Monday, April 25, 2011

be ...


be ...



be the unfailing light of dawn
that wakens me from the agony of desperate sleeplessness

be the wind that blows from the western skies
and chases away my cloudy thoughts pregnant with dark thunder

be the hot sunlight streaming through the bright apple blossoms
and startle me out of my tired and worried rooms

be the darkness of night at the end of the hallway
where i can hide my shadowy fears from the world

be all that is impossible and then be more
and i will love you until the end of time


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Friday, April 15, 2011

the dream falls apart ...




the dream falls apart ...


the dream falls apart
and the night splits in two
one half
the fire of you
flaming into sudden desire
and pulling me over the edge
of your uncertainty
over the ledge
of my ambiguity
and into your life
until you have me
completely
until i sink
into the steamy quicksand
of sleepy fantasy
wrapped in the warm blanket
of your flesh

the other half
the icy waking
alone and knowing
that the starry light
of your love
is so far away
that no matter
how my heart aches
and no matter
how my arms reach
my fingertips touch only the dream
of you and never
the softness of your skin
never the part in your lips
or the curve of your hips
never the unfolding flower of your beauty
so tightly locked behind the steel gate of fate
that i fear i shall never
find my way in

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

the dance hall ...




the dance hall ...

let us dance
just you and me
across the cracked and worn wood floor
and through the dark and musty air
of this ancient, deserted ball room
where women better than you
and men better than me
once met and loved
and returned
to dance
again and again
let their ghostly presence be
a constant reminder
of how the minute waltz
can last forever



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