furious excitement

forever with you is a dream come true

under the moon or at the table

realization like that can change things

in a very short period of time

Opportunity to change life for the better

unless there is enough hours

busy is a part of life

some mornings stunning and

some evenings electric

exactly as brilliant as I had dreamed

Xerox the day and copy that to my Calendar

coming in from the cold of customer service

into the warmth of actual interaction

this is the ailment which curses most of us

even when the need has become overworked

maybe the effort will pay off in the

end and all the harm will be forgiven

now you see life is too short for grudges

the best way is just proceeding one interaction at a time

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groan

As of the dawn which

Plays open the day

Expectations are not the best

Death and despair will do that

The mood is bleak

and nothing brings the same place

back into the glow anymore

it is impossible to find joy

when your soul’s flowers have

been stepped on once again

the cold glass of water

is there to survive

not to thrive

but life is like that

and nobody chooses the

surprise tests you are given

any more than you

get to choose the skin you are in

and a walk in the forest

is just a place to escape to

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dawning

do these words

disturb you, or

set you at ease within your goals

and aims, because I have only so many

ways to let you in on your way out and

about life, fun and interesting as it is

without my input or critiques and if you

choose to be near me but also get a

whole invited amount of people who choose

you to be that friend, so I should just

remember where we are at now

because it will not last forever

and if you want to

go have a great day and not see me

I can understand

but trust me,I am getting on with my life

and having it go where I want it to, so

when you get a chance to be

with me or near me

from now on I suggest you

take it before I am gone, my love

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wander

I was not yet ready to get my

discovery of laying out of my soul

for you the last time I visited, I

had begun to face where my life was

at, and in full dissatisfaction had

turned my face away from what I needed,

I could not have written one page of

my notebook if I had bothered to find it after

all this time, your comments and looks

would not have gotten a better reaction

from a brick wall, and I am friends

with quite a few of those, you and I are

alike, I can tell by our fists, when have

the clouds parted like this before? The

groaning in pain and prayer had not

even started yet, can I touch your scar if

you touch my red? I thought I was

cleaning out the system when I had some of

that poisoned green drink, color and stamina

have joined the trail my feet walk to make the

minutes bond into hours, and no, on that side

of the fence there isn’t any grass either,

but if you just keep on being true to

yourself, all will be revealed.

as old Joe says,

you only live once,

but if you do it right,

once is enough

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my reservoir is dry

making a place when

your energy reserves are gone

raking the grass from weeds

empty and afraid and free

seen but not heard

exit the day same as tomorrow

ready and willing

vines of truth grow new

or a dead lawn perishable soon

In a few months a half a year gone

right when the good times start

in an instant they are gone

So in a few days is your father’s funeral

don’t want road trips for reasons like this

Red steps with blood on them I can’t see

you must heal, my dear, you must heal

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breaking

days like these are a

torture and a breeze

when you travel far away

things seem to change in this world

time becomes odd

when we are closer too

melting us and twisting

the swirl away of a tide pool

or the drip of a burning candle

fifteen minutes can seem

like an hour or

an hour can seem like

just a few seconds

I don’t need a drum roll

to emphasize anticipation tonight

but a joke is just a

way kill time too

and it’s like snapping bones

in as slow a way possible

being this far from you

my dear

it’s true

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yesterday

there are moments that can

stop you from healing when

you need it most like a

enemy who gets to give condolences first

or a mean one who signs the cast

when they are the one who broke that bone

and as anyone who has gone through

this knows full well

that a pillow can only

absorb so many tears from your eyes

but sometimes there is only

going to be comfort

in learning how to say goodbye

yet the trick is convincing yourself

that even falling out of the clouds

is not fatal

and the real trick of letting go

of pain is a rough lesson

and you are only lucky if you

learn how to not let it

break you final

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shown

making a way through the week

like a animal hunting its prey

the hint of rain every afternoon and

the solid light of day melts away

at the rise of night

like the open of the door

one more hour and the

feel of cool calm as if swigging cheap wine

Yet another lantern on

the end of the street between the trees

guidance at the direction of the streets

that still have my blood on them

but I have no doubt that I am headed there

again a smell of smoke and steam

a branch perching as if a balcony

that those yellow eyes

peer down from a different existence

and I live there too

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answer

after the ash of the month

meets this one coming down the road

a match meets the paper and a flame

Which places your own way to

tomorrow and knows what that means now

but the amount a mean word means is

off the charts now that I see

your soul and where it meets me now

in the moment of a stab of attitude or

a hurt that knows you don’t care about

what happened two minutes ago

or when the clouds come across your

vision or the horizon

when it keeps our day like the last one

Or the first day we met again

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snapshoot

when I got off work

I could only open my eyes and see

but just barely

and my brother sent me a

picture I couldn’t see yet

my vision clearly reconvened discreetly

but how could this be, a shot from

not that many years ago that

was when we had colored pics

but this was black and white and

mom looks ravishing and blushing in

her dress with flower on and

dad in a the definitive white tuxedo with

a black tie offering her a glass of wine

with a smile and there is grandpa in

the back with a big

beaming smile that shows all the happy teeth

bringing a few laughs for sure

in the background further

a large crowd cheering and the

moment brings me to tears because

I haven’t seen them all

in a long long time

Except when I visit

the headstones

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