Deep Drifting

Deep Drifting

And
She has to
Know
Knowing
That the
Tide goes
Away
Sometimes

And doesn't
Come back
But the sun rises
Bringing back
The tide

The want
Still rides
High
In the tide
As if
Only now
Further
Drifting
Off
Deeper

Into
Waters
Uncharted
Too deep
To tread

No land in
Sight
No return
Too hard
To swim
Back

Shallow
Waters
Never seemed
So shallow
As I was
Once

And drifting
Beyond
Search lights
Radio signals

Hoping
Only one
To
Drift
Back

First Dates

First Dates

I dress
Modest
As if not
To give away
Myself

But I come
Off
Complete
Whole
No strings
No frays
Clean shaven

Dinner
Drinks
Appetizers
Conversation
Paid for
By good looks
And hopes

And not the
Hopes
Of sleeping
Although
Both
Sexes
Wish upon

And numbers
Swapped
That blonde hair
I guess
I guess
That's why
I can't
Get
Her out

Sadly
Courtesy texts
Rather
Smiley faces
Explaining
Tardiness

Only to
Follow the
Rule
Two texts
And no replies
Signaling
The end
Of
That
That first date

NW Apartment

NW Apartment

Signing
New leases and
Signing away
Life for a year
Well hard
Earned money
Spent
Too much
For too little
Space

But
Living
In the city
Rather closer
To her
Well
For her
Not to
Know

Parties
Thrown
Neighbors
Grown
Close
Unlike
Past aquaintances

But
Unspent
Minues
Waking up
To catch
The sun
Rise
The city
Burning

For Her

That NW
Apartment
I still
Pretended
I was in college

And where
I met
Her
 Memories
I'll never
Forget
But take
with Me

Forever
In the city
Forever
The
NW Apartment

Your Hand In Mine

Your Hand In Mine

There
Are no words
For the Deepest
Regrets
We regret

For the mistakes
We pile
In a
Corner
Hidden
From
Sight

Yet
Every
Morning
We wake
 Up
Breathing deeply
Deeper
Than the
Previous
Day

From exhaustion that
Doesn't add up
To the
Thought
Process
Processing
Right now

Restarts
Don't exist
Rather
Each
Day
Restarts
Life

Yet we
Don't forget
Only
Just grow
Days
Older
Wiser
Than the previous

To further
Put ourselves
Ahead
Because
Going back
Isn't
Part of the
Plan

The Personals

The Personals

Browsing
Personal stories
Rather
Narratives
Online classifieds
Classified dating
Classified as useless

Ranking those
Descriptive
Describing
Words
I never cared
About
Until now

And likes
Dislikes
Well done
Choosing
Wisely
Wisely enough
So I
Wouldn't
Choose you

Put here
To procreate
Yet creating
Conversations
Introductions
Lacks
Courage
Let alone
Similarities

For now
Forever
At least
Deemed
Useless
Personally
Classified
As single

Cowboy Boots

Cowboy Boots

The cities
Where you
Make it
Or lose it
You
Carry essentials
Only

And I
Don't believe
In Fashion
Or models
For that
Matter

Just another
Cheese burger
That needs
To be eaten

But cowboy
Boots
That's
Different

And
Books of
Facts
Living
And the
Dead

Don't carry
The weight
That
I see
In real
People

And there's
Not enough
Good
Left

For
Jean jackets
And
Faded
T-shirts
Have all
Expired

But
Tasteless
Cigarettes
I never
Smoked

And the
Company coffee
I drank
Unwillingly

Don't amount
Up to what
Cowboy
Boots
Could
Ever be

The Road With You

The Road With You

There's no
Road long
Enough
To travel down
with You

and Down
The road
With the top
Down
and the Stars
Shining

Your music
or Mine
Even though
I'm never
the Fan

And when
It rains
I'm holding
your hand
Tight

Or how
the Wind
flows
Over
Your hand
and through
Your hair

Long and
Winding
Fast
or Slow

Just as long
As your
on the road
with me
And
It never
Ends