nestled warmly
in between
my feather beds
and comforters
it occurred to me
that there is no place
i would rather be
than right here
right now
doing just
what i am doing

such revelation
brought with it
a calm
a feeling of
belonging
a sense that
all was as it should be
and the caged bird
that has been
beating furiously
in my heart
for weeks
finally
came to rest…

the fickle hands
on the clock of time
may have been successful
at etching a wrinkle
here or there
into the once smooth flesh
of her youth,,
but they could not erase
the sparkle of life
from her eyes…

i’ve waited too long by =gcjo182 on deviantART

“You would have understood me,
had you waited;”
his eyes said it all
there was no need for words…

it had taken us twenty years
to get to the point
where i finally understand..
and the graciousness
with which he accepted me
back into the realm of the living
has brought me great joy..

there is no need for words
my eyes say it all
“i would have understood him,
had i waited….”

Tunnel by ~Singin-Gipsi on deviantART

the light
at the end of my tunnel vision
glows red and hot
like the cherry
on a lit cigarette..
i feel like it calls out to me,,
but won’t allow me too close,,
afraid i might burn myself..
so pent up is my desire
to reach out to that light
to walk into it
to feel its warmth
i am beginning to believe
i am willing to get burned….

Shards of Glass by ~mungo on deviantART

the past lies in ruins
just behind me
brittle little pieces
of what should have been
protrude like shards of glass
from that which really was..
i can see them
only when i turn my back -
look away from the future
or close my eyes
and dare to dream
about that which could have been…

every dream come true by *mordachai71 on deviantART

with bated breath i wait
for any word from you
any hinge
you can provide me with
to your life
i am so hungry
everything you say
is so deliscious
i do not know
if i will ever be satiated
ever full
ever finished
listening to all of the life i missed
while i was off
looking for myself…

every year i think of you on my birthday..
i think of just looking at the sky
to see what it looks like on the night
that i was born
i think of forest green paneled
ford station wagons
with steamed up windows,,
and fathers patrolling the neighborhood
on a bicycle…
i think of all the years that passed..
all the life that went on
in between then and now
and i wonder if i would have done anything differently…
no,, my friend,,
i don’t think i would….

i do love you
and i know you love me too..

happy birthday dear jodi…
happy birthday to me….

thank you for making my birthday a special day in both of our worlds…..

Misty Sunrise by ~aartist on deviantART

the sky lightens,
the first breaths of morning
sneak in like the tongue
of a hungry serpent
jaws agape
waiting to swallow me whole..
my mind races
looking for escape
fatefully nothing comes to save me
and i must go the way of prey
thru the long dark belly
of the serpent we call day…

-SiLeNCe- by ~day-light on deviantART

my words remain shoruded
in a folly of fog. they hide
amidst hostile rains
their thundering silence
is anything but ordinary….