Stargaze

Let's walk and gaze at starts tonight

just you and I and distant lights

sandy feet, mosquito bites

don't know the name or shape or sight

but love to look up such great heights

to see so far above the land

and softly reach to hold your hand.

Starstruck

The stars are out above my head

But I can't see them from my bed

I know they're out there, shining bright

Raining down a distant light 

I'd like to catch and keep the hue

to light a night somewhere with you.

Exhale

New Hat

You've been on my mind for the better part of a year.
There's no way to explain it, everything reminds me of you. Everysighteverysoundeverymotionevery train of thought begins or ends with you. You have become the Penn Station of my consciousness.
I don't even know you. That's not true. But it is. You are.
I can never tell if my heart beats with excitement or fear, probably both. Fear is a type of excitement, right? You uplift, you hold, you fall so beautifully.
My mind is a string you've pulled tight enough to play a tune, a song of joy, tension, and nervous expectation. Not a love song though,
Never a love song.
I'm not worthy to write yours. I'm not worthy to write your anything.
I'm hardly worth the paper you write on.
That's not true. But it is. You are.
I guess I'll just write on.
Right on.

Open letter to Mothers

Dear Mother,

I love you. 

There are no words to describe the respect I have for you, for your strength and vitality. You are my strength and compassion, my heart and soul. You break the machines and fix the people. So many benefit from your existence. Into our lives you swoop, like the hawks you so admire, and snatch away the pain we've brought upon ourselves. To often you carry it with you, hidden beneath your beauty. I am long away, but you are inside my heart, keeping an eye on the things I do. You are the voice of compassion when I feel cold, you remind me to never give up. On anyone. You are my heart. You are my soul. 

Dear Mother,

I love you.

Sure thing

The logic is clear, the facts are all straight
but thinking does not make me
palpitate
like dreams to set my nights afire
and ravage clear minds with cloudy desire

AddVice

stay at home
avoid the phone
watch movies through the window
make friends
feel lonely