Like I Do

“Darlin’, I feel like a god when I am next to you. Something sacred, someone straight and true. Tell me do you feel the same way too?” ~Live 13 years ago I met the woman of my dreams — literally. For years I had dreamt of someone who could accept me for the eclectic man … Continue reading Like I Do

Baby, Don’t Hurt Me…

“What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me no more.” ~Haddaway We are all fragile when it comes to love, an emotion so intense it can lay the highest low, and change the course of the world. It’s love that frightens more people from day to day than just about anything else, because … Continue reading Baby, Don’t Hurt Me…

Hesitant Love

This hesitant love Beating in perfect time With the rumbling fear Threatening my soul Finding me in shadow Pin point, razor sharp So much like friends But with an attitude Born of conscious time A closeness by default Shoved into a semblance Of what we called love Nothing else being near But the eyes see … Continue reading Hesitant Love

Smoke

It is never the same This constant sorrow Seeping in unchecked Like so much moisture Pressed deep inside Overcome by your ghost These silent steps This fleeting shadow Discarded in morning glow This gaping hole With the shape of you Crinkled at the corners Like we used to be But I see you everywhere This … Continue reading Smoke

Growing Apart

It’s one of the oldest let downs in the book, the theory that somehow you’ve grown apart from your mate, like you’re plants in an atrium and suddenly you need sunlight while your partner only thrives in the shade. And yet it’s one of those cliches that’s more true than it isn’t, not like those … Continue reading Growing Apart