I am comfortable with that
Slipping in the sleeves of my grandfathers corduroy jacket,
Sliding in the shoes I wore when I met you;
that fit without untying,
and wrapping myself in the jade-colored blanket,
quietly whispering that it will be alright.
It is being honest to myself,
knowing things wont change,
being a dreamer, or falling in love with one,
and experiencing her first touch.
It is stretching to grow, reaching to learn,
it is being dependant; once.
it is being independant; forever
but still being able to lean on another.
It is having nothing to gain,
Climbing over the next step,
Rereading that old letter i kept,
and knowing things will never be the same.
Suppose Your Mother Was A Rock
Suppose her body weathered
near a riverbed, always at rest.
Or suppose she sometimes wanted to get up,
to make you breakfast, or surprise you with cookies,
but never actually moved.
Suppose, before you got home,
nothing was put in its place,
dirt stayed stranded on the floor,
crumbs locked into clumps,
that may even resemble your mother.
You would never get disciplined
for leaving your dirty socks in the living room.
Then when you come home with red ink splattering
your evaluation sheet, insinuations of unruly behavior,
or when voices whisper that your mother
doesn’t discipline you enough,
it would be greeted by a stoney look
The same one that she wore the Christmas
when you gave her a present you made
in Mrs. Gibbons' class; the same day your mother
let you leave the house without a jacket on.
Airplane
a dream of you is where it starts
feelings reappear from the past
the love I let go
was really just postponed
im away and you have grown
memories remain in my mind
i ask nothing nor i will
your friendship makes me more than filled
don't freak out im just high
on a plane, in the sky
meager, pointless, fruitless words
forget it all, free the birds
maybe its just a phase
it will pass like the days
curly hair i will forget
and the taste of your lips
Awake Again
here i sit, awake again
wishing you would touch my heart
longing for our loves return
only feeling my heart burn
i can not let go of you
nor can i hold on to you
i pray for you every nite
sweet dreams i pray for too
dont let go of ur inner fire
fallen angel guide me higher
completely incomplete
i thought i was in love
it was just a dream
ur not the girl for me
nor are u a queen
u do it to me everytime
i should take it as a sign
did u know that u make me
completely incomplete
others said stay away
what did i fuckin say?
i loved u for what reason
maybe it was just the season
i was blinded by your light
love i thought was my right
its a joke now i know
u stab better than a roe
your cloud pants were so tight
they made me think it was right
were we ever in love
twas it a lesson from above
please go out with someone else
and leave my heart on the shelf
let a truer girl take it off
member how u liked it rough
is this just a game to play
whyd u go fuck up my day
ill get over this
soon u wont be missed
girls suck i know
when they suck they really blow
heres a tale of a boy
whos heart was made into a toy
pretend to care
Monk Memory
The waves were lullabies,
My alarm clock was the sunrise,
I asked my father what we would taste next,
what language, what fruits, what music.
Our boat was moored upon the wharf of Kithira,
and it was my job to tie the rope to the dock.
How many others worry about their homes floating away?
As I flew through the cobblestone streets,
I was halted by eight skulls staring at my feet.
An underground cavern housed these monk bones,
and their antediluvian robes;
the strands of weathered material faithfully hung on.
The echos of hymns, sung before me;
Lamentatio, Et egressus est a filia Sion.
Memoirs of an ancient time gone,
where the birds did not sing idly, but chirped
with purpose, and they dined upon the scents
of marigolds, and the ocean waves.
Our bow stretched northward the next morning,
and the mast reached altissimo,
I would not forget what I saw,
while Kithira slowly faded away.
Quenched
The sunrays flame in my mouth; a desert.
The polar gateway can conquer my quenching,
The coke is mine, the fizz goose-steps along my nose,
and the carbonation flees.
A liberated tongue licks my lips,
stealing the droplets of soda,
and an old memory awakens.
Coca Cola crates towered to the sky,
as an accomplice of mine reached out like he could fly,
and he did, for that one moment, a feather hanging in the air.
Rollerblading in the football dome,
we spent the night jumping over coke crates,
braving the unforgiving concrete.
His winged roller shoes that had once graced him with flight,
grabbed onto them; his body's axis spun into a plight
around those crates once full of the
Coca Cola that playfully cavorted on my gratified tongue.
A rainy day like any other
In Caillebotte's Rainy Day
it is the mood that distinguishes this idle Sunday.
The thalo blue droplets jump off the umbrella ledges
plunging to the stone avenues of Paris.
The faded vermillion buildings stay put
while the hoi polloi melt away, year after year.
The sky, a dirty ochre, weighs down upon
every gentleman and gentlewoman's shoulder.
Some go by carriages, some upon foot,
yet it seems as if this moment is caught, and in it
the gentleman's bleak black top hat knows it too.
Somebody just tasted quietus, quietly, but noticed.
Bittersweet
bittersweet is where it ends
they all say lets be friends
the very first showed me love
shes confused, pushed and shoved
then a girl stole it away
though regrets it to this day
theres another who had fun
just a kiss, it was done
theres another on her way
shell be gone, end of may
they are all the same
trying just seems lame
giving up soon shall i do
yet to this day i miss you
Too Long, already.
Its been a week since I have seen you
To hear your voice I know its true
I really really loveth thee
So lets not play this make believe
You're my baby; my search is done
That is what I tell everyone
I would rather be alone than to try
To find another girl to make me sigh
The love was made under the eyes
Of angels blessing our heart's ties
No other person could fill your place
God, I want to see your face
By this time my tears are falling
If you listen my heart is calling
It cries the tears of tender love
Come to me, my sweet dove.
Ode To Jeans
You wrap yourself around me like a first grade lover,
innocent to heartbreak,
You are strong and brave despite the stone washing I could not take,
You have confidence in senescence,
or maybe it is the way you are relaxed when im all strung out.
O honest blue, you never front,
like your rich cousins tommy and calvin,
who only worry about other's perceptions,
And like a steadfast barrier,
you shelter me from the bitterness of winter,
and the remarks about my shaved legs.
Or when i spill and tumble, you never point and laugh,
but stand by my side, like a true friend,
undaunted by my clumsiness.
And when I am forced to dance with khaki or wool i won't forget that.
O Earthy Blue, you two legged domicile
who mantles the poor and styles the wealthy,
You are the cloak in my fairy tale
and have invested your life in me, so worry not,
For I shall cherish you to the end.