precarious

a picture booth photo, a fresh line addiction sharp
and always a horizon away
a disappointed sail

having never been close friends with normal  - now so intimate i am lost,
a wallflower
unsure of the customs
the sounds an incomplete lyric
like a man anchored by fear
i am drowning
in the anxiety of loss
an unlit cigarette
an unspoken thought
an unrealized dream
nightmare dents in pillows
misplaced keys
or persons
posters advertising my broken heart
and medication
a glance
a meditation
a whisper between strangers
she knows we share fingertip lingers
she has given meaning to mistaken glances
and she carries them around in her purse
she holds her suspicion in front of her
like a talisman

this is an untested bridge, proven by no one - God maybe, with his hypothetical theories - dinosaurs and moon landings

housewife discussions

nothing pertinent

and if i know love,
if i know love,
IF I KNOW LOVE

if i have learned anything at all
it is that we all live our purest truths when nobody is looking...i could touch you like this,
and if you reach for me
...

i may only die once
in my life