Surviving

I slept under the stars And travelled with strangers I finished a 10K race I’ve lived dangerous.   I loved reckless Had my heart broken Picked up the pieces And just kept on moving.   I’ve trusted the wrong person Learned from my lessons Sang…

Choose

I’m being torn between two roads: One I’ve worked towards my entire life The other, a road unknown One has a goal that aligns with mine The other could also lead me to prosper My role in life has changed I no longer feel I…

Loves moment

you can’t force moments you can’t guide love into a crisis some stories are easier when they come from you but more difficult to tell Do I dare? You ask knowing this question is neurotic in itself  

Hour 21

Heart under fire Am I ready for this yet? I will take the chance

Sleep Deprived Defiance, Hour 20

No No, I will not read T.S. Eliot Nor submit to revisiting the age old themes Of all the classics Drives me batshit A path well worn means safer travels Means more traffic, More regulation More stupid people in the way… I’m too impatient Give…

Hour 20 – Mermaids

Mermaids From the line by T. S. Elliot in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock I do not think that they will sing to me, these creatures of desire and love. Songs of the deep are meant for other ears in other lands, or…

Last Dance

Last dance (Let us go then, you and I; Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot) Let us go then, you and I, Where slender legs meet the floor And you teach me and I teach you The dance that elves know Among…

20 – Crow Secrets

Crows whispering in my ear, “Please don’t forget us when you go home… and don’t forget the trains out there in Wyoming. Remember how you loved the trains coming through every day, and the snow. Try to remember the snow, and our silhouettes across the…

20

And were I vain, the least bit wary, of donning, thus, my wig— Of scarves fastened fashionably with haphazard pins, I’d have Eliot write for me, a t-shirt, and this is how it would begin—   They will say: ‘How his hair is growing thin!

Under His Wings (Poem #20)

Hope Faith Two words that many people misunderstand Yet because I know where my hope lies And because I know where my faith lies My life is good I have faith that God will do as He says He will He will fulfill His promises…