What do you take me for?
Some silly lapdog
that you can just throw off at your will,
but then miss
when it runs away?
I will not come at your whistle.
I am nobody’s bitch but my own!

The sun shines through
the clouds, radiance and smiling
pillows of soft music
caress her face and
carry her on their silver bedsheets
Emerging from her nap
she yawns and smiles,
a dull brilliance.

He sees the universe expanding within her
He tears at himself to find his own
and she tells him that they are one in the same
Two galaxies whirling swirling twirling
about each other
They reach out their starry arms and
grasp the space within.

She sits alone
there, in the back room waiting
waiting for someone to
tell her.

Do I think that I would
have such compassion
if I didn’t know
better?

If I was alone and jealous
and full of such anxiety
would I still wish to
kiss her forehead and
tell her the raw truth?

I keep my secret because
it is yours to tell and
I back away from that caged animal
and slam the door shut.

That terrible, bloody truth
must be given to her
sometime, but
I let her starve and
I leave her there
there, in the back room
waiting.

Shiny star
look back at me
Do you not see how I cry?
How is it you are so blue
while the red is in my eye?
All tomorrow’s things are done
and Yesterday’s not yet to come.

Forever, I can hear you sigh
and I know now how I come.

The rainbow
emerges from the
dark sky
proud and delicate.

A pounding thunderstorm
beats the colors
of the earth to
an unmatchable vibrancy.

After the rain
the streets are
washed clean
and the soul
is refreshed.

That cathartic lightning
brightens the night
and illuminates
my vision.

In the morning light
the overcast sky
reflects in your eyes
and your smile
like a sunbeam
finding its way directly
to my heart.

Love and hate, so inseparable
connected and similar
light and dark
breath and death
opposites, but together in
the inevitable
you love and stare
and imagine the future
with confidence.

But, hate, so close
so easily transferable
sneaks in like a roach
making its home in
your emotional filth
each little morsel of
broken trust or unreasonable pain
only feeds it’s millions of offspring
hate, so close to love
is really just one in the same.

Because the true
opposite of love is indifference
Wouldn’t you rather be
hated than not considered at all?

Forever is always borrowed

I arrive at my destination with
you stuck there in my heart
and hopefully beside me
but still, if we are apart

Glorious you are to me
skies sparkle in your eyes
no fire of hell could consume you
even though you’ve tried

Give in and be discovered
with your life upon your sleeve
All the things will stay there
covered until you give them leave
and if you die tomorrow and
all things change and pass
Please know how much I
love you and don’t forget
I’ve got a full tank of gas

(This poem eventually became the lyrics for an Ace of Spades song of the same name)

I told you I was crazy
and you laughed it off
We laid together in blue water sheets
and stared relentlessly into each other’s
blue chameleon eyes.
Our pupils held the conversation.
Where did all this doubt come from?
What are we doing wrong?
Why don’t our eyes talk anymore?
It seems so useless and maybe
But, I don’t give up that easily.
I have to hurt a lot
before that happens.
I should just let you pass me by.
The true definition of insanity is
doing 

the same thing
and expecting different results.
See, I told you I was
crazy. 

Now do you believe me?
However, I am hopeful 

lunatic.
Can you join me in the asylum
or accept me in straight jacket?

All I want is to love you
No expectations, no tomorrow
No red door blocking our exit
To hold you & kiss your cheek
with no aching worries
No heavy burdens in plans
Nothing to stop us from
being together even
when we are apart
and nothing to keep us together
except love, courage and respect
No need for lifeboats –
just a ship sailing fair
on the open, fresh sea.