

I PromisePlease, just say something, to break the tension in this moment I can feel them coming: burning, wet droplets,I Promise
threatening to spill forward, like the breaking of a dam
to let all hell pass through
We both knew it was coming,
so just let it pass
and we'll forget I promise


The City Sleeps TogetherThe City Sleeps Together: I wake to the sound of sirens, urban light, through the cracks in my broken windowThe City Sleeps Together
Your complexion, even paler in the morning light, startles me
Caffeine to the heart, IV injection, to awake, and start,
and stop.
Parallel, perpendicular, sometimes I only see in rectangles
and squares.
Parallelograms, if you will
to simplify and quantify all these lines, these sporadic, meaningless buildings, and lives. Everyday, I pass by these places
but never absorb, never connect
that they are connected. I kiss you, everyday, but is it meaningful?
Is it right?
And when I feel


A Little Poem, A Little StoryA Little Poem, A Little Story: Do You Remember? Do you remember the walks, in the summer snowA Little Poem, A Little Story
and your hand in mine, tired and forlorn? Looking like a junkie, walking past
the business men?
With a smirk on your face, and a dime in your pocket
reducing the stars and fire
to nothing more and nothing less
then a waking dream? Tell me,
was it worth it? The time, gone, smiles
faded
and you're fading with them
It's not going to last forever
and I'm just along for the ride.