Your Name

I know your name It used to be as close As my own It kissed my lips And stayed for a while Not uninvited, but safe Secure in the invisible But that’s trust To fall without looking Hands in the air Slipping away Because you’re not here And I’m left wanting A name split in … Continue reading Your Name

Personal

It’s not personal It’s just… happenstance Just a conflagration of circumstance and need Rolled together And pressed flat Fighting for position In this rather tangled mind And it’s not about you You with your hyper ambivalence All just put on for show In your push and pull mentality That conscious constant need For understanding When … Continue reading Personal

Shifting Gears

I shifted gears Drive to neutral Neutral to drive In blurry motions Trapped in the space Between 0 and 60 Repetitive Dangerously real Consequence moving Fast and hard Like throwing dice And coming up snake eyes Engine revved Purring smoothly But ineffective As I used to be Before the fall Prior to this A moment … Continue reading Shifting Gears

Profile

Hands pressed hard against the wall Assuming the all-too-familiar position Flashbulbs going off, blinding white Traveling at the speed of sound He shifts from one foot to the other Asking the audience for forgiveness Of one kind or another Or a pleasant kind of interlude Not unlike a skip in a record That keeps playing … Continue reading Profile