Without your touch,
I forget my place.
And I find my world barren
absent your embrace.
Without you, I am lonely
with a loneliness that kills.
But with you, darling,
I’m lonelier still.
Tag: love
Christmas: On Joy
Unmerited love
and joy unforeseen,
in the glow of your fire,
my soul is evergreen.
On Romantic Novels
I used to read
romance novels
in a fit of fantasy,
living through the characters,
indulging in their dalliance.
Now I read them
as a sort of tragedy;
tales of two lovers
who will never experience
that look in your eyes.
Wordsmith Wednesday: Poem XI
She’s a brilliant moon
and, oh,
how I long for the night.
Touchstone Tuesday: Poem VII
Like an
enchanting poem,
I will go over you
again and again
until I’ve memorized
even
the
spaces.
On Fire
As I think about you,
it takes
less and less oil
to light myself
on fire.
Firestone Friday: Poem X
Literature and love
perform much the same:
a flowery dressing,
a crafted seduction,
and an uncovering
that makes the reader
to quiver.
On Inebriation
They ask
if I’ve ever been
black out drunk,
and I can’t help
but to rememeber
how intoxicated
I was
when I first saw you.
Touchstone Tuesday: Poem VI
It’s not that most connections
carry no love;
it’s that so many loves
can exist only in one space —
can survive only at the bar
or breathe only within an app.
To uncover a connection
worth pursuing
is to find a love that can flourish
at home
and in the streets —
Saturday night
and Sunday morning.
On Longing
Every night my soul leaves,
and every morning, it crawls back, exhausted.
One night I followed it
down old paths
past familiar trees
and, all at once,
I uncovered to where my soul
wandered
as I joined my soul
in watching you.
Faith, Health, and Other Musings 