drip

double-decker dreams
double-dutch teens
cracks in the concrete
earth's rugged seams

infinite playback
auto-tuned highjack
corrosion of the soul
spinning far off-track

silver-lined songbook
clean clothes lint shook
shiny diamond heartbeats
idle actions mistook

breath deep lungs crash
smoke clears from ash
lovely bloodflow
from her bright gash

space.

the farther

away

I get 

from

you

the more

i

love you. 

there

from 3000 miles away

i feel you

in all that i do

the thought of you 

rests gently on my mind 

i carry you 

in the den of my chest 

i don't show you off

your warmth just for me

because of you

i smile just a little bit wider

because of you

my eyes glow a little bit brighter 

because of you 

each step is a little bit lighter 

and if it weren't for you 

my heart would be

a whole lot colder

that's why i cherish you 

because i'll only grow older

and each day with you 

i feel a little bit younger

us.

loose fitting shirts 

freedom of motion 

I feel with you 

scrappy and content 

we tear down streets 

knowing not

what the night brings 

but that it ends 

with you. 

new person

you've finally arrived

new person

who I'll try out for size

are you ready to fly?

can you show me the lows?

can you handle the highs?

I've waited so long 

for you 

new person 

my heart once cold

now boils over 

a soufflé stomach 

I'm ready if you are 

my 

new person

to throw myself in 

to plunge to new depths

to know and grow 

slow 

yes slow

I just got here 

I'm in no rush to go. 

chicago.

every creed and color 

drawn together 

by lake's charm

birds swarm 

stained rock

hushed talk 

gentle stride 

at water's side 

milking paradise. 

fells.

breathe. eat. breed. 

three simple words

obeyed by all life. 

nothing else necessary 

all else excess 

simplify. simplify. simplify. 

Into you, not it

i'm not too interested in the world

just the way you filter it 

words don't carry much weight 

except when you say them 

what's the breath in my lungs for 

if not to breathe into you 

sure I see lines and shapes 

but with you technicolor. 

then you left 

and grayness grabbed hold 

to shake loose the wonder 

thirsty men cried 

impossible tears 

in silence i hear you 

in stillness i fear you 

desire feigns glances 

that illusions devour 

not sure whose world you rule now

not sure whose thoughts you carry 

i just know when I wore your skin

it kept me warm 

i still can't take it off. 

move.

dew-free eyes

webless temple

sprawled sheets

embrace rebirth 

messy year gone

a future still fluid 

bottles amassed 

kicked to the curb 

neck-deep in clouds 

knee-deep in maybe

sprint now

worry never

if you don't 

who will?

reservoir.

water's edge pondering 

sifting through thoughts 

at the lap of waves

on moss-crusted rocks 

fleeting dreams swarm 

on sugar-crushed brain 

real beauty born 

amidst hallow pain. 

breathe, socialize, repeat

Let the love show 

Let your heart go 

Hold close the thoughts 

That you thought with hope

If things still suck 

Blood drips from cuts 

Do what you need to 

But don't give up. 

imprint

why do we tailgate 

in worn streets 

where no memories

breathe free

the space leaks 

salty steam heat

leaving trails 

of worn feet

where even tears

won't bring me

profundity in a train station

the farther life buries us, 

the more clearly we should see 

that it's the hurt and not the joy

that's the vital organ of beauty. 

tears

the last first snow of April 

Fell 

In such heavy clumps 

Now settled into ashen fields 

I veered off course into the playground 

and wept

I shed bitter tears 

For the first time in ages 

Everything exploded 

A symphony of death and unknowing 

Cascaded over me 

And I wept 

Lasted only a minute 

But the mass unloaded 

And fell directly upon my heart 

Answers still far 

Somewhere on the other side 

Of this forgotten landscape 

Tethered to loneliness 

An old man's gallows 

And feeling for something 

In a room I locked myself in. 

terrestrial

He knows his captor circles the sky 

Gaze should be trained upward 

But delights roam free in front of him

He leaves the sky behind 

Berry freckles span the land 

Beds of lush flowers flowing 

Eyes of passion follow his path 

Invite him to trunked quarters 

He laps the juice and grins his grin

Belly soft with nature's excess 

He frolicks here and capers there 

Tail a proud cape on which he soars 

And as a maiden summons him near 

He follows his carnal calling 

But as eyes lock with his lass 

His claws lift quickly upward 

The wretched flight! The jostled fright!

He always knew the world a gift 

But habits die hard and so do things

His carelessness caught up with him 

Eyes of platinum fillet his fur 

His striped back snaps swiftly 

Maiden sighs, she knows the drill

His limp cape flaps and settles. 

infinite regress

why do I still want you so

have I wandered from the path 

in going back will I just find

more of the reason I left it back 

in breathing you and seeing me 

will we regain what's lost?

or is it all for not this time 

uncovered past still rots 

i lean deeply into you 

it's the only way I know 

i'm riddled with thoughts of you 

they're the only thoughts I know 

in making you mine once again 

will there be more to gain 

or are we stringing us along 

just to find a different end. 

imbalance

a melting mound

observing your station

from the adjacent cushion

eyelids prowling 

synapses short circuit 

chalky skin crumpled

understated buoys 

glowing rich silk

there's a warm body

iced in frazzled misfirings

connections dropped 

control center holiday 

I sink farther 

a witness 

to such tragic display

knowing coordinates lie 

outside my reach 

if you wait 

this stasis 

is yours 

for the taking

but it will consume you

a wholenother way.  

so much for metaphor

add my flavor
to the mixture
yes!
oh butterscotch bum-bum
little known slurps
passionate humdrum
woah!
squeezed lips
soaked fits
bourbon-lined beaks
eek!
infinite bun-buns
on my little chum-gun
ahh!
melt into me
press me to your lung-tongue
sighs of release
oh!
better clean these sheets
my!
you little freak
why you gotta run-run
again!
one more time
let's have fun-fun

inn

dive deep

dwell there

as thoughts gather

savor them 

as trails appear

travel them 

make musings matter

and cling to 

inward appeal 

make yourself

a shrine 

and chew yourself 

over and over 

again and again. 

new year

fear yourself not 

oh transient heart 

holdfast to happy musings 

the fire still burns 

from the furnace within 

raw blood and guts and feelings.