Waxing poetic on thoughts, theory & the times
“I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.”
–Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets
November 28, 2016
I am sorry,
for my forthcoming,
for my audacity
At the wrong times
my delayed boldness
sometimes,
always,
gets the best of me.
When for me
answers are finally clear
I sometimes overlook the
Other 7.5 billion people here.
I am sorry.
I am not quite sure
what I had expected.
I did not mean to intrude.
There was a reason
I avoided
indulging
these thoughts,
hopes, memories.
I am sorry.
I respect,
As you did,
I do and will respect
as much for you.
Freeman,
I now know
how much is at stake
When sand slips
An entire decade away
I am sorry.
though before
what was written
still holds true.
I am sorry for my
selfishness.
You are a more noble man
Than I.
I am sorry.
May your hearts be full,
And love surrounding;
Healing,
Happiness,
Meaning,
Purpose,
Peace,
because.
February 27, 2017
The greatest thanks
go to
those who
give a kind of love
we would wish
to refuse;
How bitter
the pill;
Sting!
Of the syringe!
If not administered,
how else
would you exist?
If not
for the
check
Issued,
of IOUs and
deferred dreams
For treatment
That kills
More than just
The tumor
It is love
The kind
We do no write
About
Unconditional,
out of basic
human
necessity
to survive,
with
the pack;
because
we all are
one part
of the whole
this is love
that we would
live for,
and so we
do.
July 21, 2017
Tender buds
Do yearn to grow
Natural separation
Of the branches
Kin connecting
Tensions tighten, within
For the vines that burst forth
No value judgement
Passing, weaving
From the same root
July 6, 2017 (Dedicated to Amelie)
I love you
More than coffee
More than mermaids
More than tattoos
More than books
More than writing and drawing
I love you
More than French fries
More than ice cream
More than blueberries, apples
Oranges and bananas
I love you
More than silver and gold,
And gems that sparkle
and shine
More than green grass and flowers,
More than butterflies
More than cozy camp fires
More than the ocean
I love you
More than rainshowers,
sunshine and rainbows
I love you
More than the moon
And all the stars
I love you
More than sleep
I love you;
More than anything
and everything.
She of Letters 