like gravity

I lean               

perpetually
towards earth

step by step
I ease along 

its arc 

with steady 

plodding 
footfalls

each step
induces descent 

exposes fault  

hastens

my course    

towards destiny

draw me

instruct me

ease this pace

guide me

closer 
to gravity

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1-24-15

drawn

I lean

perpetually
towards earth

always
step by step
directly
               
treading
the curves
of your heart  

drawn
helplessly                               
by gravity  

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12-10-14    

flutter

must review these portals

slip behind two sleepy lids
reflect from darkened lenses
reel around things best hid
watch old images scatter     
flutter down my optic nerve
bounding back much clearer 
fill up my dream reserve     
hold that thought and climb
to a daydream yet to seek


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12-1-14

lost in a life (eternal)

I married

worked
the same job
for thirty years
raised a daughter

lived a life
that applied
to no one

until I found
that hope
is eternal
and love
love is all

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11-21-14



(eternal)


I married
worked
the same job
for thirty years
raised a daughter
lived a life
that applied
to no one

until I found You,

and now 
I know
that hope
is eternal
and love
Your love
is all

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11-21-14

still alike

beach leaves

dazzling dusk
stunning reds
departing light

keeps us
facing westward
hand in hand
return to night

holding
hard to dreams
often shared
but unalike

turn us 

to our homes

once the same

but now apart

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11-12-14

nothing

I wish I had

what I had
before
a bed
a desk
a little more
a pot  to pee in
a book to read
some basic needs
So much to gain
so little to lose
so much was lost
but one thing's for sure
it's worth having nothing
to be without you

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11-10-14

fingers

I wondered when

and what to do
when she asked
whether l hold hands
palm to palm
or with fingers
interlaced.

Caught off guard
I only said
I didn't know
I had never
given it much thought.

It seems to me
it always changes
from time to time
instance to instant.
So much like hugs
and even kisses
it's always the first time
that we remember.
 
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11-9-14