So many talks on phone and on skype So much time deliberating what to do or not do Seems it was back and forth for an eternity Like we had always known each other And known the distance like a tight glove Known the physical distance that sometimes Paralleled the emotional distance When mind and […]
I Would Have Followed You to the Moon
You’re etched into my memory like a full body tattoo chiseled images of you on the inside of my heart. I can go nowhere cant do anything without asking: Where are you? Why did you go? Why did you have to leave? What am I going to do without you? You were
I Would Have Followed You to the Moon Read More »
Door Open
You left the door open and I walked on through. You left the door open and I walked on through. I gave you a chance, then another, then another and another. I thought tolerance was a virtue until I saw the door was open. I thought I should stay and work things out, mend,
Expression Starter
Each encounter we make Could possibly be a key We so desperately need To open a part of ourselves We kept hidden. What a pleasure To have ourselves unlocked To begin a new direction – within –and without the burden of self-doubt That stops the world from moving forward. Sometimes something happens -which
Expression Starter Read More »
In The Ring
We wrestle with life, Push it away, Yank on it Complain about it And want more of it as it gets closer to the end. We struggle against it: Its complicated details Its complex paths Convoluted and difficult Like a maze We must find our way through Like a riddle that answers us with
Steep Journey
Turning ‘round to face Mecca – not the one in the Middle East, the one east of me, in the Coachella Valley of California. Sort of screwed up by my lack of spontaneous travel nowadays, making stories of others’ adventures enough for me as I sit in my arm chair… …You were my Adventure –
I Belong to this Moment
I belong to this moment. All of it, every second And every part of me. I am totally in this now As if my life depended on it Because it does… I belong to this moment. Not any part of me is somewhere else My thoughts are not on breakfast for tomorrow I am not
I Belong to this Moment Read More »
Lottery Loss Becomes Win/Win
Opulence, diamonds, golden dreams of Lottery Heaven…. – A quick way out – A simple easy fix – A Deus-ex-Machina the kind in antiquated Greek dramas where a God descends to save the day… We weeped for the success of the right numbers that would instantly render life completely fixed and perfect in one Gigantic
Lottery Loss Becomes Win/Win Read More »
Estimated Arrival Time that Never Made it Past Departure
You came and went Actually, you never really got here But we were both waiting for that The only way you could have stayed – was to Change With a capital “C” This would have been like a plastic surgery that you could never undo It would have been the incredible change you were waiting
Estimated Arrival Time that Never Made it Past Departure Read More »
Where are You?
Where are you? I pretend that you will knock on my door later this evening. I pretend that you exist I pretend that I know what you look like That the sound of your voice is close to my skin That you are perfect for me in your uniqueness I pretend that you exist. Do