The world is a mess
A little less desire
Maybe nothing to crave
I’m not sure of my
Own tastebuds
Legendary fantasies
Dreams of manic screams
More or less
Searching for a light
That cracks us open
With the mystery
Of countless people
Remarkable times
Memories fade
The truth is a lie
And I am
My own fool
© GÄ
We’re better not together
I wore out love like
A sweater now the ties
Are severed no more
Binds no more fights
No more arguing
As you slam the door
Behind you it seems the
Only thing you’re good at
Is to fight for nothing
Because when I have
Asked for you to fight
For us the only time
The gloves are off is
When you want to win
For yourself not for us
And so we’re better
Not together and the
Birds they sing much
Sweeter and even the
Sky is so much bluer
Because the fog has
Finally lifted and
The heralding begins
As all the forest creatures
Sing and dance to
Celebrate our final end
Happy anniversary to
Goodbyes let’s celebrate
With our abilities to smile
The end has never been
So delicious to truly
Finish up and put a bow
Onto our personal
Beginnings there’s no
Regrets because we’re
Better off forever now that
Finally we’re truly not
Together
© GÄ
Disingenuous doubt
From now on out
Nobody’s victim
No strangulation
I’m issuing a reward
For anyone who can
Lead me to my lover
Wanted this hunger
Crave the thirst
Ready to burst
I’m your greatest
Suspect better than
Any drug persistent
To love every part
Of you take the side
Street with hovering
Lamps and shadows
Fragrant mimosa trees
I’ll be waiting to meet
You there open hearted
© GÄ
Along the coast of memories, a
Mindful plot, the heart dances
In between the light, a palm,
Orange horizons and sand
Heart releases the past into the salted sea
Now hours of weeks and months
Break free into floating miracles until
The current can thrust and pulse alone
While each are reasonably intertwined
Outflowing as the crystal moon predicts
Dusk cradles crested love
Liberation from telephone wires
© GÄ
How many times did you
See me when I wasn’t looking?
How long are you gonna keep
It to yourself?
You still continue to
Refuse to make it better
You excel at that
Not just with me
But like with EVERYONE
You did me bad
No remorse in your smile
Par for the course
Of course
Why did I have to
Find out this way
I guess I’m glad you lied
About the forever friendship
Part of the story
You could have just
Told me that you’re no fun
Surly disheartening
No more restarting
All that is left is the
Disorienting likes
On posts of things
You seem to care about
More than a few words
Or simply reaching out to me…
© GÄ
Encomium lighthouse
I want to praise you
A bolt of lightning
Gorgeously strikes asunder
Ghastly love in broken parts
Put back together
Am I having a failure
Depression of sorts?
Where is my brief moment
Of emotional shorts?
My excitement
My frisson
My passion is living
Anything for a weird life
If it means climbing
Up a fire escape to
Get to you
If it means
Sliding down a fifty foot pole
To rescue you
Is my brain now in twain
Am I going insane?
Is there any excuse that
Could help bring me closer
To the truth that is us
With my neck tilted back
Facing up
You will find that my eyes
Are on watch to be
Filled to the brim
With your loving cup
© GÄ
He was dimming
His light flickering slow
Companion to a single Rose
This man of impossible gain
A confident cowboy who knew his domain
Guided with words that encouraged
So many his absence made glow
With the touch of one hundred sweet angels
In one finger this man did bestow
A grandfather naturally so
A father who truly took hold
A king in the light of ten thousand white owls
Does he stand in the midst of one soul
I look to my left to the willow
To the fruit of a neighboring tree
Over my shoulder the clouds floating by
Are strangely familiar to me
Tears streaming I can finally breathe
My own smile imparts waves of relief
Knowing you’ll always be close
His touch is in all that I see
In everything that I am your love
Will live on inside me
© GÄ
Why would I lie to myself
If I know what the truth is
If I know that it’s useless
I would rather be toothless
Then pretend that it’s
Too late to have fun again
Why would I lie to you too
If I know the true meaning
Of what not make believing
Can do for the heart when
We’re willing to part with
All of the things that keep us
From living the life that
Could rip us apart
Open up the best part that
True love from the start
Can prevent all the hurt that
Is pushing us down
Time to put on your crown
Wear your beautiful truth
Why pretend to be something
You’re not
The most miraculous piece
Takes me down to my knees
Knowing I can be loved
Have you holding my hand
For the person I am truly
Loving you too babe like you’re
Wanting me to because fake
Will not prove anything
But to lose all the love that
We have if we trust in a lie
Knowing the truth
That we have is the best
So why would I lie
If I know what the truth is
If I know that it’s useless
I would rather be toothless
Then pretend that it’s
Too late to have fun again
Here’s to being with you babe
© GÄ
What’s wrong with the
Whole world and why
Do I feel like I want to live
In a cave somewhere
Far away from these redundant
Songs being forced into
My ears at the market
While I’m shopping
Somehow having this
Symbiotic experience with
The world just like a clone
Of everyone else as I sift
Through objects that
Don’t matter and won’t
Matter even five years after
From now on… and what is the
Bland stale scent of
Nothingness in the air
The humming of electric cars
It’s taking it too far for us to care
Sounds like we have money
Driving through the parking lot
Where there are so many
That have nothing am I part of
The problem or the solution?
Want to get away from
The pollution of our existence
People are so sweet gentle
And kind walking through life
Why do I feel like I’m losing my mind
Like I’d rather be deaf
Dumb and blind unable
To process everything
That is going on around me
Wait a minute hold the door
There’s someone on the ground
I spoke too soon because
Some buffoon of a jerk
Knocked a gal down in the street
I saw it with my own eyes no joke
Backed up with the car door open
Knocked her off her feet
Provoked? Looks like nothing’s broken
She’s okay but how’s my faith
In humanity today? Or the world?
I think it’s sad when a Pop-Tart is
What we’re left with
To make it all better
© GÄ
In the delivery room
Eyes gleam in disbelief
To think that miracle could be
Sitting there right next to me
If I knew then
What I know now
I would hold your hand
Again somehow
I would pass the energy
That slipped away from me
Into your palms
© GÄ
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