Sweet acknowledgments
I don’t know what you’re talking about
Two little something’s making
Encouragements about one another
One is not right the other not wrong
But the cards reveal the path
Gravel rocks kicked under feet
Then my cheeks rose fast or slow to heat
It doesn’t matter even sliced apples
Seem remarkable at a time like this
Just a lot of heart and a little nothing
Goes a long way in a dark place
I warmed your seat you warmed my soul
© GÄ
Slight the ego
For how little do we know
How do we cater to
An unrealistic expectation
Planted somehow
Like a seed in the
Belly of our youths
What little spark
Can cause a fire
Of obsession
I wish I had argued
With strangers more often
© GÄ
Some small trace of myself
Left behind in the remnant
Of self respect and courage
Floating on the coastline
Of an adoring possibility
Worshipping the traffic
Of my heart speeding
Past myself just fast
Enough to get beyond
My own feelings and it
Takes a turn like a page
In a book that seems
To predict that
This is all for my own
Relief from the distance
That was previously
Pitched extremely high
And all for the love of my
Peace of mind and oranges
© GÄ
They have no reason
To care anymore
Most of the people
In the village have
Succumbed to the
Smash and grab
Back windows broken out
Kind of like
Sometimes you have to
Break your own heart a bit
To make sure you are
Loving yourself especially
When you’re walking
Away from something
That keeps you prisoner
From loving your own
Vulnerable insides
Your own best self
Burning down the walls
We let the air in
The sound of birds
Caught my attention
A seagull flying around
I fell back
Beached like a
Fabricated story
Once told by
A deceptive ex-lover
Painted effortlessly
While I’m left
Face down
Choking on the
Lies of soot and sand
I found myself
© GÄ
Inscrutable
Swirling
Bitter
Companion to
Old memories
Do you choose
To haunt me
In this way
Or is it I
That has yet
Allowed you
To come in again
What I remember
To recall
Old friends no longer
Laughing in the
Backyard garden
Tripping over our
Love for one
Another do you
Curse me unchaste
Or is it I that has
Taken to abiding
To these new laws
Of overprotection
© GÄ
A lost chance to be
Something more interesting
A time gone now that
The music has changed
The spirits of the people
Have left the parks
Where have they scattered?
We’ve yet to know
I like to imagine
That the trees have
Absorbed them all
Where the sidewalks sparkle
And the cement bends
There are souls living there
Memories of the magic
Excitement for life
To be thought of as living
On in the heartbeat
Of us all and in the
Drumming pulse
Of the street
A rattle and a bell
A ringing story for
An opposite conclusion
For death I escape
Into a departure for
My love of the moon
Sixty years ago
© GÄ
Calling something bad
Isn’t going to make it good
Just like writing the word
Meaningful down and expecting
It to naturally
Somehow have meaning
On its own
Could be enough
You make it bad
You make it good
You give words the power
To have meaning
How can dreaming of
Being remarkable be more
Than just that
A dream
It’s hard to find a sense of
What life is possible to be
If not surrounded by
Voices that encourage
Us to stretch
Controversy mixed with
Antidisestablishmentarianism
Is there complacency in
Contemporary clashing
Or have we lost our will
To catch passion
© GÄ
A house of cards
Waiting to fall
Tempted to break
Deturpate
A vile place to
Care for humanities
And our rights
By overshooting
Toreador
To the soufflé
A dirty kitchen
All my eggs in one basket
I insisted on biscuits
Peanut butter and jelly
When will the truth
Finally come out
We all bleed the same
Can we love from over there
Do we have to hurt
Devastate one another
Just to hold one another again
Maybe imperfectly so
© GÄ
Friendship
Acquaintances
Friendly distances
Social Media retains
Networking disdains
Casual friends
Hang out refrains
Shared interests
Light hearted conversation
Low pressure no pressure
Close friends
Emotional support
Trust sends
Consolation like a letter
Inside jokes or better
Quality time undefined
Advice in time
Love sublime
Accountability is renowned
Lifelong friends are
Steadfast and recounted
Shared experiences
Belonging and undoubted
Close like family
Timeless tree
Where you left off
Lifelong memories begin
Showing up for each other
In the ebbs and flows
As we grow up and it echos
Through our life paths
© GÄ
Can our magic still hold
In the space of us
Our magical unfold
Our blanket of light
Did our stars disharmonize
What is our mien
What can we be?
We have so many lives
Before us and so much
Yet to be seen
How much is resting in between?
Seeking our own level
Together as water frills
If the wand is empty
If our hat has no more rabbits
What could we be
What shore will we
End upon
What grief do we have left
To glean if we have
Anything if we have
Nothing if we have
Everything we
Could ever need
Thin is the horizon
What is our mien
© GÄ
Poétique 