Borderland

unbidden tears slip wantonly


     in histrionic spasms


        obscenities hurled carelessly


             upon my lover's burden


  I cannot mend the gaping rift,


                        so press apart the chasm


                             and sow and tend the teeming hate


                    amid my sacred garden





                               unfettered fear clasps acidly


            unto my tangled veins


                                   while venom flows abandoned


                                                               into puddles of emotion


                      I cannot break the shackles


                                        of my yet unruly mien


                                               and so, prostrate contrition is


                                                                                         the act of my devotion

Id(eology)

the structure of my paradigm is weak
and fractious in all the strangest places
tectonic plates are like to spring a leak
tectonic shifts are like to unstrung laces

the fabric of desire is unsound
and willingness is infrequently traded
promises and precepts are unbound
the fury of desire is unabated

the Sturm und Drang of heart perforce erratic
in hunger, thirst and lust are ever-changing
in moments melancholic and ecstatic
these fibers are relentless rearranging

Punch-Drunk

Eternity marked by your rancorous knack
A timetable in marble engraved
When a shard of your specter caught in my back
Unto you, I'm eternal enslaved

I cannot ignore the whim of your favor
nor endure artifice in your eyes
I'm effete to defy your virulent flavor,
the ruinous sting of your lips on my thighs

Nefarious

Oh, how I need your fight in me!
your bite in my skin
your sting in my veins

A poison sweet and vital to me
ambrosia tongue
strung with acid reins

Oh, how I miss your depravity!
how disastrously
you laid bare

For a moment, you were all my gravity
so elaborately
bound in your lair

Fertile Mourning

There are times that I hate you with my whole heart and soul
Your hurt stings deep
where I crave the damage

I have grown and healed and flourished in ways I never knew I could
that growth has continued...will continue...forever onward
with or without you

I owe unto to you a debt of deep gratitude
I wish you every happiness life can offer

And I hope that you know that our friendship is important in ways that no other could ever have been
And I hope that you can remember me fondly
And I hope that we will meet again.

I will keep a soft place for you in my life
You will be ever welcomed with arms and mind open to you
You will ever be granted asylum in my heart

with deepest love and sorrow
I remain yours

elan vital

hot and wild summer wind
whips madly through snarled hair
chases thunderheads to a distant horizon
beats back a dusky glare

palms up and open in greeting
welcome the squall inside
the breath of chaos to thirsting lungs
creation - life - abide

Ten Million Joys

Just today, I blew 10 million bubbles
and jumped in a pile of 10 million leaves
and when it rained, I splashed in 10 million puddles
and when I played, I skinned 10 million knees

Just today, I sang 10 million jubilant songs
wished on 10 million dandelions
I rode 10 million miles on my bike with no hands
and I made up 10 million new rhymes

Just today, I smiled 10 million smiles
and laughed 10 million laughs
today, I enjoyed my child's one childhood
and forgot that my own has passed