When I Told Him

“I need space.” He stepped back. Farther and farther Until he disappeared. He didn’t understand My need for inner space Inner peace Peace and quiet Space. I need space. Space for love, not As distance between I want to share and hold To touch To…

Cosemetically

Even the dark In all its vastness Cannot compare To the beauty In light   We are the dust Of the cosmos Sparkling brought   Leading each other Through another night   Some crashing Others thrashing   Where did that gravity go? Now, I’m laughing…

Loss

poem 16 Loss I’m at a loss When I think about love Not who I am Not who I love Or who loves me Or what I love But being in love Cause it meant so much And I didn’t know Now there’s a gap…

Tea of Sarcasm(18th hour)

“Gather yourselves, ladies, prim and proper” Mrs. Havensham said, “with your powdered pearls protruding from your bosoms like so” She continued, “Be certain to display your ivory white gloves, upon your intricate lil hands. For you see, Tea is high society and high socialites you…

Poem no 16: Philip Marlowe

To most folks, I’m quite some combination; Mallory or Marlowe – take your pick. I worked for the DA once but then he chose to let me go. Now I’m a full-time private dick. Men have a tendency to look at me up and down…

Colours

  Poem 10 colours   Red flows from me From the soft folds of a slit A rhythmic cycle That sometimes I anxiously await and most times a daunting curse Brown skin a canvass Of lines, of spots and art Inked by needles coloured red,…

Table For Two

The moon was out The night, planned and set   On the table All the trimmings Paired, in candle light   Alone she waits And contemplates The evening to transpire   Shouldn’t love, fuel desire Promises, unkempt A fool for words She understood   She…

Table for Two – Prompt 18

Peckinpah hummed to something on the radio – “Name me somebody who’s not a parasite and I’ll go out and say a prayer for him.” Realizing his guest might not be a Dylan fan, Sam turned the radio off, and looked for his tea cozy….

Intimate Dinner

Away from the crowd Where it’s quiet, my love Let’s share this moment In candlelight, my love Just me and you at this table for two Shut out the world’s sights and sound Let’s enjoy our love jj2017