planetary motion

drawn in
accelerating
anticipating

our
dangerous
intimate
orbit.

our
timeless
instant.

our
eternal
second.

balanced
spinning
toe to toe
soul to soul
mind to mind

i fight
to escape
your gravity,

wise,
you let
me go

a comet
streaking
out into
the dark

till
burning
i turn
for your
heart-home
once more.

no we

there is no we
there is just you,
and me.

there will never be
invitations addressed
to us,
jointly.

our appearance in public
will always elicit
gossip
and evil publicity.

all this i know
and accept as
just and good
for society.

but my heart
needs to know
when and over what
you will finally
leave me.

you, so patient
with me
while i sort
my identity
like dirty laundry.

help me not
throw out the
parts that
draw you to me.

apology to a married woman

I'm sorry.
I was weak.
You have all
the cards.
Good Luck.

bears

I have heard
the best way
to survive an attack
by a bear
is to curl
up and lie down,
protect the parts
that bleed
with the parts
that only break
and pray
like that crazy man
that loved bears
did as he died,
that the bear
he loved
is only
a little angry
and not actually
hungry.

blood

the Passion,
not Christ's
but perhaps
like it-

passion
paid for
in
blood/
money.

your life/
blood

surrendered
to her knife
wanting only
to be free,

willingly,
thoughtless
of protection
from her
blood/lust.

blood/lust
on my hands
too.

forgive my wounds,
my friend
my lover.

rag

not enough
to cover me,
just enough
to remind me.

not sorry,
just begining
to realize the cost.

no going back,
just falling forward.

anxious to escape
the now.