DAMN YOU!
Damn you girl,
for making me think perfect love existed
that out there someone matched my soul
that one person marched on this planet
in time with my heart
A WHISPER AWAY
Suddenly I hear you, inhaling deeply
a husky hello shocks my soul then,
the sound of smoke, the noise of haze
just a whisper way
Our dreams and hopes fill the night
burning us, burning down like the ash you hold
so carefully, I hear you flick your cigarette
just a whisper away
We talk always of others, loves gone astray
afraid to admit that our thoughts
are on each other and why we're here
thinking of the one who lives and loves
just a whisper away
Alone, late at night, watching the flame
as the yule fire dies, the fire burns within
longing for the voice, the one who will forever be
always a whisper away
AUTUMN
Autumn, cooler this year
my heart is warmed again and again
with the memories I carry
the veil over your bed
whispers in the dark
MEMORY
I was overcome with joy
when she called me
to share her pillow
now that she's a memory
I sail an unknown coastline
BLACK CAT
I'm forgotten
like autumn leaves
in January's chill
black cat feels
moonlights frosty beams
SNOW
I lay in the shirt you wore
after we made love
it hangs on me now
like the snow on a fir
I'm wasted with longing
DUST
Life falls apart as
I spend another night fencing
with strangers, by a cool blue light
Focused on a name
for a face I'll never see
setting all concerns aside but you
Riding on the tragedy, caught in a web
of love, hope and lust
till my hearts incarcerated in a room full of dust
OLD DOG
Old dog stirs softly
awakened by a dream
ancient pink nights
DEPRESSION
As I lay here
alone in our bed
I reach for you and fall
into the depression
your body never made
SLIDING IN AND OUT OF GRACE
Dreams become real sometimes
for days at a time
taking form and face
wishes fulfilled in space
sliding in and out of grace
fate propelled me
paired with a goddess
tempting the gods, our love too base
as our thread ran out, tearing like lace
sliding in and out of grace
Alone, I fell, out of control
earth bound, striking the ground
broken, bleeding, a special case
consequences of being part of the human race
Alone, feeling forgotten
knowing I'm a memory, still whole
perhaps in time, a line on her face
a bit of the dust coating her soul
sliding in and out of grace
MIAMI
Awaiting winters chill
WONDER
years from now
DRIVING
Driving home, eyes closed
she takes my secrets south
I'm left to watch the trees
as leaves fall to the ground
while waves crash in the gulf
will I wonder?
how happy we could have been
body touching body
searching for her until
familar gravel awakens me