Sunday, May 4, 2014

Rinse & Repeat

Rinse & Repeat

Cold water
Washes out stains
And awakens
The mind
When we try
To sleep

But wash out
Her
Thoughts
And memories
Hot or cold

Sometimes
You just can't 
Rinse
And
Repeat

Dress up
Dress down
Leave town

Because in
The end
Water
Only sets 
Stains
And
Solidifies
Memories

And 
Doesn't
Release 
Them

Loft Parties

Loft Parties

Expensive purchases
Short sales
A loft
In my possesion

Square footage
For
Bookshelves
Art
To be
Hung 

Wine
Racks
To admire

Soundless
Division 
Among 
Open space
To create
Open ideas

Loft parties
Gather
Galleries
Of women
Clothed
In dresses

Fancy tastes
Or distastes
Of others

Drinks 
Mixed
Strong 
And
Champagne 
In
Plastic
Cups

Because 
Classy
And hipster
Intermix

Party all
Night
Into the
Wee hours

But 
Still up to
Appreciate
Sunrises

The 
Summer solstice
They say

Time
To
Live 
It
Up
Just
Once
More

In lofts 
Wishing
To be
Old
But
Living
To be
Young 





Sunday, March 16, 2014

Shared Covers

Shared Covers

Guess when you
Get too
Tired
Your
Mind
And
Thoughts
Mix up
Emotions

And when
Warm
Shoulders
Suffice
Even
In the
Darkest
of
Nights
And earliest
of mornings

The
Conversations
Somehow
Mean
More
When
Covers
Are
Shared

The Air Up There

The Air Up There

First class cabins
Resurrected
Thoughts
Ideas
Marinated
Over
Stewardesses
And their
Drinks with
Ice
To numb
The pain

Handshakes
Greeted
With business
Cards
Elevator
Pitches
And booze

Glassware
No pretzels
Full time
Service

High up
Enough
To get
High
Unconscious
Thoughts
Of her
While
Changing
Altitudes
View points
And
Business ideas

But
We grow
Up in
The air
For it's
Different
Up here

Because
Life
Starts at
Take off

and
Ends
When
You
Land

Separation Hurts

Separation Hurts

At the
End of
Nights
Beginnings
 of Mornings
It's
What's
Expected

Relationship
Wise
I mean
Checkins
Facebook
Posts
Parole
Officers

I'd trust
Her
But not
myself

iPhones
Ankle bracelets
Cold
Sheets
soft hearts
and
Half empty
Beds

Corruption
Without
Money
Yet love
Built across
Bridges
States
Countries

The feelings
Alike
Lost
In translation
In my head

My soul
Questions
My opinions
My toughest
Critic

Opposed
To my
Own
Self worth
If not to
Share

Shackled
Though by
Distance

Separation
Hurts

Monday, February 10, 2014

Built For You

Built For You

There's 
Not enough
Love
Not enough
Sleep 
Tonight 

For
Dreams
Rest
In silence 
While I 
Rest
Awake
Waiting
For

Morning dew
To call
You 
Cause
All that I've
Dreamed
Doesn't 
Count

For eyes 
Closed require
An 
Imagination
Without
Seeing you

And to
See
Without
Sight

Is to hear
Without
Sound

Yet to
Love with
The only heart
Built
For
Anything

Built for
You

Is the
Only thing 
I was 
Born
To do

Friday, January 31, 2014

Birthdays Too Soon

Birthdays Too Soon



A few weeks
Early
She says
Nonchalantly

A few shots
Deep
He says
Nonchalantly

And with
Birthdays
that come
Once a
Year

We make
the Best
Of Worst
Situations

Regardless
Of who
Buys
The Shots

But dates
Stick
Just like
Birth rights
And middle names

Even
After the
Time passes
Clocks tick
and Suns set

For whatever reason
Birthdays
Too Soon
Are better
Celebrated
Than
Birthdays
on
Actual
Birth days