Smile for Me Please
Smile for me, please. Let me see you in your delight, let me hold you in my mind knowing that you are at peace, in joy, loving the moment as I am loving you in […]
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Love is Labor-less
Love is Labor-less I cannot chase you, or hound you, or wish myself upon you. I cannot search for you, or turn over stones to see you, or break boulders to uncover you. I know […]
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I am Coming
I sit beneath the calm sky, the cold winds whipping at my weathered skin. In between the vaunted gaps of questioning, talking and arguing I find what I am looking for. Stillness. And with it […]
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Good Night
The stuff I do, the thoughts I have, the way I tell my story, all are criticisms of me. I want you to criticize me, to tell me the story of my youth, to condemn […]
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I Have Tried, Failed, and for this I am Sorry
I need to speak your language. I need to speak in a way that you will understand. I need to remember your language, the first language I was taught, in order to talk to you […]
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Miss You (Poetry)
I miss you There is just no other way to say it. And as others draw their hasty conclusions And think their wicked thoughts, I just breathe, and blink, and stare, And just, simply, miss […]
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God I love this place!
I walk. I marvel at how the once soft, fluffy sands have become hard and unforgiving in the winter’s chill. I’m alone with my thoughts save the sounds of the surf crashing behind me; the […]
