Most Romantic Poem Ever (Perhaps) November 27, 2010

somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself [...]

Be Kind August 20, 2010

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle…”  — Plato In your life there may be the one.  The one that you think of most often.  The one that keeps you up nights.  The one that you think of first as you stumble into the kitchen.  Sure, you notice other ones.  You [...]

For Those Who Have Ever Wanted… May 5, 2010

We pine for that which we do not posses.  In the pining there smolders crimson embers, beyond the quenching waters of imperfect fulfillment.  Burning deep within, protected and nurtured by the sparks of connection, the combustion of common thought, the conflagration of shared experience, recline our untested hopes—our sanguine appraisals. Such are the fantastic dreams [...]

Lights: “February Air” April 26, 2010

Even though it’s almost summer time, I get cold in February Air…   love this song.

Everybody’s Got Somebody… April 15, 2010

When it comes to love, rules spoil the game.  You must understand, dear souls, love is not a game- but you see the point, I hope. I’m standing in the dark With my innocent hand on my heart I’ve changed my plea I’ve changed my plea to guilty Because freedom is wasted on me See [...]

Two Hearts Sundered By The Rain April 11, 2010

Two hearts.  Each within their home.  Each surrounded by falling rain amid a chill wind.  Each kept, imprisoned—the rain forming a daunting barrier, a restriction to all connection but their thoughts.  His thoughts of her course through his body like a warming flame, covered in the hope that she too feels an inkling of the [...]

One Day, You Will Be Old… A Cautionary Tale? April 7, 2010

Ever see those people, even in their teens, and you can already see what they’ll look like when they’re in their mid-thirties, forties, even much older? They’re children still, yet you can see them all too clearly at 42 and 59.  It’s an odd feeling, and usually sad to behold.  It’s like looking past their [...]

What He Wants & What She Wants… April 6, 2010

He loves her.  How he wants to make her problems disappear. How he wishes he could step in and bring about renewal.  How he would have it that when she needs him most, he is most equipped to aid her.  The knight in shining armor.  Yes.  The problem solver.  The one she turns to, teary [...]

Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground March 30, 2010

You know you are.  At least you know you ought to be. One of my favorite Willie Nelson tunes. I’m reminded of an Oscar Wilde quote (or perhaps I’m paraphrasing), “we are all living in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars…” And another from Arcade Fire: “There’s a power in [...]

Life is Watching… Watching is Life… March 23, 2010

Life is watching you.  Possibly just as closely as you’re watching her.  You see it sometimes—oh how you love to see it.  You luckily catch that backwards glance- that look that rolls like thunder through your body.  You can’t ever stare at her for as long as you’d like, no.  The eyes must be averted [...]