5.16.16 – Dimes

If he’s out there, I hope that he doesn’t hurt me
But I don’t think that there was a buzzier bee
Than me; all I need now’s a fuzzier tree
And a honey-sweet queen that will nuzzle near me

For it’s grayness outside; it’s a chilly night, peer
Through the window and note that it’s really not cheer
Full of hope, though, and maybe it’s silly my dear
But I’m sensing the scent of a lily right here

For the thought of you brings a lightness to the air
Brings me peace and it puts me at ease in my chair
So that no matter who, what, how, when, why or where
The night takes you, make do knowing that you are rare

And much more than a diamond – you sharpen my mind
You’re soft to the touch and much harder to find
And you’re solid; you rock; shock my heart; skip a beat
You skip over the water and skip down the street

And I can’t help but hand you these haphazard rhymes
And I know that you’ve heard this now hundreds of times
But you make me fly bird-less; love wordless like mimes
You’re a ten dollar bill in a world full of dimes

6.10.14 – The Roses

I find myself facing a quite frightful feature:
I’ve the name of a lady but no way to reach her
Oh! never was there a more unlucky creature
when fate makes me wait at its whim

For the only time I can, to see the lass, vie
is the lowly chance I’m ‘round to see her pass by
Wouldn’t gamble the brambles which on the grass lie
for the odds of it are a bit slim.

Still, I turn over thoughts and I turn over soil;
Determine that her grin is worth the turmoil
The sound of her voice would reward me my toil
which daisies and day-sees consume

And I sit still, the yard waits, my spirit reposes
thinking of the garden; of her name – the Roses.
As for summer bouquets, all I’m left to suppose is
the greatest are latest to bloom.
Let shade not invade us too soon
for patience; to wait is my doom.

10.8.14 – ‘Like Birds’

That thing that you had been hiding for so long – didn’t it kill you?

Didn’t it claw at you from within; twist you to nausea like guilt so often does?

Maybe you’re just stronger than me – I know that’s what you thought.

It pissed you off that I always kept my cool. I made a point of keeping it, and I still do.

To you, my lack of hostility made me soft. I never knew what the thing that made you soften was.

Your entire life you were falling, and you never let me catch you until you were caught.

7.8.16

I wander the streets and ponder with no particular purpose

Besides deciding; confiding in you that all of this is perfect

For in between mean days, screen plays, curtains and curses

In this whole wide world you’re something that’s certainly worth it