Out of Love

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How the night knew to sing my suspicions
I suspect I know
From below, it was asked
From above, it was allowed
Relevant, He knows, out of love

While on the witness stand I writhed
Wishing mercy meted out
The prosecution testified
Every truth that I’d denied
Each and every day, out of love

Played at the speed of metal melting
Your aside and afterthought
Your wailing wall
Your laugh out loud was I
And I…out of luck, out of love

I saw evidence
You wanted more
You were displeased
And were furthermore
Undeniably, out of love

With every aching possible
I awoke
I thanked the judge and jury
Arose and walked out free
Out of love

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Labyrinth, Alice’s Garden;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Ode to Socrates

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I knew nothing before you
Not a worthwhile thing
When to climb to heights
Why all feels imprecise
Where I ought to look
To sometimes not think twice

I knew nothing before you
Nothing that meant a fig
How I have it all
Why I love baseball
Not even my name
To rise again, post-fall

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Love’s Body

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I felt the opposition
The tension in their shoulders
And expectation in their eyes
As the youth of their love wondered why
Why the stand-off?
For the air is ambient and new today
It is still early
In my hand, find this toy….
Heed this!
There need be no eleventh-hour
Love’s body begged

The Exam

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Love it is
Don't say it isn't
Abandonment it became

Then followed fear
Oh, the prospect of life
Without me wrapped 'round you

Anger clouds
The very-present love
I had and I have and I'll have