My Poetry

RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPLICATED

~12~

(What's My Age Again?)

Fall away, bust through the brick wall
Red Brown
Carry me on high
Spread it around
Struck blind
Every day looks the same
Only I change
Something new every day–
  every second a new thought
The basics don’t change
The details!  The details!
Senses of duty stifle the moment
Let me live without duty
It chokes me

I cry for the love I’ve known
And dream for more
Give me passion
I’ll eat it up
Give me pleasure
I’ll fly on high for hours
Give me pain
I’ll betray myself and ask for more
A little sunshine can flood a thousand souls

(March 2001)