rhyme and reason

love is a word that
understands everything i
never knew or could
possibly know

irrelevant as the inevitable
grasp of memories that
quite often
never let me alone

only confidence is the
fact that existence
is quite necessary for the
continuance of existence

i am probably placed here
for a reason

that, at least, i think i know.

gibraltar

a fort built with flowers and candy
the walls made of kisses and smiles
reinforced with glances and gifts
furnished with chairs and beds of promises

promises that the fort would never fall

divine inquiry

god exists in the outer regions
about which i can only guess
but i know they envelop us all

god can arrange an impossibility
and insert it into our disbelief
like i would dip a cookie in milk

there is no god cannot
because god can all
and therefore all is god is all

god is a simple mathematical complexity
an involuntary process of self-creation
an innovation in the world of the unaware

and what a tingly surprise it will be
to find that the answer we sought
was actually the question
in the first place

an impermanent impression

i have rain inside my ears (an entire thunderstorm!)
and because of it i can hear none of you
i see your mouths moving and your frustration
but i really don't care because i'm having a blast
watching you fumble is hilarious

i also have a stadium that encircles my bed
often it is so loud that i can't sleep at night
so lately i have placed potted meat in each row
and i don't blame you for not coming to scream
how frustratingly ironic, the stench is unbearable
i laugh myself to bitter exhaustion, and dream of you
screaming

i talk to doormen because their job is so unnecessary
yet so philanthropic; we connect on a level that
most of you will never understand

timidity

i've got a nervous answering machine
that sometimes erases blockbuster reminders
to please me, or rather to keep me pleased

but lately it has outstepped its bounds
by erasing letters from my mailbox
and body signals from my out and abouts

in fact i haven't seen my dog in quite a while
and my kids disappeared yesterday, or day before
i noticed in the nursery two smiley-face post-its in their place

odd this circuit-city rebate masterpiece machine
it deleted seven new friends before i even met them
and it blinked 'no new messages' all night long.

impressionism

debussy, dream me
a world of beauty
for my waking

head to head

tantalizing brown eyes
lips so desperate
but not yet.

i'm sorries

as unheard as the echoes
that caress cold ears
after a landslide

simple machines

disarming
completing
you

hiatus

i am home waiting
the fire is cozy, nostalgic
and i'm uncuddled

yourconcern?

i'm not lonely without
your whispered
opinions

antimonotony

do you ever
sit back
to watch?