#Conflict and Reckoning

Silver Linings

A poem written in 2020, looking back at a marriage whose damage I kept hidden. The silver lining was real; it simply never came from him.

So-and-So

So, you don't want the words I spill, pouring from this surging swell, cresting lips you've known so well from depths of me you've helped to fill

Only You

Only you Defied reality Defiled my mind Withstood my sea Came back to me Not only you Resisted reality Withheld your mind Shrank from my sea Came back to me Only you (And

If You Ever Wonder Why You Lost Me

If you ever wonder why you lost me All you have to do is remember The countless words I spilled for you Swept aside like autumn leaves Blown away like apple blossoms Discarded

Tell Me How

Tell me how You might be brave When you run away At the first glimpse of danger Tell me how You'd make me a slave You demand your way But you&

Different Love

You may know so many things, be attuned to my mind... But do you know the depths of love? Why stop a feeling that is so kind? Why stop a lover's

Bending Time

What's left when a kiss is o'er and through, When limbs once-woven unfurled? I still see kinks from me-and-you, Bear the gravity of our world — Still,

The Way of Intimacy

Lost in the heart of One Too Few Or One Too Many, who never knew The rhythms of a soulful heart, The need of love that could barely start Lost in the minds

Scorpions

Give me a reason not to erase us from me, not to complete the job you are already doing so well. They drop bombs, here in the desert, where they harm no one

A Ghost In The Room

I would confess my love to you again and again; It’s not going anywhere… Even when I fall in love again, Even when you leave… “You are the only one…” … who ever

Prides

I knew our days were numbered, from the start: Your soulful, aching gaze lingering; Your life, your willful ways chaining; You were a longing man amongst a pride of lions; I am a

Song for a Sultan

So, You think that it is ended, That it is all my fault. I can bear the weight of our responsibilities, I can bear the weight of the pain of our unborn affair,

As You Are

I am not for you. You’ve said it: You are not looking for beauty. You regret asking me for my strength; You regret asking me for all I am, You said you

For a Pisces Love

Streaming thoughts invade my mind Unbidden Unforgiving Desired Memories Emotions Dreams Wandering through space and time Do you still believe Skipping like a stone Across the energies of your life Will prevent your