escapist

Stalemate

she says she feels too much;
i say, i don't feel a thing.
she says she must mean too much;
and i don't say a thing.
sometimes, i feel so much
but don't say a thing.

4.27.2005
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A Million Lights

noises

(fell on me)
like a million twinkling lights,
floating on a river,
dense with candles and laughter,

(( you pulled me closer ))

the stars burned high above a city,
delirious with incense and smoke,
you held onto me
tighter
as we walked through throngs of
busy people,
their lives so careful and attached;
the streets were wet with the smell of rain,
promises like a kiss,
and towering over our shadows
stood buildings,
still and drowsy with sleep.

1.10.2007

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Summer Calling

your smell
stains;
the shape of your shoulders,
smooth crevice where
i'd rest my head,
bury myself,
curl to fit into the mold of you,
kiss and tenderly

those early mornings
those summer nights

now i hear you,
i reach out and
i reach -

now i see you,
how i ache inside
but -

pull back
pull back.

7 / 2007

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Knight
i don't want you to listen anymore
because frankly,
i'm tired of opening my mouth -
(you won't have to do much,
just stay by my side )

love me as though i am weak
and need you for my own betterment in life -
wrap your arms around me
even though you want to ask
if this meant some sort of movie was unraveling
and you had no say in the plot -

no,
it's not like that.

sometimes i just want to be held -
without commitment,
without chivalry.
just you as yourself

nothing else.

11.19.2007