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I Need to Tell You
It’s the right time nowgrab your jacketcome follow me out the doorthere’s something I need to tell you. Running to catch uplatched safely on my armI can feel her excitement tightenjog-pulling her forward,we stop at the big opening. Right there on the forest floorwe remove our shoesbarefoot and out of breathI make sure she’s ready,so…
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Thinking of You
Hi You,I’m thinking of you. I would give anything,to give everything away. Those lost and stolen eyeshaving the hardest timeto stop and rest. Stare into mine,eyes up into eyesfor the first real timelet your color return. Allow the othersto see that smile of yours,it’ll remind themjust how beautiful you are. Look straight aheadto the horizon’s…
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My Prize Fighter
Holding tightly to the ropesthe girl and her pretty waysthat identical laughevery time we agree to kiss. I can’t wait to hold handsin the center ringwe whisper private things. She asks in a certain wayI can’t help but agree,her beauty beats me downit’s no use, really. The girl is a prize fighter. Ten or fifteen…
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Two Poems
1.Inert love languagesits choking at the back of my throat. To think, I chose to be here. I put myself in a placewhere it physically hurtsto miss her. I’ve made common mistakesthat invincible side of methinking I could leapand land without any scratches. The human conditionneeding to belong to others. It’s crazy to thinkthe hands…
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My One True Love
One last go around,one last time.I’m now on the other sidewaiting on you to come,otherwise, why would I be here waiting on the only oneI’ve ever truly loved. We always made simple promisesthat someday, like this daywe’d find ourselveson this strange land. I’ve traveled all this way,me and my odd dialect asking for directionstrying to…
