Monday, July 13, 2015

What is Trust?


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what is trust
when trust is gone?
what is empty
when not yet filled?
what is friendship
when thrown
from windowsills?

what is wasted
when waste is not
something you considered
gold or
forget-me-not?

what is honored
when honor is not?
when time is not spent
or friendship owned?
what is precious
if treasured not?


what is care
if not received?
what is respect
if no respect exists?
nothing is nothing.
and trust is gone.

Monday, June 15, 2015

Sleepless Pondering


oh I should sleep..
I am stuck & unable to say
what I want:
to hug
or hope
or know..
just wait.
maybe bang my head against
a hard object..
oh but if it was
'truthful tuesday'
i would purge.
tell everyone
when i had the chance
i like them
i love them
(NOT in a physical way)
and i miss them
because i do.

names and faces
smiling, crying, joyful mourning;
running in great circular arcs,
a ticker-tape of memories & thoughts
emotion in my head..
never ending thoughts
and feelings..
simultaneously working
and breathing and
functioning with
all your
incoming broadcasts.


switching gears,
i'd wish i could be with you
and say
we really could be friends.
that things are better
in the end.
patience.
we could be silent
and read
or walk
or talk fearlessly.

the need to know, to be.
to know you trust me.
not just in words,
but actions..
but also
in heart and mind.

content.

to know we can be alone
and, or, but also
together
and pass some empty time;
being away..
getting to know you
and hope you don't mind
me..

Honestly.
the juxtaposition
of feelings and then
being told
'don't trust what they say'
(they aren't your friends)
don't be a fool..
hold back,
restrain..
save face.


shame-filled.
hurting-happy,
busting with heart
un-held, hugs un-given..
joyful wide-armed
gestures of joy..
kept to my sides.
NOT because i'm shy.
keep it silent still but
truly,
there is a love for people
here:
bigger, better, and clean..
just waiting
to be given..

boxing it up,
tissues in hand
to keep it from leaking.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Things Remind Me


things remind me,
seize me suddenly
in one moment
I am blue.

one day at the bookstore,
camus,
but
especially sartre..
easy i 'get'..
but then other times..
random moments.
a book on cats,
impressionists or Mozart.
i try avoiding places
i know you'll be,
the children's floor,
a painting
behind a door..

still, yet..

someone but mentions you.
i'd want to cry, too easily.
random happy things,
sad things, crazy angry
too..(things
i'd want to tell you.)
thoughts and moments to share:
a crappy day,
a book I read..
a film about Paris.
a friend that made me
think of you..
random pears and tartes,
and violins.

questioning history
so much to share.
a spare thought
or millions..

happy-grief-bliss
passing like mist
through a foggy veil.
I get the lonelies..
then I trip
on my shoe..
my heart stops,
I know not what to do..
remembering suddenly
(even 8 years later..)
you aren't there.

oh! how i still miss you!

Friday, May 15, 2015

In the Quiet Hours


i think of you
even in the quiet hours
when time is a tick
and trains make the soft
woooshhhh
on the breeze.
i think of you when i see you
lovely in the light
the sun shining on you:
angel, halo, strong; might
i tell you nothing
and there is nothing
you do not know.
the world is beautiful
when filtered through your eyes.
and i can never be
as amazing, altruistic and true
but i think of you
and wish i could be
and know half as much as you do.
to know you.

Monday, April 20, 2015

NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 20

#20 bad poetry

it's horrible.
this carp.. carpe..
crap.
no Longfellow.
no Whitman..
no Poe.

a joke.. yet here we are.
trying words,
verse? not-so-much..

bad poetry that
can't be fixed with rap,
repetition or rhythm..
rhyme, scat, or beatbox.

it's the stuff
shredders were made for.
and yet..

Sunday, April 19, 2015

NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 19


cows

dust off
the Meatless Monday!
i fill myself
(the vents closed)
the cattle yard
awaits the death
chutes
so we can fill
ourselves
with bull-
tri-tip and
no bbq..
mashed potatoes
and veg.
the smell!
disgusting.. and yet
we eat..
no stopping those
who want,
despite the drought,
the cows mill, queue,
die, slaughtered;
sliced,
cooked,
and served.
dinner.

Saturday, April 18, 2015

NaPoWriMo 2015: Day 18

homework awaits..

mindfulness
in the present,
my mind is somewhere
else.
the pleasure
can't be had..
til I free myself
of clutter.. quick!
i go back
and miss,
and read
and wait,
go off and
do.
and complete.
submit and then..
over.
done.
peace is had, pleasure
spent.. I am free
but for a day or two..
til the weight of deadline
returns.
oh me.