Do get through it. How
will you be okay today?
What words will you say?
i said in stilettos
i imagine you’re wearing
that wild in your eyes
regardless of the creatures
within
and
around
i prayed that way
To Let Me
I wish I had a rocking chair
And while I was slow-swaying there
I’d make a list of all my dares
Then whisper them into the air….
Because Fate
I’ll only accept
Slow-motion snow
I’ll solely respond
If offered the Sun
The moon and the stars
Cannot steal my gaze
My feet wait firm here
For lightning’s call
Dialect: A Haiku
You world in my head
I’d hold you in my hands if
I spoke your language
With Each Cup
Each morning I think
You’ll find me, time
In the beauty that I walk with
At midday I’m sure
That you’re afraid
Of the clutter of my first name
With evening I wish
You’d peel away
My frazzle before we sleep
Pulled
I watch
As from afar
You count them
The near-missed curves
And the angles
Maddeningly calculate
Keep staring
Blankly
Into the tonic
While the true
Keeps calling you
From your virtual walk
Sound Ground
Since I was seven
Or sooner
I’d the biggest biceps
The fleetest feet
See how I saved you
Before you knew to feel
Afraid
All it is now is late
Tho’ fixed more mighty than then
I’m ready to jump
Jump
Jump
And this time
Let you catch me
French Press
On cold mornings
I peek
My foot out from the sheets
And pretend that
You’re waiting there
Not asleep
small roar
Laugh
You’ve no choice
But to throw off that placid shroud
That stale air
To look far
Into your smile
And even if without reason
Laugh
