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Groking the split

I live in a small world and she needs to live in a big one.

They are really the same world but in my version you make small subtle movements. Peace comes from a canoe in the middle of a lake, building things with your hands, and hammocks and porch swings. There are rules and set behaviors. You dress up for Mardi Gras and you dress … Continue Reading

Begging for Closure

dont freak out
i only want what i want
at least i did not ask you
to stay and love me back

you are gone
and i cant stop it
it doesnt matter to where you fly

i used to love you
i used to need you
now i can only grieve for you

but wish i could have you
just long enough to say goodbye

i dont want pain
i would not keep you
i would not ask you
to stay and love again

i will always know her
mother of my children
but i will always wonder
who you were

can you tell me
will you tell me
who did you become
or were you ever there

-10 Nov 2005, … Continue Reading

Ours 13

That is yours, This mine
Residue of thirteen years
What happened to Ours?

2 Nov 2005. I guess this is the sequel to the Us/Tombstone haiku

When life gives you lemons, you are supposed to make lemonade.

But even that takes a little sugar.

Journal of a Discovery

like a desert wanderer weary from mirages
i was afraid to kiss you
afraid you weren’t real
but after feeling the warmth of your lips
i knew i was to be with you

just as that same weary traveler
must slip his feet into the clear pool of an oasis
lay back and bury his fingers in the beach sand
relishing in the difference between these grains
and those of the nameless dunes he has just crossed

i soon knew i had found my homeland
and would forever more live within (the country of) your love … Continue Reading

She Wanted this on our Tombstone

We stole each other’s hearts
And took each other’s freedom
But the holes are filled with Love

From early 1995, this used to be one of Michelle’s favorites. Obviously the sentiment was forgotten