(2013)
Is there any way I might touch yo… that doesn’t skim right off the su… of your exquisitely contrived vene… Is there a plea which I might utt… that would stir you from within?
I stared at her like she was a painting, as if I had all day and night to drink in every curve and contour
Sweet sultry muse, I declare this solemn oath before all that’s true and holy, that this earthly life and love are yours and yours alone,
How does a landed mariner ever tell a living soul about the exquisite rapture of the sultry siren’s song ? As it echoed through the mist,
I have suffered much while upon this earth, so aching to belong. To whom, or what, or why?
I am seven years old. My brother is ten. The beating was brutal. My brother is recovering conscious… I believed he was dead.
Cast adrift in an unknown sea. By my pride. Alone Missing you,
I am your greatest grandmother calling softly on the ocean winds. I was never lost to you forever, only swallowed by the other half o… Come down with me to the quiet pla…
I’m not really here right now. I can only be here when no-one’s a… and I know no-one can see me. Even when i speak to you, I’m sort of not really here.
It is me. I am stripped down to my most naked intentions; having worn so many coats and less than noble guises.
Sometimes I worry what you’ll thi… about these words I spew upon this… Not often. Not for very long. What of the form and structure?
Clawing away. It’s dark here, chill and dank. Can’t stop now. Can’t stop ever.
I see no reason now to disguise this naked heart and soul of mine. You can hide there
These words I cry do not come easily; as if they echo from the cold stone depths of a long forgotten tomb.
These words are crude utensils, with which to touch you, and be touched;