A Season

Eyes rubbed raw
in pain and grief
have darkened the face of spring
while new life takes leaf
"It's nothing but a thing"
say some by way of relief
but that "thing"
was a significant part
of my life
was my other
and still I sting

Oblivious

Ahhh - She was that beautiful
so that men's eyes would fasten upon her
as hands molding her form;
and I don't think
she ever caught on

Oenology

Bold and salacious
with overtones of lust
and soft, deep kisses;
loaded with subtleties
hopeful glances
gentle caress'
and laughter
with a finish of sorrow
and painful regret
if relationships were described
as a wine
how do i really feel
when I just can't drink?

"Good Enough"

Had I to go some place
to be in His presence,would I?
"There are limits,you know,"
and, "It's so far,"
or, "It's not fair."
And since being "good enough"
really isn't, and
how I spend my days
is how I spend my life
I now cease to ask
"How far must I go,"
before it's considered
a sin?

Sticky Messes

Br'er Rabbit me
still tries to best Tar Baby
still gets caught up
in the emotional mess
as an ego-maniacal half-wit
when the best approach
is to not approach,
as if staying out reach
and staying out of touch
were one-in-the same
as running like hell
in another direction.
But as a gluttonous masochist
two, maybe three, times each year
I'll stand within reach
and swing away. No.
That is not letting go.

The Ripple Effect

a grain of sand
cannot enter the water
without creating a ripple
and she is more than that
and I am more
than I might have been
because of her entrance
into my life
her ripple having moved through me
and lapped every shore

A Wish

Have you been there?
Somewhere so far removed
and there by choice
yet you'd give anything
to be back where you are now.
Oh, I so have
and on return found it to be
something other
than what I'd left behind
and as wishing for a better past
can not make things so
I think I'll stay put now.