March 25, 2008

um

i don't know why i feel so unsettled every time you leave
so unsteady, rattled as if i were on a high cliff peering
over the perilous edge, my balance precarious
my stomach upsets from the vague but urgent panic
of a traveler stranded on an arid plain
having drunk their last drop of water by accident
thinking there was more water in the bottle than there really is

will you please let me know when the bottle empties?

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i had thought
if only i could reach into my chest
and pull out my heart
i could examine it
bloody in my hands
and understand what it is feeling
the condition of an apparently
unstable organ

whether it is bruising or bruised
whether it is breaking or broken
whether it is scarring or scarred
whether it is mending or mended

but so bloody in my hands it is
i cannot make out if it were
just tenderly crushed
or grievously bleeding
it merely sits there
beating by its lonesome
unwashed by tears
my eyes cannot shed

and then i realize
it does not matter
bruised or broken
scarred or mended
it nevertheless beats rhythmically
and still is beating
and still is beating

so i thank you for that
thank you
for waking me up
to life

March 08, 2008

pilferage

my head now seems emptied
of the thoughts and the ideas
and the dreams within
my heart now echoes hollowly
with every beat
and my lungs oh my lungs
i am left breathless
breathless

if you have stolen them all
my thoughts my ideas my dreams my breath
i should not report the theft
for they are yours for the taking
and if you had not taken them
i would have given them to you anyway

but if i should steal from you
now and again
a touch a kiss a hug
would you mind my every pilferage?

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