Romance

Yes, I know
you mean a lot to me,
I know it's hard for you
to have such an open heart
in this mad weird world,
I know you're scared
(to be hurt, to be blue)

Trust me:

Romance sweeping up the day
Venison flesh cut
Claret drips from finger tips
Naked bones seduced
By poems fresh
Written first
In the heart beats of fear.

Red wine is drunk by bottle

Love is not heralded
By lightning strike

An exotic fragrance filled the air

Goodnight my love!

Indulge in slumber
of safe surrender,
Indulge in dreams
by tranquil streams

Freely, easily

In gentle calm
In quiet peace

Hush! To sleep my dear!

~ ~ & ~ ~

Sleep tight tenderlove!
Whispers and secrets
visions of delight,
a dove to break the dead of night!

Sleep tight ladylove,
Ladylove goodnight!

~ ~ & ~ ~

To Tenderness

Liquor, a tear soaked prom party and the sharp edges of unwonted memory.

I search for my rock but find a pebble.
I seek a dreamboat but still have to swim.
I find my bike but without a pedal.
I find my songbird but he’ll never sing.

Greedy Greta was born through a hole
Then taken by nurses to a shopping mall

Greta had lots of cash and a pretty voice
Dressed in a top shop bag she was making much noise:

Okay I love her, deal with it.

a song about waiting for a bus with love in your hands and snow in the air.

I heard the wind singing
And asked my love for it;
He gave it to me
In picture-creating sound.

Just...
One kiss
an we are free.

x

You
did not ask
to enter
my life.
You arrived & I
invited you in.
Your eyes on the doorstep immediately burnt my face as the cigarette
you held in your hand burnt your lungs; you

I want you, want you...

They sat on the cold stone steps watching the sun setting over the rooftops. This was a perfect setting for a young couple deep in love, 'But they weren't a couple,' He thought miserably.

Two years ago I was asked in a workshop to choose two words and then write for two minutes. I chose "he loved"

Slowly we draw nearer
A heart best
Beating in time as one
Rapid
in sync
Never wavering never faultering
A closeness never felt before

We live and die together
I hurt When you hurt

....Watching the old tired duke box, cough up its gut wretched rum Nancy toward a dawdling civil war clock, men would wait taking stock....

We can't have those small heart-to-hearts
While I'm suck
Here, one seat backwards.

The teacher rolls on, tounge performing backflips,
We're unimpressed.
Suddenly, I'm cursed.