Poetry

Not Me

When it comes to you… I am Not me. I’m not confident  in control Independent  And free. I dont seek what I want I don’t dream a big dream. When it comes to you… I am Not me. I’m not rational Or certain With logic And drive. I don’t go for the goal. I don’t…

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divine

The tone of your voicesaying fuckErupts The breath in my breathAnd I’m wet AliveAgainAnd again(All the whileWithout sin)As you read and you whisper I’m withinMy own mind.Hear your voiceAnd I want to come Inside, you’re mine,Somehow I FindYour bed, your pain, insaneAnd to comeHome againWant to comeAnd believe It’s not all in my mindWant to comeWhen I findThe erotic,Divine.

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Kryptonite

When someone sees your faults It’s kryptonite Unable to use superpowers of Faith and belief 

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Body

Body struggles to breathe Left to biology  No mind No spirit Except the will to live

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Sonnet #1
Taos Mountain

Sonnet #1

Truth-telling moon, brightly burn my eyesAs you gaze into my room and my bedLooking for someone who shouldn’t be spiedIn my sheets, in my house, even my life. Look each place you please. Make everything bright,The sun has already look’d at my head.You will never find a trace of that knight.No matter the dreams that…

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A Nightmarish Dream

Trying to pack dizzy and drunk, There was a screaming child And I couldn’t say stop. She screamed and cried and said that "he lied." And I woke with a start and wondered...

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I Believed.

When I picked up your clothes from the store andSent out your sister’s birthday presents andMade the cards for every occasion andFound the best school for dyslexia and Drove to the pharmacy for the pills andPhotoshopped everything you needed andReserved the best table on Sundays andPreserved it all in photos and emailWith custom place settings and…

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Sonnet #2

Tell me how I’ve offended you clearly Describe to me what the row is about Explain exactly why you look at me And scowl at my face with eyes cast down. If offense is the score you are keeping I am assuredly in your family’s debt Can we lay all our cards on the table?…

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punctuated thinking

punctuated thinking

I’m sorry I’m trying. I’m sorry, I’m trying. I’m sorry. I’m trying. I’m so sorry. I’m trying.

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eclipse

eclipse

You are the omnipresent predictable force Who has shined on me For forty years. Helping me grow Making me bright Making me see the light in me And the world And a little girl. But today,  Something came between us my sky darkened And got cold And I felt old.  It will happen again And again.

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