Use Your Words (Like a Big Boy)

Why remain unsaid?

It is not enough to feel

so very much, Love. 

Thanks For the Memories

And when we are old and gray, beloved, 

when we are old and gray, 

we will have our memories still, beloved, 

we will have our memories still. 

Our dearest thoughts will warm us, Sweet,

like embers in a hearth, 

we will have our memories still, beloved, 

we will have our memories still. 

Do not let the chill stay buried, my darling,

come pull your chair by the blaze,

for we will make new memories still, beloved, 

we will make new memories still. 

(De)Port(ed)

Sunken emotions, 

we tried and we failed, 

Searching for closure 

but that ship has sailed, 

The train isn't coming 

it's long been derailed.

Still we beat on, 

life is all that's entailed. 

Ostrich Haiku

"You will know the Truth,

and the Truth will set you free."

Why are you still caged? 

Dry

And my greatest fear, 

my restless terror, 

is that I will always be 

drip- 

drip- 

dripping with 

memories of you. 

For how can I 

soak in a sunset 

if I am already 

saturated with sorrow? 

The Teacher

Teach me to sing like a flower, 

to perfume the air with my song,

Teach me the language of starlight,

to burn big and silent and strong.

Teach me to swim like the eagle, 

to soar like a fish in the sea,

Teach me the secrets you've hidden,

teach me to be truly free. 

If I

If I ever pull up 

my dusty roots, 

shake this dust 

from my weary limbs 

and set out 

for new atmospheres 

to drink in, 

do not forget me. 

Whisper my name 

to the grass, 

and watch it 

stretch 

towards your breath. 

If I ever decide 

that this land 

no longer holds 

new secrets
for me to unearth,

I will send you 

postcards- 

one from every place I stop- 

so that you will know 

what it is 

to be loved 

by the entire world.