(2014)
You asked what I knew about you and I thought up a list of twenty things
My heart was paper now folded six times over to make it harder to tear I only hope that
I get my silence in five minute doses before the plane overhead brings me back to earth
I’ve always been at the very least a little caught up on everything about you This idea of you
The hands of this watch haven’t moved since the last time you did and I’m not sure if I’m ready to hear the ticking
If I was once the tallest mountain your love was the wind that eroded me to nothing
I hope this is postmarked before my death certificate is dat… but you’ll know why if it is or if it isn’t If you get this in time
I grew up in a house built in 1937 long before codes and regulations and sometimes
I wrote this while thinking of you so I guess you could say this poem is eight years in the making
I don’t remember any anesthesia after talking with you but I woke up stitched back
Everyday I lived out a song written just for you But you could
Life is an uphill struggle Nothing comes easy and only hard work pays off I don’t like hard work was my 5 word protest
Autumn sneaks in preceding dormancy Leaves take on new beauty with nothing left in them but a fa… Individually insignificant
Forever seems like so long until I think of all the times spent waiting
The pen must be mightier than the sword For there is nothing that will spill your guts faster than a bit of ink that says
