rumpled sheets
gripped beside your
pleated needs,
bent up next to you
like folded knees;
wrapped around
as if to say
“take me please!”

a strenuous
palm squeeze;
ecstasy amazes
until let go libido
depletes —
sigh “at ease…”
unrumpled knees
in a let go squeeze,
unfolding all of me.

the road erodes
in front of me;
no one left
to keep company.

out of step
with rundown realities;
out of breath,
a walking fatality.

pavement pressed,
steamroll dualities;
stomp the emptiness
right out of me.

had a preacher
reach me.
had a teacher
teach me.
had a seeker
seek me.
had a needer
need me.
had a believer
believe me.
had a deceiver
be me.

stand —
like body of water;
osmosis grows hotter
and hotter.

absorb —
what you can keep;
flood timelines &
swim passed enemies.

revive —
cool off hot springs;
under duress, water
falls when released.

light —
reflect new self
and stand again;
water cycle of zen.

redact thy heart
and dearly depart,
the falling out
is the breaking apart;
tempts the day,
tempts thy art,
ready to end
where you’re
ready to start;
bless the muses
that do not depart,
carry the day,
carry thy art.

volatile
cocktail —
stir crazy,
unabashed;
your mad suitor
calls for you,
uninhibited,
he aims to
drink you last.

volatile
cocktail —
your umbrella
lifts against
his tip of lips,
magenta ice
rosary, blesses
your heart
while he sips.