An other to each other —
There is who we are
To ourselves,
And the stranger
In the eyes of the beholder.

It's silly, but what lasts
Once it is over
Is resentment
For the things I never said,
And the things you never asked.

Navigating solely
By the light of sense and gut
Through murky lakes of motivation,
Into the unknown.

Painful truths —
It were never friendships
If they lost their use.

Committed to the destination,
Frenziedly rushing,
Blasting through the journey —
Death-bound,
Hesitant, nor worried.

Assumed deference
Is arrogance —
You're nothing to me.

Sheltered from the light —
Dreams need roots
To brave the storms
Above the cradle.

Disengage —
The tone of voice betrays
Her temperature of heart.

You can't touch me,
Stop trying —
I'll add another lock
To my barricade
For every key you find.

Foretold, yet unbidden —
Such needed,
Long-awaited
Unwelcome wonderfulness,
At such an inopportune time.

Tell you, love? No.
I'm an author —
I show.

It's true —
Love knows play,
Love knows loss,
But it is never
A game.

Is it real,
Is it deep enough,
Is it worth the emotion
If you're not
Confounded by love?

Just a few notes,
And you're back again —
Singing along the old songs,
The old pain.

Fear shifts along
Your every move,
Where hope arrows —
Don't miss it.

No heart, no home, no happiness,
No shelter withstands
All that rains.

Difficulty
Seasons the reward.

In case of normalcy,
Break the looking glass —
Release the you who still dreams.

Shelter in the dark.
Safety where the light,
The world,
The lust
Can't touch —
An inner child
Fled inside,
Forever on the run.

Just another Monday afternoon.
Two old drunks,
Drinking warm cervezas on the beach.
Killing germs, and tanning leather —
No, not retired, a lifelong siesta,
Living the inebriated dream.