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I wish I had
more heinous sins to hide
for all the grief I suffer
and for what?
Reflecting back
past follies pierce my pride
Aflame in shame,
my heart hides in my gut.
Who in their twenties...
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I am alive.
And even when alone,
I have the skills and peace
and all the stuff I need to thrive.
I'm more than good enough.
I value,
honor,
all that I have known.
My love's immense.
My...
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To change my life today,
I'll not ignore injustice;
covet what I haven't got;
repress or
pity myself,
placate,
plot.
I can,
no matter what I've done before,
create the person
that I want...
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I have to brush and floss and
clip each nail,
take aspirin, vitamins
to ward off ills,
clear gutters,
flip the mattress,
sort my mail.
I can't forget
to pay the rent and bills.
It's time...
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I like to plan.
I like these pages bare,
my future fresh.
(I never mind the cost.)
So many possibilities!
With care I keep it,
fearing, dreading it get lost.
My old one seems so fragile,
...
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How strong it is, this feeling of regret,
You long to see the lands and loves you've known.
(For Eden's flowers fade if you forget)
In dreams you may return, but wake alone.
Yes, now I know...
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For you,
a special offer!
Rare! Unreal! Exclusive!
All your day-dreams
you could see fulfilled.
You'll never get a better deal.
A “once a life-time”
opportunity.
Invest in character,
in...
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That brilliant paradox
on Keats' Urn would seem
the pinnacle of art.
But truth is rarely beautiful
I've learned
and beauty's seldom truthful,
ask my heart.
In some way
every simile is true,...
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My friend,
if you mean save my mortal soul
before the pass/fail test
when I decay
for pre-paid bliss
or face the heated hole.
I'll run the risk--
I'm Sorry,
I won't play.
Or do you mean
I...
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I'm back.
I dread returning to a town.
I rented there once.
That has a new door.
And there I worked.
This block is so rundown.
I said. “I'll never step back
in that store.”
I crashed a...
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