i love you, complex,
uncomplicated daylight.
shine on in my life.
Cherished
Was the second time a siren sang
In that convicted Southern way
I’s given the alright
To take back what I Always knew was right
My Rock, my Desire is right here
Tight here
Or he is nowhere
My Fiction
You fashioned this mountain.
You daredevil.
You shapeshifter.
You inspected, intended.
You daydreamer, you.
Each pebble.
Each fossil.
Each Boulder.
Each vein of pure gold.
Each step to lift each.
Pray, now what?
Pray, tell it.
Pray, storied or droll?
Pray, how is your view?
Pray, what will you pray?
Used To
You shiny ghosts
Your invisible fists
Your howling silence
Faded
Forgiven
Your absence
In the attic
Is a most welcome presence
“Hither.”
draw
out
every
drop
of you
from
inside
that
machine
i will
Adoration: A Haiku
When they’re done with you
When they’ve peeled themselves away
Find my hand again
Attendance
There Is much to care about
She decided softly, coming out of the sleep, hoping it’d be sun-filled today
No One can tell you you can’t
Too old to pretend there isn’t a timekeeper ticking, tsk-ing, somewhere
At all the actual missed, like yesterday’s newest flowers or the tea together
And the perpetual wish to cook something with saffron
The absence, the questions, the thoughts, the things she needs help with
Those photos for example
Scorpions
They sing songs
Truths they want from her hips
Lies that come from their lips
Still she plays them
His Rib
How many notice
How fewer know
Who comprehends
I
May I: A Haiku
May I wake you up
Whispering straight from my dream
I’ve an energy