I can’t translate you into a poem
Your radiance is dulled in words
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The Last Poem
Every night I lie in bed
Thinking of my last poem
It still has no words
But I know it’s about you.
Totem
My spiritual animal
Must be the hawk
Every time I leave your hand
I come right back
HER AIRNESS
on the days i breathe her in
i never want to breathe out
(Subtlety) I Think
SHE LOVES ME MOST
WHEN I’M WEARING
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES
A Poem About You
Whether it’s sunny or not
When you’re around
There’s sure to be light
Your Love
Not the avalanche of twilight
Nor the moonbeam mist
Or the rain-wrapped clouds above
But a poetic movement
A mythical magical dream
A first and only
Some high and higher
Some better and best
Some always and never
Your love has no lows
No descents, no plateaus
No warnings, no dangers
That should be said another way
(Or in endless ways, really)
So let’s try it again
Your love has no phases
No halves, no slivers, no waning
It’s just full, complete, swoony … like when the sky supports the whole of the moon
Only Want What I Have
don’t want the money
of the richest man
the looks
of the handsomest actor
the heart of
the Dalai Lama
nor the connections
of the Pope
only want what I have
since I’m the only one
who has YOU.
It’s Not Enough
If I’ve only told you
That you’re beautiful
A million times then
I haven’t told you nearly enough.
The Word
I spread the word of love
Whichever way I go
Its message just three syllables:
Your name (_ _ _ _ _ _).