I liked the way
the trails narrowed
& slashed
into the steep hillsides
Walking across them
was like
touching
the inside of your wrist
where a hair tie
had gently scarred the flesh
.
I approached the trailmap
from one path
& someone else came up
from another
Out of all the trails,
hours, & people
we arrived at the map
at the same time -
The law of gravity
dictates
that where objects
can converge
they
shall
So hello
there
after
you
.
I saved my food
for the beach overlook -
a tall bench
screened by young pines
Behind their shade
inside their sharp smell
I rested
& ate
The blinding gold
sun came off the water
& the wind
My face is melting, my hands are stone.
My eyes are glowing and my hipbones are shown.
There's a shadow that stays and I wonder how.
I suddenly realize the light that never leaves and I know now.
I finally think it's fine and I think I made it, but then I hear it loud and clear.
My windows are coated in dust and I think there's something to fear.
My heart is bounding and I feel it in my head.
Sometimes I mix up P's and B's, but at least it still makes sense and I still bleed red.
A spoon drops to the floor and the room shakes as everything begins to fall around me.
I was in a snow globe meant for no one to keep and that's why when I s
To life, my beloved wife.
You give people joy, but I give them motive, leading them through life like a purpose locomotive. For without me why would you care what you did in life when you are standing there. Standing there in front of God or Satan, to which you go, is not my complication. You are the canvas, yes? I am the painting. You put a king into power, I end their reigning. People love you but fail to see, that they wouldn't have any urgency without me. I give them pain; in their life I put the gloom in, but isn't that the exact thing that makes a person human? Here they hate me, dread me, even curse me! But you, no, they'll neve