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The Way of Intimacy

Lost in the heart of One Too Few
Or One Too Many, who never knew
The rhythms of a soulful heart,
The need of love that could barely start

Lost in the minds of More Than One
Who called to mind when love was done,
Who feared love's loss more than its life
I need love more than to be a wife

Why do I hide from another's fear?
Why slink away for another year?
Why withdraw my love because you do?
I am not one to love so few

To fear openness, fear honesty?
How can you consider this to be
The way to true intimacy
When this, the way to love's simplicity?

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Birds of Love

Aching heart and rattled mind,
I seek a friend, and few I find
With open hearts and willing soul

I remember times of old
When love was easy, love was kind
And we were friends, all lives entwined
And we could live our lives half-blind

It behooves me yet, to see
That you're yet coming back at me
That you're yet coming hard and fast
That you yet want some love to last

When you cannot begin to know
That it's not lust that lets love grow
That it's not ours to find and search
When we're not left on that high perch

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Simple Breaths

It was simple,
A breath,
And I slipped from now to then,
And I saw your face again,
And your face remotely yours,
As we stood before the doors...

It was simple,
A breath,
My voice catching on the past,
My voice catching on the pain,
And I saw your eyes again,
And the feeling grown, fondness at last

It was simple,
A breath,
Two friends holding hands, at last,
Two hearts still held from the past:
I found myself, now, kissing you,
Kissed in ways I never knew

It was simple,
A breath,
All the time, it would not cease,
Two hearts yearning for release,
Seeking confirmation this was real,
Two souls seeking love to heal

It was simple,
A breath,
And your arms around me stayed;
On your chest, my fingers splayed...
Must it always go this way?
Must I await for days and days...?

It was simple,
A breath,
I don't want to watch this death,
Don't want to bear another flight
When such simplicity feels right,
Can't switch off this feeling like a light...

It was simple,
A breath,
A needed breath, no wasted time,
And I was yours and you were mine...
Please give simplicity its due;
It's only me and only you....

It was simple,
A simple breath....

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Acquaintanceships by Night and by Day

I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have been lost in the depths of a vast universe,
Lost beyond the reaches of his highest height -
And whence his words rippled from kindly to terse -

Where were you? Where were all of you who feel cause to judge
Whilst I searched the covens of all space and time,
Whilst I sloughed off all that you all begrudge,
Whilst I delved into depths of my heart and mind?

I have become one with the night,
Taking fireflies and monsters to become my friends,
Learning from cats to see with a feline's sight
That my soul and my heart could see my paths' ends -

And where were you? Were you shielding rays
As family, friends, children from far and wide
Came to embrace you in light of day
Whilst you did hold to your ego's pride?

I have become acquainted with the night,
With the darkness of my soul, and with others' too
That I may face with a whole heart my fright,
That I may learn to forgive and to love even you

Who judge. Where were you when my soul was alone?
Did you come to my aide? Did you reason to give?
Or did you only miss what was given, well-known?
Did you think to reach out, give me reason to live?

I have become one with the night and the day
Breaking reasons, unfettered by common restraints,
That I may find reason to live well, as I may;
That I may find life without common complaints -

And where, pray tell, where do your judgements lead us
Whist I, on my own - my heart oft torn asunder,
My life and my mind leaving you in nonplus?
I find myself, day and night, filled naught but with wonder —

For I have become acquainted well with the night,
And I break, at last, into dawning of days;
And I find I shan't run, though my wings take to flight
As I find myself, now, understanding your ways.

(First line borrowed from “Acquainted with the Night” by Robert Frost, http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poems-and-performance/poems/detail/47548 )

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In The Beginning

And then, the flow began:
The life that was their own,
The life that was her own
That urged a broad wingspan;
No longer words, alone
No longer friends outgrown....

She found true love without a man;
Won lands afar without a throne;
Traversed where none had ever flown -
And all of this, without a plan,
Without a soul yet to condone
The very life she'd only known

With only whispers of "I can...!"
She lifts her eyes, will not bemoan
The very life, love some'd disown;
Though from malaise he'd said she ran,
Through heartaches, breaks come on full-blown,
She'd come to now, to but intone,

To sing like ancient Solomon
Her heart's truth, life, love depone
In psalms, her soul's brilliant lodestone;
To find in sweet, attentive span
And unfailingly true touchstone
Her life, her love ne'er to atone...

And then, and so her flow began....

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Star-Crossed

Into the stillness of a dream
The day had been what it'd never been

Wide swing, warm coffee, chilly day;
Words flowed from fingers, come what may

When up I glanced, to a tattered blue
And a stylish shirt; it was only you

They say that clothes can make the man
Though I'd say you made those jeans all you can!

And I'd say, instead, that clothes can portray
The heart of a man and, perhaps, his way

For, when you peered from behind the frame
And spoke of what sets your mind aflame

I knew we'd be friends forever-more
Even if we knew not what life had in store

Some star-crossed loves are but passing friends
Who yet share a connection that never ends

And you, who shares so much of his eyes' deep sight
Shall have coffee, deep chats with me one long night

Words and life may have limits, true
But star-crossed friendships never do

For my dear friend, Terrell Clark, on his birthday

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Clichés

Please don't tell me how great I am
If you're just gonna walk away
Frankly, I don't give a damn
I'm here and now, let's live the day

Don't let's wait another year
Before we dare embrace again
Falter to love and not to fear
Spread wide your heart, let love begin

Please don't waste another word
In lieu of love, then run from me
They're all the same; they've all been heard
Don't tell us both I'm best left free

When it's excitement in your ear
And rambling thoughts that sound like fear
In the stillness of your heart's rush
Is still the shadow of joyful blush

You found a soul with a widespread heart
Embarked with a mind whose life is art
So, come back, now, into widespread arms
Let me thrill you with feminine charms

Don't tell me, please, how great I am
If you're going to walk away
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn
Carpe diem, love; sieze me today

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Haunted

It's never
"I don't love you"

And it's never
"I don't care"

It's always
"I crave you"
"I need you"
"I want you"

Forever
"Please, baby"
"C'mon, baby"
"Why not, baby?"

I'd do so much more for me and you
I've done so much for me and you
I'm just asking that you do
This one thing for us, too

And it's hard,
But I will dare

And it's hard,
Much more than "maybe"

But, step out of comfort, baby
We'll have much more than "maybe"
Love's far deeper than just caring
And those close to me are daring

I'm just asking that you do
This next thing for me and you

I can't keep pulling you along
Can't keep up this lonely song
But if you force this solitaire
Please release me from this snare

And I'll step out of comfort, baby
We'll have so much less than "maybe"
Love's so much more than wanting
So much more than two souls' haunting

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Silhouettes of You

Waving just beyond the window
Swaying just beyond the blinds
I sense your sensual energy flow

And I can't, for all of me, reach you
And I can't forgive myself
For I can't and I won't make do
I won't put life on a shelf

Waving just beyond the window
Swaying just beyond the blinds
I can't bring myself to go

And tomorrow won't be different
And tomorrow won't ever do
For tomorrow, you won't think to repent
And I'll still be missing you

Waving just beyond the window
Swaying just beyond the blinds
I can't reach you; I can't know

If your voice, my heart will cling to
If my voice will sing to yours
All I want is to be near you
All I want is mine and ours

Waving just beyond the window
Swaying just beyond the blinds
Still, we flow, we love, we grow

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Running In Circles

So, the obvious 'comes apparent;
Does this change 'nything in truth?
For our friendship leaves the aberrant
‘Fore I come home to Duluth

And I found another lover
And your soul and mine depart
And my freedom, I recover
And I find again my heart

There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love
There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above
There was only I and you, two lonely souls stood, side-by-side
There were only two hearts calling, though but one love could abide

And I found this other lover
And your soul and mind depart
And my freedom, I recover
And I offer him my heart

So, the obvious 'comes apparent,
And all life is changed, in truth
And a friendship dies, inherent,
For each choice made in Duluth

But, I found my only lover
Ne’er his soul and mine depart
And our freedom, we’ll recover
As I share with him my heart

There was never any answer in the minds rejecting love
There was never any truth in those blue skies, so far above
There are only I and you, together: souls here, hand-in-hand
There are only two hearts ‘twining, exploring love and life, unplanned

Prisms of Love

Don’t you know?

I long to feel the skin upon your face,
The brush of whiskers nettled on your chin
And when I reach to touch, you to embrace
I find that I am forced to reach within

For - don’t you know?

I tremble all the day and all night long
My body eager, vibrating as you strum
The heartstrings of such a familiar song
Your fingers not yet on flesh; still, for you I thrum

And I cannot foresee another way
Than dancing deeply in a world unknown
So I will live and love another day
That one day, maybe soon, this depth be shown

That, maybe one day soon, I will be yours
And you’ll be mine, in body too;
That one day soon, we’ll dance through doors
In ethereal worlds we’ll live, both I and you

So, don’t you know?

My heart is bound to yours and lost to me
It’s yet my mind you kiss, that you must woo
And I, lost forever in this fantasy
Somehow made real, this life, by your love true

And - you must know!

Forever, in this time
That you are yours, and also I am thine;
That I belong to me, and you are mine!
That we are ours, forever-love sublime

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“Be Good”

"Be good,"
And I am filled with confusion
Singed with pain
Filled with fear

For what good
Is implied in that allusion
When your stain
I hold so dear?

I was good!
T'was not delusion:
Did I not return again,
And without a sneer?

We were good!
And, in conclusion,
My tears fell like summer rain
And no one to hold me here

It is not good -
This old contusion
Held a mem'ry in my brain,
I must let go of this arrear

So I'll be good
And find some fusion
Such that this loss does not me drain,
Such that love is my engineer

Beyond Reality

Sometimes, I wonder if he’s not the end of the world;
The end of me
The end of everything I know and want,
The end of all my desires,
The end of all my dreams

Somehow, that doesn’t frighten me;
I want it all the more
The end of all my past and future,
The end of the here-and-now…

If, in the end of everything
There is nothing but passion and love,

Then we exist in infinity, foreverness,
Between worlds and existence
Where words have no meaning
Where there never was a lie
Where dreams go to be born and die…

Silence speaks so loudly
In the nebulous ether
Of you
And I

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I’m Sorry, Darling…

I'm sorry, Darling,
the light is fading,
though the love does not wane

I'm sorry, Darling,
the world must go on,
my life must go on,
you must go on

We must learn
from those pains,
from those sorrows

we each bear;
from the frustrations,
from the highs and lows
We must take something

We must love

I'm sorry, Darling,
but you have neither control
of Light or Dark

The Sun remains The Sun,
and the World, itself, is turning

Watch as the Sunset erupts into immortal flames across an infinite sky;

When you're in the right place,
at every Beginning and at every End,
it is impossible to deny
her beauty is as great

Now is the sunset of our love
Now is the end of you-and-me

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Liberty

You were here with me
in my dream

I would rather you were here,
colors gleaming gold and copper in the sun
through the jet of your coat;

I would rather you were here,
walking paths 'round the fields and along the streams

I woke; without a thought, planned to wander,
you scampering at my side,
your brightness alighting my life;
your name come to life

I can see you still

My heart aches to have you here:
I wonder how you'd be with those 
seven heads taller than you,
how many creatures you would reign

You were always magical:
your wide eyes alert, awake, alive;
your presence a piece of synchronicity

Maybe I was here to save you, in your youth;
maybe you were here to save me, too.

Maybe I was here to give you my heart, my love;
maybe you were waiting to let me love you

Maybe we always knew we would part,
maybe you knew everything I didn't know I knew

All I know is that I know you, still,
and that you know me too

All I know is that I love you, still,
and that you love me too

First loves set a mold in our hearts,
I've heard it said;
you, my cherished one, broke every mold,
broke every hated rule:

You were the one who explored with me,
you were one who loved without questioning,
you were the one who is all and more than you are

My beautiful boy:
if love is an instant and a foreverness,
if forgiveness can be begged of you,
love knows you forgive me and miss me, too:

Forever apart,
forever with me,
forever loved,
forever true:

My beautiful one,
my Liberty;
and I am yours, too

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P.S. I Love You, Still

I fell into your world, my love;
And here, I shall remain, in heart,

Even if I am away,
Even if I must away,
Even if I am to be in a Wonderland of my own making…

I fell here, first, my love;
And here, I shall remain, in part,

As I have for years,
As I have for weeks,
As I shall, again, until I find the mirror-gate to you…

There is a Hatter who makes tea for two,

Who protects his M with kindness,
Who tempts Alice with long-coated horses,
Whose silver steed drives like the wildest things.

There is a girl whose land is elsewhere,
Yet finds life in Wonderland rings

With yet too-familiar courses
Of behavior with him all-too true…
And yet, we pine in distance;

And yet, you are right here;
By some grace of our natures’ providence
We touch what we hold so dear…

And you are in my heart, my love;
And here, you’ll always stay,

No matter time may come or go;
No matter how many worlds away…

For we have already broken rules
Upon us set by else-worlds’ minds,
Still: As precious as Majesty’s jewels,
Each other’s hearts, we find.

Stay with me. Love me. Be with me.
We shall never fear nor be torn apart;
For we are as Titans, as magical as gods
With all we’ve ever seen.

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The Road To Giving Up

he’s just not that into you…

It’s been a week since I’ve heard from you
Sweet words of love
Of tenderness

he’s just not that into you…

While men in desirous parts of the world
Beg my attentions, pour on me affections,
Pull for my presence, promise me peace

he’s just not that into you…

I suffer long, lonely days alone, abused still
By absence, by affliction, by the remnants
Of maltreatment banished

he’s just not that into you…

And wonder, worry for your beauty
Wonder, worry for my own…
Reminded by your native enemies…

he’s just not that into you…

No sweet words come at last
No fond words of affection
No desire to be present…

he’s just not that into you…

But, even my white kitten comes,
An angel's silent steps and passionate
Love-bites to remind me of my own…

he’s just not that into you…

You’re just not that into me, are you?
For, if you were, your words would spill;
For, if you were, no harm could come…

he’s just not that into you…

for, if you were, you’d
share words of peace,
feather me with beauty…

… just not that into me…

… and I fade,

my love burning like a pyre,
my heart aching like a martyr,
my mind begging for a champion,

and I, abandoned of your touch
bereft of love…

he’s just not that into you…

my eyes spill, slowly, 
yearning for the truth…

he’s just not that into you…

'til my heart breaks 
as I read your words:

“… I’m just not that into you”

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From Taming the Monkeys of Mind

 

taming-the-monkeys-of-mind:

Roll,

and splash around

through my warmest ink;

let it streak your body,

spilling into mind,

while

steadily

warming

your bluest veins.

Step barefoot through

my intentions,

stripped,

wading this man’s

inner everything.

Close

your eyes,

allowing yourself

to become the parchment

of love’s enduring

landscape;

catch

the pulse

of inspiration’s

heavy rains.

—me ॐ

 

~ Amazing poetry. ~

The Return

I waited.

I learned.

I did not leave, nor quit of my feelings.

Why would I, when love IS?

Why would I, when you ARE?

Why would I, when I AM?

I waited.

I learned.

I felt you so many times, and I still loved you;

I knew you always loved me, too.

Why wouldn’t you, when love IS?

Why wouldn’t you, when you ARE?

Why wouldn’t you, when I AM?

I waited.

I learned.

I did not give up hope – though almost…

And you returned.

I don’t know how long it will last – but I will still love you;

I don’t know how it will look – but I will still watch you;

I don’t know how you will be with me – but I will give to you…

Because love is,

Because you are,

Because I am

Always.

Paradoxes Bleed in the Black of Morning

You still hold against me that I love you.

Who is the fool: you or I,

When, yes, I am alone,

But you are without the knowledge of either of us,

Without the peace of our friendship,

Without the knowledge of me.

We are taught that we are allowed no mistakes, in love.

There is no turning back,

No forgiveness.

We deal retribution in love as if we knew better,

As if we were ones to teach

An everlasting energy

How to be.

I still love you.

I still live you.

I still know you.

I still see you.

Perhaps I do not know what you want me to be,

Perhaps I will never be as you wish me to be,

But I love you

And that is everything.

You still make my heart break with your sadness.

You still make my heart leap with your joys.

You still make my mind warp with your ways.

You still make my loins ache with your beauty.

Break me again and again,

I will still be yours, eternally,

As I am every man’s whom I love.

Do not ask me to render this paradox sense;

I only know it’s true –

As I know you are mine, too…

As every moment you gave yourself to me

Lasts, lives…

And I miss you.