Beleaguered

Don’t be chary to step forward
Why are we cowering
When we don’t have to be
Hiding in the shadows
People can feel your spirit
When it’s dimming
Just as they can feel it
When it’s shining
Around you

If you never had the desire
To be something amazing
Burning inside of you
It may have been easier
To accept a mediocre light

But if you’re burning
Deep and bright inside
And you can feel the flames
Licking at your insides
For whatever is the next
Astronomical moment
In your lifetime
Then the tears are real
And the journey is strong
And may be long gone
Before you have the chance
To look back and know
What you did
See what you’ve done

Past the doldrums
Of doing everything perfect
Making everything right
In your slice of paradise
Room for error room for dust
Room for make up sex
And arguments

But mostly space for
Newness and second chapters
Letting go of past relationships that
Have run their course and
Making room for new ones
Along the way
Others in time
Come what may

Vibrations and drums
Keep moving
Don’t stop don’t give up
Find the next story in your life
Open the book turn the page
That will give you everything
You know that you’ve got
To experience
Give it several shots

Why are we cowering
When we don’t have to be
Hiding in the shadows
Beleaguered by our thoughts
Stand up strong staff in hand
Conduct the weather
Future endeavor
Hurricanes of persistence

Find your strength
And tap in
Passionate footsteps
Stronger together
Everywhere eyes wide open
Heart pouring out
Life is too short
Don’t do without

© GÄ

Ormolu

I keep writing
I’m still beating
Fluently flowing
Holding out
Holding on

Crevices and curbs
I could be
Sneaking into or
Waiting on

How many corners
How many eyes
How many smiles
Until I find
Yours

Used to have wishes
Stars to make love under

Wanted to travel
Get closer to you

How many more times
How much less sand
Dripping through
My hands

Your waist
My arms
One chase

Mauve maybes
Tomorrow glances back
Over your shoulder

I can feel you
Without touching

Sensory overload
Endless chalice
Simple thirst for
Eternity

Wet

© GÄ

Vouchsafe

What is the future without you
And what is this duration
Contemplation of the afterlife
And how many hours
To get there

Milk blue sky
Passing by the path of
What is life and what is night
Morning after think of you

Wake up to reality
A dream I’ve been waiting for
Breathing is like memories
Of laughing in a loft
In some apartment
I was privileged to
Lay in your arms

Wait about two more days
See how it feels when we
Hear the birds singing
Tomorrow

What is war but nothing
When I know your love is there

You can have my
Vulnerability

© GÄ

Συννεφιασμένος

Help me journey beyond the
Familiar into the unknown
A malléable promise
In my most xenial character
A generous glass to hold
The contents of my heart
Blue tiled star
Black sky

Fair amount of feelings
Wavering carelessly
In the air

Tip the head back
Warm water poured over
Heavy blanket of heat
Silver lining

Forgive me for wanting more
Needing less only
To hold my breath

Requesting clarification for
All future endeavors

Nothing sour quite yet
Blue jeans and momentary
Strings attached

Wet the whistle on
Cloudy days

© GÄ

Shift

Benignly seated in a
Self made throne of wonder
All I need is for you to be nice
Lassitude for love

Winsome in my youth
A true impresario
I would write the words
Conjure the terms
Wonder if love

Could ever happen for me?

How could it be that
In all of my dreams
I would hold onto
Questions but
Miss out on reality

Both girls resented his
Brilliance for what it was worth
Sorting out his resplendence
Divvy it up between them
Stretched from arm to arm
Fighting for or against
One another, who could tell

As grey as the sky remained
Some soothing comfort that the
Sun couldn’t bring and the
Distance memories that
Remained in the sheets of his mind
Laying in bed half awake
Half dreaming of what he
Had hoped to accomplish
What had died and
What was taken

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Generous

Beware my love is strong
Nothing to make up for
Everything to gain
He said

Water was dripping from
The ceiling but unsure
Where it was coming in
Or from

Fall victim to generous
Mysteries that plummet
Forward into
Beauty

What nature do the stars
Hold in their light
With us standing
Beneath

Even a sliver of black
In the background of
Our story can tell the
Unforgettable

I am touring off the
Traditional imaginary path
Into a sea of light and
Darkness

Mixed emotions
Yellow sky

© GÄ

Enflammé

Put a dint in it
Arranged abcedarianly
Turn up the cynosure
Count the bees
One by one
A flame can burn
Even on rose carpet
My emotions are
More effusive than the
Color of the background
Is it sexual or passionate
Or both by default
Misunderstood on both sides
Turn over rocking from
Corner to corner and
Light is painting shadows
Into the room with
What is left
I have more than enough
Somehow now the
Thought is having
Just enough to ensure
We are covered completely
For what comes not
Just the edge of the
Blanket but the
Entire comforter
Resplendissant

© GÄ

Δυο

Try to remain sparkly
In a darkening world
Head is spinning keeping
Up with the ridiculousness
Of it all separate worlds
Put a wall there between
The worlds that make you
Want to be something
Do something with yourself
You lazy good for nothing
And the world that says
You are everything already
You don’t need to try
To become something
You are already everything
That is truly enough
Let go floating out
Into the atmosphere
Lasso the ozone of
Leaving our legendary
Marks behind
Just a few more steps
Before you pass the test
Complete the rest
Which is nothing
Made into something
Also possible by
Stacking rocks

© GÄ

Stress

When someone pours their
Heart out to you
Show them some kind of sign
That you got it
The only way to get past the
Stress is to acknowledge it
And move on
Stop repeating the pattern
Own it in the moment
Five decades later
Still contemplating the truth
When you know it already
Listen to your body
Stop second guessing
To play this game with yourself
Is a special kind of torture
Out in the open
Stand up and call it
Perfect by nature
It will satisfy your want
A desire to be excellent
Not good
This kind of pressure
Cannot exist in a
Mediocre world
Today marks the day
No matter the time
No matter what comes
No matter what’s on the way
We stand for getting it right
In the moment
Stick to what you know
No need to experiment
With the lock when
You already have the key

© GÄ

Climax

How could you
Be so flippant
With my heart
Archetype nebulous
Have I become derelict
No longer needed to be used
By anyone just a panache
Roadside waste
If nothing happens
Nothing to live for
Nothing to gain
Speak out loud about
The genuine pain
I found my apogee
Many cars waiting for
My happy return full
Of smiling faces that
Want to be with me
Peaking a climax
Allow me to elucidate
The feeling of love
Genuine care
Looking deep into my eyes
Is anyone there?
Anyone home to meet me
Where I’m at?
Anyone there?
Quiet porch swing vibes

© GÄ