,

canvassed, beautiful …

I flow within the living,

speaking with or without words.

 

 

within

01 June 2014

 

 

panic-stricken clouds

an ancestral herd instinct

driven to gather

attraction creates the storms

the wolf we fear lies within.

 

 

as simple as

28 May 2014

 

 

just saying hello,

choosing to be more open,

expecting nothing.

a gift given and received,

and we’re both better for it.

 

 

victims

26 May 2014

 

 

I never asked you

to drown in my memory,

you know I can’t swim.

Helplessly, I watch and wait,

there is nothing I can do.

 

 

pause

19 May 2014

 

 

it’s Monday again,

life frantically continues,

go through the motions.

I pause at flowering pear,

inhale, and almost forget.

 

 

drenched

25 April 2014

 

 

steady, soaking rain,

no rhythm in the droning,

wordless prayers answered.

as needful as the earth’s thirst,

I am also blessed.