Beyond You

I cannot love you
Indeed I must not
But somehow that gets rather confused
When I am with you
Or without

I should not be jealous
Indeed I must not
But somehow that gets rather confused
When she is with you
I without

So what is this emotion
This pull far beyond
What is this insanity
That threatens on all sides to consume me
Beyond you.

Brittany

Lavender and lime
Flowers in the sun
Pool parties, make-up
Boys and teddy bears
Girl turning woman
In the blink of an eye
Soft heart seeks You
Crumbles at others’ pain
Wanting to comfort
And take from them
Anything that would hurt.
Bubbling with joy…
No holding back
She lives the fullness
     of You.

Confrontation (The Waiting)

Hold your breath
Take your chances
Lay it all on the line.
These words could cost you
Everything
Or they could bring
It back again
There’s no way of knowing
Until it’s gone
And received
What the repercussions are.
Fears race past rational
Thoughts, feeling,
Then anger and
The quest for justice
For right and truth
to prevail
and in the midst of it all
you feel sick.
Because you don’t want
To lose a friend
But if he’s not really there now,
What’s the point?
What’s there to lose?

Appearances

Never have I seen you without doing a double take
Or wanting to.
Never have I seen you without admiring
The outer.
Never have I known you to be admirable on the
Inside.
Too bad.
You would have been nice to know.

At Sight

The hard rush of adrenaline
Racing through my head
My body
Anywhere but where it really matters
Where it could reach
The heart
But something in me succumbs
To you
A wellspring of something akin to pity –
Pity mixed with respect
Or awe
At the cover you maintain
Invulnerable to all who come,
Invincible –
You hold me
You always have,
At sight.

A Poem About Guppies and Baboons

A baboon is bouncy and bubbly and fun
Just like a guppy, but bigger than one
Baboons can swim, but guppies swim better
Baboons are fuzzy, but guppies are wetter
Guppies don’t swing on a branch in a tree
Baboons just sit there and itch at a flea
Guppies blow bubbles and float at the top
But the floating part happens when their tiny hearts stop
Baboons when they die just hang from a vine
Even in death they try to look fine.
Guppies are better than baboons any day
But I have to admit they aren’t fun to play…
     with.