It sucks me in
Every show, sitcom,
Comedy, horror, or game-show,
I watch.
You
I need to know why you
Let me hang out with you.
Why do you put up with me?
I don’t know.
1-8-00
When
This day came around, I saw your
Face and then I knew I wanted to be
Of you, to spend my thoughts, feelings, and love.
That is when I knew what to ask of you.
9-1-83
September first nineteen eighty three
Birth.
In the first hours of this day.
I arrived.
8 Seconds
Getting ready to ride the bull
Hand positioned, belt is buckled
Feet are ready to hold on tight
The bell rings, the bull jumps and runs
Whiplash, back and forth, up and down
Body whipping wanting to fly
Crowd screaming, they watch intently
I survived, money awaits!
Getting ready to ride the bull
Hand positioned, belt is buckled
Feet are ready to hold on tight
The bell rings, the bull jumps and runs
Whiplash, back and forth, up and down
Body whipping wanting to fly
Crowd screaming, they watch intently
I survived, money awaits!
Your Love
I screw up
I don’t do things right
I make mistakes
I swear, I hurt I pain
I don’t know what you want me to do
But still you love me.
My King
When you are speaking
I will not forget you
Inside my heart like the blood of life
My god my king
With my heart thankful
I bring my offering.
The Stranger
What does that man do all day?
Peddle strangers.
Who is he?
A solicitous stranger, a vagrant.
How does he survive?
Compassionate strangers.
Why do they pay him?
So he’ll go away.
To another city, another place
Many friends, or soon to be friends
During a break from daily labors, tasks
In a van, a group, a family of friends
To live, to speak, to learn, to know
Strange it seems
When we go from dark to light
Ignorance to undertanding
Understanding to reality
How great it is when we
Find the truth—
Have a great realization.
Summers I would swim alone, holding my breath under the water.
Winters I fell on the ice, with no one to help me up.
In the morning I woke and saw sunrise.
And all those nights I saw the sunset.
With nothing in between
Barely me, none of you.
The people I’ve met
Things I’ve done
How could I know the fantastic times
The warm comforting days
The hours that should have been days
The days that I wished were weeks.
Oh, that I wish I could hold you
All those times that I can’t see you
How I wonder why my heart is broken
Every time the distance is between us
And how it does shine when you are near.
