He said, “There is a discipline called Innocent Think And it’s not sexual, but we do it with our bodies. It sends miracles. Why do You focus on raindrops in relationships, When your love is so beautiful?”   I blinked two times, “Well, you know sometimes, My thoughts go awful fast. The more i think…

She gives a compliment back before she receives. She’s not seeing herself, she only rushes to please.   Reading his face, she only wanted a smile. Secretly she feared he might stay only a while.   Love is a fire in her Spirit. Sacrifice her only song. Only God she permits to flood her thoughts.…

You linger on a joke You like when people look When they’re walking past, You follow the crowd, You hope to make them hooked.   Your people skills are wanting Your looks are fishy You once were goth, Now you’re a hippie.   Though, it’s not all for entertainment It is something sincere Your self-expression…

I should not be a host of captive minds Slandered by departed times with which One fills the distanced illusion up On the empty cup of another Who has tried to walk on water Flowing as a river bank Along the uphill battle moods.     That is how The grail got us drunk, The…

                            —inspired by Pablo Neruda Drink from me As from a well. I’d have you as my child. I would do it all over again.   As the circle moves me In currents of pain, I want flowers this time To flourish for your gain.   I bought you roses of intoxication To practice on…

Immersed, tender Rattled and rising Drama stamps To the ceiling Ominous, bleeding Until we’re buried alive.   I can make a mistake I can say flaw Get up to weep, Waste, locked Grip, grab Heal and Rock   Stamp on the ceiling Ration, pretend Find me in beauty And awe. Again and again.

Starting to turn Into a friend. The spells Until they’re crossed.   That was too short That’s all I remember   Devil in an armchair Jesus only standing there Angels in a coffin Politicians walking Around somewhere   Takers talking With the wind in their hair. Talkers taking The wind somewhere. Cross-eyed puzzles Sensual despair.…

Despera needs wings Cuz she leans on some things.   Tell her a Heaven exists Though we’ve held our love back To disguise. Tell her rhetoric will teach us That in the end There may be no one there to meet us. Tell her that none of us Are more perfect than she is.  …

God sees down the years, But we don’t. Things shift as we make choices Decisions in our minds Are always fraught with voices. Times we’ve fought, then forgotten Licking wounds until You find you lack the taste.   We take great Risk and Tragedy Displays of Speed and Strength We touch the edge of self…

I hit the blank page on the wall Better unite us as a bathroom stall Would you mind if I told you, I don’t care about the Concert Hall? I want you and that is all.   Standing there in the dim lit room We go together like a bride and groom   How do…