The Upside

down
down
down
doesn't always
have to be this way

down
after all
has been
fun too

Grammar

why is it that

everything

words
meanings
paradoxes
and nonsense

fall apart
together

with you

?

Sages and Learners

the metal din
of keyboards
and the whir
of stale computers
whiz on and on
in the background

here
the learners
and the sages
both give sermons

quiet, heavy words
about
soul mates
coffee
and spiders
killed by drowsy heads.

Pyre

tempers roar
in this cold sea
of unseeing eyes
and whispering tongues.
dawn is short
- a flicker.
its orange hues
turning fiery too soon.
and as the fire roars
within,
and without,
look back
at the flicker
you have left behind.
I am still the flame
ready to burn
with you.
for you.

Acknowledgements

It was in choked,
hushed whispers
that they told our story,
assuming (very bravely)
a grim embarrassment
for our shameless,
shapeless,
sheltered
love.

Radiant Fantasy

I long
to ride
the waves
you summoned,
drowning in the
foamy crests
and surface
gulping,
drowning in the
unreachable heights
you plucked
and spread out for me,
drowning in the
depths unseen
of wild serenity
and float back
to life

Reflections

reaching out
across the cold glass

these images
trapped inside on
"the other side"
whimper
in fear
of when they would have
to step out

and wipe their
old, tired hands
on that smooth surface
that, sometimes,
still tells their story.