(2014)
I can’t help wondering Was that really you Could it have been so High If I could answer
I love your grace Always seeing beyond The ruins left In the wake of sin I love your strength
In this life We have moments Both good and bad We have them all But the best moments
After the party Red solo cups and used rubbers filled with unrealized potential, liter
One year ago We were nearly lovers One year ago The closest of friends One year ago
Blessed to see Even momentarily To touch The greatest of heights reached by two people of one mind
The million incandescent bulbs that line Gibbs St from Barrett Place to Main go out just after midnight. Stragg… smokers sit or stand in the alley
Spent my whole life In a war zone Where everyman proves his metal by showing
I have been proud I have considered myself wise I have thought that I was Far above The failures of others
The two of them sat face to face by the banks of the narrow stream smoking cigarettes, throwing stone… and dismantling
2014-12-28-21-44-05 It is a myth When they say “The pieces you give away You never get back”
2015-01-01-19-13-39_poetryx World Divided I sit here alone waiting on the edge harsh reality
I never told you a lie I was honest from the start You knew about my wife You knew who I was You accepted the facts
I broke something beautiful I had prior commitments I was not free to live out that fantasy
Here comes the rain To wash away All the things the could have been Here comes the rain ( again) A cleansing flood