The Space Between

I start gathering / deaths / like a bouquet / of roses / daisies / like thorns / or sunshine / bless the minutes / the space between / what happened / and what was / pictures reflecting / lamplight / flashlight / the flash / of a soul / smiles in print / forever / or until the earth burns out / its mighty light / we are each other's keepers / and memories are the flame / that flickers / through the night / be my friend / and love me / as I have loved you / honor me / with your life / because ours is fleeting / and we are / but a dot / on the map / of time

None Nearer to Me Than You

 

When I first arrived

You sniffed the air like

An animal at hunt

Closing in on me

Your eyes caught a look

Of recognition of

Some time past, some

Unexplainable sadness

And desire

A strength full of centuries

Turned to dust.

Then later after a while

We knew each other's words

And laughed like children

Who know the Truth

In life is free

Happiness bloomed with the spring

Everything innocent and fresh

Jacaranda came into being

Purple as always a mess

Left a stain on the sidewalk

And I realized a stain

Remained of the past.

So

Trying to avoid karma, and lessons

And all that

I slid into nothingness, just happy to ride straight as an arrow telling the truth as

I saw it

 

Lie Still

Lie still

And love me,

Not in the way that you were taught

Or in the way that it used to be,

But in the way you need air to breathe.

Love me like a breath of fresh air,

Like a ray of light,

Like a mother's stare

Upon her newborn babe

Love me in the sea,

In the grass with the bugs and insects

Waiting for our picnic

Love me, oh do.

Now, there, forever!

Last like nothing has.

 

Andrew Wyeth, Turkey Pond 1944 

Hide & Seek

 

I can't run

I can't take my eyes

off of you

I fling my arm against

The wall - broken

In anger

If I could only do

The things you do

To me

To you

You wouldn't find yourself

Staring at me so

With all the others around

I don't care

I don't care if they

See me

I don't care if I'm knocked to the ground

Pounded into a wall

Looking at you

I could die that way

I probably should

I'd make an effort

I'd have tried

To get your attention

But you'd have to

With all the hide and seek

Make the next move

Like a Cancer

Like a cancer you spread on my mind
more lustful than Chinese food on a 
hot hungry night
And the motion we share
deepens with every
ring of solitude spare
Hunting your mystery
keeps me haunting your history
We fill our stomachs
with each others food
and eat from each others plates
It staves off the hunger for just
one more minute until
I feel this
That you and
Your scorching presence and
My reflection in your eyes
Which match yours in mine
Render all my questions useless
 

A Mile in the Sky

Jade rings around your eyes
as Hollywood sings,
time worn true and onward
marches like little soldiers and
sets the souls on fire
Vibrations swirl with the slightest emotion,
wind on a dandelion's tail
For our lives are
a precious flowing river,
a dangling lava sea
that reaches out
burning a hole through the bed,
blazing a trail scorched
through hurricane jungle mists,
Rising above
Like a mile in the sky